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David Thorpe on why he's trying to exile Pitbull to Kodiak

Wal-Mart's newest promotional is designed to share rapper Pitbull's love of Energy Sheets with the nation, wherever that strange love may take him.

At the moment, it looks like it will be taking him to Kodiak, Alaska.

Pitbull, according to The Boston Phoenix, has expressed unbound excitement in regards to the Wal-Mart promotion. The entertainer stated, "I'm excited to find out which local Wal-Mart store has the most new likes so I can share the experience of using Energy Sheets® with my fans."

So, of all the Wal-Marts in the United States, how did Kodiak's end up as the unlikely front runner?

Somethingaweful.com writer David Thorpe is mostly to blame. Thorpe told the Boston Phoenix,

He adds,

What Thorpe means by "a Kodiak" remains a mystery, but whatever one of those is, it sounds dangerous.

You can read more from The Boston Phoenix here, or if you need to (re)discover how things got this far to begin with click here.

Craig Medred

Craig Medred is a former writer for the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Dispatch and Alaska Dispatch News. He left the ADN in 2015.

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