Ross smoked pot outside Jackson's death home

Rapper Rick Ross paid tribute to Michael Jackson on the day the King of Pop died by smoking marijuana outside the Thriller star's home.

The Hustlin' hitmaker was in Los Angeles when he heard the news about Jackson's passing two years ago and he instructed his driver to pay a visit to the late star's Holmby Hills compound.

He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "I told my driver, 'Yo, I know where his house is at, take me over there.'

"By the time I got there, a crowd was already gathering. I rolled some of that PR 80 - L.A.'s finest (weed) - I cracked the window and I smoked one for the king."