He's being called a drug lord, because he's being charged with murders along with racketeering.... why wouldn't they call him a drug lord if they're trying to prosecute him?
And once again a drug lord is a leader of a cartel, not someone running some small time operation out of a projects
His biggest crime is murder, if it weren't for that the authorities wouldn't give 2 shyts about his nickel and dime operation out in Brooklyn
I'd seriously doubt he was even kingpin status, let alone a drug lord
Tony Montana wasn't a drug lord, Sosa was the drug lord