Pitbull shares graduation photo with Doral College honorary degree

MIAMI, June 19 (UPI) -- Miami-based rapper Pitbull is officially a college graduate.

The 33-year-old Gramy winner -- whose real name is Armando Christian Pérez -- took to Twitter Wednesday to share a photo of the honorary degree he received from Dade college on Tuesday.

In the photo, the "Timber" singer smiles and flips off the camera as he poses with his framed degree in a cap and gown.

Pitbull used the hashtag "dale," a signature word that he includes in all his tracks, to identify the photo.

"I remember being kicked out of a public school because I didn't have the right address. That's why I want better schools for the kids who live where I grew up," Pitbull said in his acceptance speech, according to Local 10.

"That's why Doral Academy was founded, and that's why I helped create SLAM (Sports Leadership and Management Academy) in the neighborhood where I grew up - a school that offers a choice for students, like me, students who need someone to inspire them, someone to believe in them."