TALLAHASSEE — Rapper Pitbull released his $1 million contract with *******’s tourism marketing agency via Twitter Thursday, two days after the House speaker sued to find out details of the agreement that included the production of a video for the song “**** Beaches.”
Pitbull tweeted “FULL DISCLOSURE – *******” with a link to the 11-page agreement to produce the “**** Beaches” video for Visit ******* and to promote the hashtag #LOVEFL on his social media sites and during concerts.
House Speaker Richard Corcoran filed a lawsuit Tuesday in an attempt to have details of the contract disclosed. Visit ******* refused to say how much it paid the rapper, whose real name is Armando Christian Perez, or details of the arrangement, saying it was a trade secret.
Corcoran found that unacceptable, saying taxpayers should now how Visit ******* was spending its money.
“It is unfortunate that it took litigation to lift the veil of secrecy on this particular contract,” Corcoran said in a statement released by his office. “This was a long unnecessary journey through claims of trade secrets, threats of prosecution, and corporate welfare paid for by taxpayers.”
A lawyer for Pitbull let the tweet speak for itself.
“There will be no further comment from the Pitbull camp,” Leslie Jose Zigel said in an email.
Visit ******* didn’t immediately return an email and a phone call seeking comment.
The video features images of women frolicking in the surf and sand as well as pictures of iconic ******* hotels such as Miami Beach’s Fontainebleau and the pink Don CeSar Hotel in St. Pete Beach. It ends with an image of #LOVEFL written in the sand.
The song includes lyrics like, “I want to go somewhere exotic/Let the sun massage my body/Meet a **** stranger in the lobby.”
The video has nearly 10.7 million views on YouTube.