Two years ago, "pharm bro" Martin Shkreli made the news for hiking up the price of HIV drugs and for notably being the rich guy who spent $2M on Wu-Tang Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. An album that is one of one and was being auctioned to museums and art collectors alike. It has been the most expensive album sold to date.
Shkreli promised the world he would play the album if Donald Trump being president. In keeping his promise, he went on a live stream and played snippets of the supposed album. Unfortunately, for him, a couple of individuals linked to the Staten Island Clan claims that the 31-track that Shkreli bought may not be an actual Wu-Tang album, according to Bloomberg.
U-God's manager, Domingo Neris said, “It’s not an authorized Wu-Tang Clan album. Method Man's manager also was questioned about the existence of the album, saying "it never was" a Wu project. "When we did the verses, it was for a Cilvaringz album," he said. "How it became a Wu-Tang album from there? We have no knowledge of that."
While Shkreliwas to play the album to verify his $2 million purchase, he seems that the snippets are quite possibly all he heard. He recently put the album for sale on eBay but in the description he wrote, "I have not carefully listened to the album, which is a double CD."
Could be his karma for disrespecting the God Ghostface. Do you think Shrkeli got played?
Source: Bloomberg | complex.com
