Medellin’s Mayor Federico Gutierrez called the rapper a “scoundrel”

American rapper Wiz Khalifa is stirring controversy in the South American nation of Colombia, where he laid flowers at the tomb of cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar.
The rapper used his Instagram account to post several photos of him at Escobar’s tomb in Medellin. He played a concert in the city last week.
Colombians took to social media to express outrage.
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