Doomed by Facebook, Pitbull Agrees to Alaskan Exile

Rapper invites Walmart pranksters to join him

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When 71,000 people want to exile you to one of the most remote places imaginable, there's not much you can do but grin and bear it. That's what Pitbull seems to be doing—and he may indeed run into a bear or two—after a Facebook promotion designed to send the rapper to the most-liked Walmart on Facebook was hijacked and used for an #ExilePitbull campaign. In the end, Walmart's store in Kodiak, Alaska, got more than 71,000 likes, easily winning the contest, co-sponsored by Sheets Energy Strips—and dooming Pitbull to spend time in the 49th state.

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