How did Pitbull get his stage name?

A: The Cuban- American rapper, born Armando Christian Pérez, chose the name because he admired the tenacity of the breed and its neverlet- go bite.“They’re basically everything that I am,” he says. Pitbull, 34, is charging ahead with the release of his latest single, “FREE. K,” from his 10th studio album,

Climate Change, scheduled for release next year. But first he will ring in 2016

on Pitbull’s New Year’s Revolution starting Dec. 31 at 8 p. m. ET on Fox.