US rapper, Wiz Khalifa took a few moments during a South American trip where he performed at a concert, to visit the grave of murderous drug lord Pabl
US rapper, Wiz Khalifa took a few moments during a South American trip where he performed at a concert, to visit the grave of murderous drug lord Pablo Escobar. He posted photos of the tombstone with flowers and what appears to be a joint on Instagram and a picture of himself smoking at the graveside. He also posed for an Instagram shot in front of Escobar’s former home. Colombians were not impressed.
Medellin Mayor Federico Gutiérrez lashed out at the 29-year-old, calling him a scoundrel and demanded an apology.
“It shows that this guy has never had to suffer from the violence inflicted by these drug traffickers,” said Gutiérrez, who added that Khalifa should have left flowers for Escobar’s victims. The mayor said Khalifa won’t be welcome back in town unless he apologizes. Twitter and Colombian newspapers joined Gutiérrez in piling on the rapper for his drug-lord pilgrimage.
Escobar and his Medellin cartel are believed responsible for as many as 4,000 deaths before Escobar was killed in 1993. Bogota newspaper, El Espectador blasted Khalifa’s gaffe and said it reopened the profound pain that narco-trafficking has left that city. The newspaper’s editor was gunned down in 1986 in an assassination linked to the cartels, and El Espectador’s office was bombed in 1989 by the Medellin cartel.
