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"  Pitbull is the star of a lengthy profile in the Hollywood Reporter, the cover of which proclaims him to be &amp;quot;Music&amp;#039;s New Don,&amp;quot; which will probably be the title of his next single. However, the story has more highlights (some of them seemingly snide) than Pitbull has songs on the radio right now: 1. On parenting: &amp;quot;Pitbull is himself dad to six kids ranging in age from 1 to 11 (he never has married and prefers not to reveal the number of mothers, only to say it&amp;#039;s more than one).&amp;quot; 2. On his lifestyle: &amp;quot;[He] flies private everywhere (it&amp;#039;s a rental: &amp;#039;There&amp;#039;s a rule that says if it flies, floats or f---s, rent it,&amp;#039; cracks Pit.&amp;quot; 3. On his fans: &amp;quot;Kids and their parents groove alongside sexed-up 20-something couples and so-called cougars on a wild night out with girlfriends.&amp;quot; 4. On what DJs think of him: &amp;quot;Adds Elvis Duran... &amp;#039;He smells good. We always make it a policy to sniff him.&amp;#039;&amp;quot; 5. On how to casually brush past illegal activities of your youth: &amp;quot;What Pitbull learned from his immediate surroundings, besides how to sell drugs, which he did for a while, was the skill of connecting with people.&amp;quot; 6. On how to casually brush past the fact that you drink quite a bit: &amp;quot;Pitbull&amp;#039;s preferred cocktail: a Volito, two parts Voli vodka (he&amp;#039;s a partner in the company), three limes, water and ice. He drinks, on average, three to four a day.&amp;quot; 7. On how he comes across: &amp;quot;He has taken the name-dropping of brand sponsors to a whole new level of shamelessness and has a propensity for random musings and shout-outs.&amp;quot; 8. On how to throw shade at your competitors: &amp;quot;What he has done differently is stay committed to the middle class. You won&amp;#039;t find a $900 baseball cap in Pit&amp;#039;s future collection, as Jay Z had in his exclusive Barneys line, nor is he selling his fans on a life of excess.&amp;quot; 9. On not being ashamed to borrow others&amp;#039; ideas: &amp;quot;Pitbull divulges that he swiped Swedish DJ Avicii&amp;#039;s sound for [Timber].&amp;quot; 10. On not being afraid to burn bridges: &amp;quot;In 1999, the principal at Miami&amp;#039;s Coral Park High handed an 18-year-old Armando his diploma with a dismissive, &amp;#039;I don&amp;#039;t want you coming back to my school next year.&amp;#039; In response, Armando rented a photo studio to take his own graduation picture, posing with the diploma, a middle finger and that million-dollar smile. The photo is still at his grandmother&amp;#039;s house.&amp;quot; 11.On what constitutes a good performance: &amp;quot;Pitbull does not disappoint his fans. The show is a fist-pumping medley of mostly song snippets.&amp;quot; 12. On how to climb the corporate ladder: &amp;quot;&amp;#039;Why do interns make the best CEOs? Because they got the doughnuts and coffee, they cleaned the bathrooms,&amp;#039; he says.&amp;quot; RELATED: In Defense of Pitbull Follow Alie on Twitter. Photo credit: Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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