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Partnerships with kodak, vodka, bud light, and dodge, among others. >> he's perfect. >> he has that fragrance line for men and women. ownership in a restaurant franchise, and most recently, a deal with playboy enterprises to partner on projects. >> he's used these companies to help break his songs. he has taken an equity interest in the vodka company, so he's more invested in it than just being a spokesperson. >> looking ahead, armando soon kicks off a concert tour with enrique iglesias. he's got his own tv development company, and a new deal to host a nationally televised new year's eve party...

I'm going to tell you what's going on in your house right now. i know, i feel you. been there, done that. if we catch them at that age, mold their minds, teach them what it is to be motivated, self-inspired, believe in themselves. because coming from the neighborhoods that we came from, nobody believes in us. this is changing the world, literally. little, by little. >> his message is always positive. it's always about education. you need to study, you need to be good for yourself. don't let anybody tell you that you can't do it. and the students really thrive on that. >> we're in the inner cit...

Little son," come here, "you are what makes us proud out there." you keep doing what you do. an 85-year-old woman telling you that. that means the world to me. because now i know that we're making the right decisions and they know that i'm not perfect. they know my story. >> there's one more chapter armando hopes to include in the story of pitbull. a concert performance in a free cuba. >> when cuba opens, i can perform. when i can do that, oh, man, first of all, you're going to have to stop me from crying up there. and it will be worth everything, everything. ♪ why you think they call me mr....

It and then get it, and they do exactly what they're supposed to do with that word, create their own destiny, build opportunity, use the freedom that this beautiful country gives to us, that's what this is about. >> it's that cuban american sense of opportunity and obligation that seem to drive armando's ambition. >> being cuban, a lot of our mentality's like that, meaning, we'll start making the sandwiches and then we'll own the restaurant. we'll clean the shoes and then own the shoe store. we clean the house then own the house. >> the house of pitbull is impressive. he estimates he has close...

Drug trade, pervasive in the neighborhoods of his youth. >> when did it come to you to say, you know what, this ain't the life? i'm not about this life. >> a transaction was made, and me being greedy, okay, i was maybe 17, and i had did something to the product, that i shouldn't have done. and i almost killed that person, over $20. so i said. if i could do this to somebody like that, this isn't right. >> the experience profoundly impacts armando. he turns away from the hustle and toward rapping. >> i was moving through so many neighborhoods and so many different schools, i was building a name ...