Last year, Pitbull began to get recognition not just for the hip-hop styling in his music, but for the infusion of the Caribbean reggaeton style into songs like “Toma” and “Culo.” He’s currently on the Anger Management 3 Tour with Eminem, 50 Cent, Lil Jon and the G-Unit, and his debut LP, M.I.A.M.I., is gold. And there’s a crop of MCs bubbling in Miami who could very well join him in precious-metal status in less than a year’s time, including Jacki-O from Liberty City, Smitty from Little Haiti and Garcia from Little Havana.

On the flipside, Carol City’s Pretty Ricky are the new wild boys of R&B. They still have a long way to go before they can think about becoming “the next Jodeci,” as they’ve proclaimed themselves to be, but their glittery outfits and risqu