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>> he's make really hard miami street rap at that point. >> street rap on a rough road as a rare latin rapper on the scene. armando chooses the stage name, pitbull, out of admiration of the fighting spirit of the breed. >> people say you can't, you won't, you never will. those kind of things turn me on. no is great, i love no, because i know i'm going to get to a yes, one way or another. >> pitbull! >> as pitbull, armando builds a massive miami following. he picks up the moniker, mr. 305 after the city's area code. ♪ >> the cuban and caribbean flavors of his hometown, peppered with colorful ...

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 for myself and picking up different styles where i would go. >> a teacher at miami's coral parks senior high takes notice. >> she said, you got talent. i didn't understand what it was when somebody tells you you've got talent, other than your mom. your mom says you've got talent. okay, mom. but my mother was right. >> their encouragement pushe...

It's a word that i don't think we appreciate that much. and for those that didn't have 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 hou...

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. worldwide? ♪ >> from miami to ...