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14 Years Ago, This Miami Hit-Maker Was ‘Exiled’ to a Remote Alaskan Island, but Ended Up Having a Blast

You can try to exile him to a remote Alaskan island, but he’s not called Mr. Worldwide for nothing.

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On July 30, 2012, Pitbull traveled to a small island community in Alaska to play a concert at the most remote Walmart in the U.S. The supermarket giant held a promotional contest on Facebook asking fans to vote on which Walmart store Pitbull would perform at. This was used as a marketing campaign for Pitbull’s Planet Pit World Tour, which began on July 26, 2012.

But the contest was hijacked by online trolls who started the campaign #exilepitbull. The goal was to send him to the farthest Walmart store in the U.S., in the 6,000-population town of Kodiak, Alaska.

Instead of backing out of the obligation after Kodiak came out on top, Pitbull took the whole thing in stride. He vowed to go to the remotest Walmart of........

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