Rapper Pitbull will reign over this year's (10) Carnaval Miami festivities in Florida after he was crowned king of the Calle Ocho celebrations.
The annual Latin street festival kicked off on Friday (26Feb10) and includes a series of jazz concerts, a sports run, a cooking contest and a domino tournament, before closing with the Calle Ocho Festival on 14 March (10).
And Cuban-American star Pitbull, real name Armando Perez, will be the ceremony's special guest at the largest Hispanic block party in the U.S.
The I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) hitmaker says, "For me, a Miami kid raised in Little Havana, it's a tremendous source of pride to be here because (Carnaval Miami) shows the unity of the cultures that come here."
Pitbull has previously been honoured by Miami officials - the reformed drug dealer was handed the key to his native city last summer (Aug09).