After Kat DeLuna’s performance, we were hanging out backstage with Pitbull. He was quite the charismatic guy and very friendly with everyone! He did a couple of interviews and posed for a bunch of different photos with people. I got my picture taken with him and exchanged a few words. He was soon shuffled away by bodyguards since he was supposed to go on stage soon! We stuck around and hung out with Kat DeLuna until we realized that the music we heard on stage was no longer the DJ and Pitbull had already started.

We rushed back out to the main floor to a crowd filled with people there to see Pitbull. The energy was super high and he was totally rocking the place. I had never really listened to Pitbull before so I just kind of lumped him into the rap genre. Now that I’ve seen him perform, I have no idea what genre he would fall into! Somewhere between rap and rock with a Cuban flavor and a hint of electronic techno is the best I can come up with. Pitbull is from Miami, so this was a hometown show for him. He effortlessly switched between English and Spanish on stage and keep the crowd hyped up as he did a roll call for what seemed like all of the southern Florida counties. Of course Dade County was the best represented. Pitbull had everyone singing along with him and I think everyone was sad when he was finally done. I must say, that man has got a great stage presence and a good group of people backing him up with the music. After Pitbull was done, we had a chance to take a quick breather before Ozomatli came on, and boy did we need it.

-Ed