There are at least 5 artists called Pitbull: 1) Pitbull is an American rapper from Miami. 2) Pitbull was an American indie rock band from Boston. 3) Pitbull is a Belarusian heavy metal project by Petr Elfimov. 4) Pitbull was a hardcore band from Detroit. 5) Pitbull was an Oi! band from Germany Armando Christian Pérez (born January 15, 1981 in Miami, Florida), better known by the stage name Pitbull , is a Cuban-American rapper signed to his own label, Mr 305 Inc.