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Pitbull Describes Why He Loves NASCAR · Kenny Wallace Media

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  First of all I had to say it since he announced me our
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  announcement said let Chico Pitbull Mr. Three O 5 but it
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  said Mr. Worldwide coming to the stage here in Homestead FL Day
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  Canada three O 5 representer that's all right and good to see
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  y'all all right got to get got to get some energy in this room.
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  Number 1, #2 in, in layman terms, I know I got some kids in
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  here, but these are impact for words, are very passionate, my
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  scheduling compared to these NASCAR drivers and what y'all
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  got going on. I mean, it's grueling, it's
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  grinding. Do we relate to each other?
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  Absolutely. Are we both hard workers?
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  Clearly. And #3, when it came to us
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  getting together with track house and being a part of the
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  whole NASCAR family, it was #1 something that I had been
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  manifesting for a long time. The minute that I saw that car
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  parked in front of SLAM, which is one of our schools in Little
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  Havana, La Beguignolana here, one of my own neighborhoods, and
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  when I saw the disconnect between the kids in the car,
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  meaning they were so excited to see it, it's like they saw a
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  spaceship. And that's what I mean by the
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  disconnect. Meaning they didn't, they didn't
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  even know that that that world really existed.
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  And I already automatically saw an opportunity to teach these
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  kids that they could be owners, they could be technicians, they
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  could be engineers, they could be drivers and physical
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  therapist, you name it. There's so many opportunities
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  within the world of of NASCAR and that's basically how this
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  came about because our visions aligned and our goals were the
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  same. That it wasn't just about
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  generating and winning, it was about utilizing the music, that
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  platform and utilizing the platform of what it is, racing
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  and and bringing a culture, community and everybody together
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  and just showing everybody that we're here to unite and not
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  divide through the platforms that we have.
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  As far as the new album, track house, what better name than
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  that for the new album. And if y'all listen to the album
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  and what's in the album, I did it on purpose.
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  I put a lot of different records in there.
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  I put English, I put Spanish, I put mambo, I put, you know, how
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  can I have the T pain. He starts it off.
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  So it's me T pain and me child on it and and and T pain on the
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  Spanish record, which you know, T pain from Tallahassee here,
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  Florida boy. He speaks Spanish regardless.
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  But all I'm saying is it's a beautiful thing to bring these
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  two platforms together so that every culture can enjoy and
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  understand that there is an opportunity in NASCAR and track
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  house is the one running point on that.
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  Damn golly, I bet that answered every question I think.
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  That's it. No, no, I'm just no, I'm
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  kidding. Slam radio, yeah.
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  And I was just wondering, what makes track house racing and the
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  racing industry so important to you and so special to you that
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  you would even name an album after it?
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  What makes it important to me for one of Mondo and Slam radio?
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  We should let the whole world know It's at this point that
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  Slam High School is the only high school in the nation with
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  its own radio station. So one time for Slam Radio and
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  Sirius for giving us that opportunity.
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  You know what, Mondo? What makes it different is
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  because we do it because we care.
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  You know, a lot of people, don't get me wrong, it's, you know,
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  it's a sport, we're here to win and it's a business you're here
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  to generate. But when you have a purpose and
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  you have a real cause behind it, that's what makes it special.
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  And that is why I got involved in the 1st place.
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  And second of all, why I would name the album That is just to
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  create more awareness, not just through the NASCAR community,
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  not only the United States of America, but also around all
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  around the world. And when you do that from a good
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  place, there's a saying that says do good and be well.
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  And that's where we live every day of our lives.
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  And I tell y'all all the time. I know y'all hear it in the
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  records, but it's the truth I live by, you know, every day
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  above ground is a great day. So what I do is I take advantage
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  of each day to see how we can help those that need it the
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  most. And that's what the Pitbull
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  organization about and that is what track house is about.
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  And that's why this is, I would say, a priceless relationship
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  slash connection. And one of the things that I was
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  really surprised by when we were talking about your biggest fan
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  base and where they are across the world.
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  Middle East and Australia, Middle East, Mexico II is a huge
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  market for US, China as well. But you know, it's hard to get
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  into China in these days. But but bottom line is this.
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  It just goes to show you that music is a universal language
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  the same way that racing is. You know, if you look at a
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  franchise like Fast and Furious, Fast and Furious found a way to
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  make everybody feel involved. It's not just about the car,
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  it's all about family. But if you look at the
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  characters in it, everybody feels like they're a part of
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  Fast and Furious because everybody's representing a
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  certain culture, a certain community.
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  But that's the same way we feel about track house, and that's
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  what we have brought to the table for I feel NASCAR.
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  Awesome. I know Jeff, you answered, you
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  raise your hand first, so go ahead.
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  I try as much as I can to be honest with you, but most of the
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  time I'm I'm taking off on Sundays, you know to get to the
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  next spot. What I do is I have someone in
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  the team, his name is Elvin and he is track house fan number
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  one. So he keeps me up to date on
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  everything that's going on. And what I try not to do is I
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  keep in touch with the drivers. I shoot him notes here and
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  there. What I don't like to do is
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  overwhelm them, you know. So I'm always here whether if
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  they need advice and anytime that the team says hey we really
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  need you at this event. Hey I try my hardest to and when
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  I say I mean we, I mean us. I don't do this by myself and to
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  move everything around to find a way to make it happen hence the
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  term why we're here today. I mean we were just in Boston
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  last night and I want to give a big shout out to Enrique
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  Iglesias and Ricky Martin for giving me an opportunity to be
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  able to to tour with them. So coming off stage last night
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  coming straight to Homestead just goes to show I dream when
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  you can live it baby. What's that now I sleep it's for
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  the dead man. I got to enjoy this ride when
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  I'm alive. All right.
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  Where we going next? Right, right here.
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  Yeah. Right here.
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  Right here, Right here. Right here.
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  Right here, right here. Where we going?
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  Right there. My.
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  Bad. Hey, next right here.
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  Yes. And then we'll go to him.
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  Greg Engel with Forbes, you, you have this energy, man.
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  I mean, we've interviewed you online.
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  You know, this is the first time in person.
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  And I get energized as watching you online and watching your
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  energy. You're now my playlist, which
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  I'm obviously not in your demo. You'd be surprised my demos from
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  the diaper to the diaper. I mean, I mean and that that's
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  not a Dick, my man. I mean, just for me, you know.
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  But anyway, so I listen to that. I want to know though, how do
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  you keep this energy up, man? I I mean, you say you, you know,
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  sleep is for the dead. I agree with you there.
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  But how do you do it? So here's a little secret.
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  I'm a first generation Cuban American Miami boy, raised in
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  the 80s in Miami. So I'm a product of Miami in the
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  80s, I just never did the product.
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  But I got the energy though. But you.
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  Know what I'm talking about. My bad.
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  You were next, Sir. Go ahead, brother.
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  Thank you, boss. Appreciate it.
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  Thank you, Jeff. Thank you, Amanda.
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  I'm Alfred Edmond Junior with Black Enterprise.
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  I'm here in part because this is the 20th anniversary of NASCAR's
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  Drive for Diversity, which they started in 2004.
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  I'll admit, I was one of the people that said NASCAR going to
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  do a drive for diversity this may take 100 years.
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  It's actually only taking less than 20.
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  I mean, there's you, there's Michael Jordan, there's Rodger
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  Carruth, there's obviously Bubba Wallace.
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  And I'm not just talking about that.
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  I'm talking about even the executives in the organization
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  who I've met over the last this past year.
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  What does it mean to you to see that NASCAR?
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  Is not just walking, I mean talking the talk, but walking
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  the walk. They actually from points on the
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  board in the in the area of diversity.
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  Well, you know it's funny you say that one of the
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  neighborhoods that I lived in here in Miami, which went from
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  the heroin capital of Miami to the art Mecca of the world, now
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  it's called Wynwood and Wynwood. The saying is don't talk about
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  it, be about it. So it's nothing better to be a
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  part of an organization and partner up through an amazing
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  team like track house. Be a part of an organization
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  that ain't just talking about it and being about it.
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  And what I, you know, me and my fairy tale story at NASCAR, why
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  I relate to it at a whole nother level is because, you know I'm a
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  negative to a positive. And if it wasn't for a teacher
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  changing my life and certain people giving me the right
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  direction, then we all know how this story ends.
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  Plenty of us can tell you prayers and dead that simple or
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  in this day and age snitches in the sport.
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  So that's not how I was raised. But either or I tell you that.
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  Why don't talk about it, be about it.
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  Negative to positive is my story and so is NASCAR story.
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  They started bootlegging and moonshining, right?
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  And they took that and made it one of the not one of the
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  biggest sport in the United States of America.
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  And now we're here throughout drive for diversity to make it
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  something that is worldwide and that to me it's an honor to be
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  here. And I always love to get
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  involved with things that are a challenge and I love when people
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  don't believe. I love when people hate, when
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  they dislike, and when they talk shit that just doesn't add fuel
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  to the fire that erupts the volcano.
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  And that's when we show up and show out.
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  And that's what we're doing right now.
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  Thank you for a great question, my friend.
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  Appreciate it. All right, so I've got a lot of
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  hands in the air. We've got, like, time for two
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  more. Holly had originally put her
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  hand up. I'll come to you because I know
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  you're you're you're you need you need some moment here.
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  Holly. Do you did you have a question
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  or are you done OK? I don't know where I was
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  looking. Hello.
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  Thank you for being here. Oh, thank you.
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  What? What is the reception like for
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  you as you walk around the garage?
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  What has it been like for you to actually be here?
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  We know everybody loves you and loves your what what you're
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  doing. But what's it like for you being
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  here? You know, that's a great
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  question As so when I first came out to Daytona 500, it was
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  during, it was right after the shutdown and NASCAR happened to
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  be one of the only sports to open up.
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  All right. So the first reaction was, and
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  what the fuck is Pitbull doing here?
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  OK, what is Pit doing here? So I got it, you know, we
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  walking around, we doing, we doing.
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  Second time that I came out, I brought a a good friend of mine,
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  a mentor, a business partner and his name is Tony Robbins.
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  So now they're looking, they're going, what is Pitbull and Tony
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  Robbins doing here? Which by the way, we look like
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  twins together, like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito.
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  That's what we look like walking around.
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  By the third time I came out I started to see track house hats,
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  track house shirts, track house jackets and that to me it it it
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  showed the impact. So I love to again be involved
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  with new challenges and and learning different people and
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  how they move. I love the loyalty behind the
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  fanbase of NASCAR. It's phenomenal.
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  And when I really fell in love was at Daytona 500, 2020 and no
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  2021. I'm tripping 2021, and I was
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  across the street at the PF Chang's there, and I walk in and
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  one of the NASCAR and fans, he's like, well, you sure don't dress
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  like a NASCAR owner. So I started messing with him.
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  So I, I, I sent him around the beers, he sent me around the
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  shots, I sent him around the beers, he sent me around the
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  shots, right. And when I went to go get up,
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  because usually what I do is I'll sneak off and then I'll go
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  take care of the bill for them. He already took care of the bill
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  for me. Yeah.
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  And I was like, oh, OK, this is this the kind of folks that I'm
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  dealing with. And that showed me a lot of the
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  community and the culture of NASCAR.
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  And that's when I knew that this is where I was not only meant to
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  be, but I'm a student. I'm here to learn.
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  I'm never going to sit here and act like something that I act
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  like. I know something that I don't,
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  but I'm definitely here to learn.
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  And that's what I feel like walking out there even today.
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  You know, some people be like, what is that They don't know
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  what they call me. Miss Worldwide Miss Three O 5.
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  So it's it's a it's a blessing and exciting.
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  No, thank you. Cedric Hollywood Cedric
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  Hollywood 99 JM Yes Sir, Currently old school One O 1.
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  But I want everybody in here to know that we have history, a lot
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  of history. I knew him before he ever made
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  it. When Luther Campbell brought him
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  to my office at 99 Jams and we discussed that one day he's
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  going to be as big as he is today.
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  And and here he is. Well, you caught me off,
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  Surprise said. I'm just got to kill you.
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  Hey, man, it's. So good to see you.
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  You know what I'm saying? Hey, hey, hey.
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  I appreciate. Thank you always for showing me.
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  Love always. Yes, Sir.
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  So I I do have a a question because it's so important that
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  NASCAR is now doing diversity the way it's doing.
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  So I appreciate the fact that you are part of NASCAR because
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  it's so many people who now realize that you know, whether
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  you're black or Latin or whatever the case may be, you
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  can be a part of this. But how does it feel to be a
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  leader as a owner at NASCAR? It's it's a like I was saying
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  before prices opportunity said. And really what a what a great
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  surprise to see you and once again he's somebody that showed
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  me love from the before day one you know and he and to Luther
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  Campbell, he's someone that also taught me what it is to bring
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  everybody together through music and to be here as as a leader or
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  a partner in an amazing organization.
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  It just goes to show you that like I said earlier to Armando
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  do good and be well. You know music is always been an
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  Ave. for us to be able to cause first between me and said and
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  everybody here, see Miami's always been underdogs.
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  You know anywhere, you anywhere. We went around Dade County three
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  O 5, everybody one way or another.
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  For some reason they just didn't believe in Miami and that was a
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  chip in our shoulder. So through music we utilize that
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  as an Ave. to put Miami on the map.
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  Luke being the first one to really, you know, I would say
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  crack it and and be motivation and inspiration to us.
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  So be able to do the same thing that we did with music for Miami
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  and take that all around the world and be able to do it here
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  in NASCAR and with track house man.
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  It just goes to show you. And when you have that chip on
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  your shoulder and you an underdog, if there's one thing
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  you love to do is you continue to fight.
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  And as long as the purpose is right and you can count me in,
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  you already know that. And we're going to take it to
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  the house. Thank you.
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  Thank you. Now thank you.
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  Said that means the world to me. Great to see you, man.
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  What a surprise. Last.
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  One and we've got to run to another appointment.
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  Thank you there. An appointment.
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  Appointment, yeah. That's the next We're on the
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  schedule. Alfredo Suarez de Bundo now.
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  Armando tui, Daniel Suarez Latinos, Puerto Los exitos EE EE
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  L sacrificio que le. Yeah, significa para tea Daniel
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  Suarez berlo into a quipo Y EAS Allende que que que queeque so,
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  so Daniel Suarez. So the bags asked me to
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  translate. He comes with subtitles.
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  He wanted to say thank you very much.
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  We've got to go to our next point to everybody here.
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  You'll have a great day. I appreciate, Y'all said.
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  It's amazing to see you. And with that said, it's called
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  track House because the house always wins one way or another,
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  darling.