Pablo Escobar: A Man of Mass Destruction.
And ever since I was a tarface baby, watchin' Scarface .
I dreamed of guns and tons of coke on a car chase .
A fat connect with a kingpin Colombian .
Plus props from crooked cops, payin' him tops not to run me in .
Keepin my toaster in a shoulder holster .
Havin hoes playin me closer, sexin on a silk sofa .
Livin the life of the rich and trife .
Rugged but sharp like a kitchen knife .
Without stress from some bitchin wife .
What a life, that's why I be on what I be on .
Always ready to war for a score that's sure to put me on.
--Lyrics taken from AZ's title song of his 1995 album Doe or Die.
As distinguished in the lyrics of AZ's song "Doe or Die,"" criminal activities are often linked together. Combinations of deviant behavior carried out by individuals or groups have a cataclysmic impact on the people performing the actions, targeted groups, and innocent bystanders. A prime example of a man that twisted a devastating combination of criminal activity is Pablo Escobar, the ringleader of the Medellin cocaine cartel in Colombia. There is strong resemblance to the life of Escobar in AZ's lyrics demonstrated above. Escobar had little concern for people outside of his circle, cherished wealth at any costs, boasted about violence, beloved cocaine, paid-off law enforcement, and disrespected women. Pablo Escobar's combination of illegal activities rooted in greed had devastating impacts on a myriad of people because he, with the help of members in his Medellin cartel, supplied the majority of cocaine in the Unites States that ruined countless lives, created narco-terrorism, and helped lead to the glorification of thugs and drug-dealing outlaws. .
Pablo Escobar ruined thousands of people's lives by influencing and accelerating the use of cocaine in the Unites States. Escobar's criminal history gave him the skills to lead one of Columbia's largest cocaine operations.
