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Pharma Boss Buys Exclusive Wu Tang Clan Album For $2 Million

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Last year, you might remember, Wu-Tang Clan announced  their new double-album Once Upon A Time In Shaolin would be released as just a single copy. They destroyed all other copies, threw in a pair of $55,000 speakers jsut for kicks, and put the last remaining copy in A silver box handcrafted by the British-Moroccan artist Yahya. Yeah, yeah, what’s the point?

 

 

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You may also remember Martin Shkreli as the 32-year-old CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, who made waves back in September when he bought the rights to a pill that treats a fatal parasitic infection, and jacked the price up just a bit. Or like 5000% - from $13.50 a pill to $750 - making him a fan favorite.

 

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Well, at least that money’s going to good use! Bloomberg Business announced today that the buyer was none other than Martin Shkreli. Continuing his campaign for douche of the year (in a really competitive year), Shkreli says he hasn’t even listened to it yet. “I could be convinced to listen to it earlier if Taylor Swift wants to hear it or something like that,” Shkreli says. “But for now, I think I’m going to kind of save it for a rainy day.”

 

Maybe a day when it’s raining rain instead of money. Unsurprisingly, "Shkreli was taken by the Wu-Tang song C.R.E.A.M., which stands for 'Cash Rules Everything Around Me.” Bloomberg reported. “It includes the often-repeated phrase 'Dolla dolla bill, y'all!'"

 

Upon hearing the news, Wu-Tang Clan producer and leader RZA (pronounced “rizza” - you’re welcome, Dad) made a statement by email: “The sale of Once Upon a Time in Shaolin was agreed upon in May, well before Martin Shkreli’s business practices came to light. We decided to give a significant portion of the proceeds to charity.”

 

Fans, who had once tried to crowdfund to release the album pubicly, were understandably dissapointed. Shockingly, Shkreli was unsympathetic. “At the end of the day, they didn’t buy the last album or the one before that, and all they had to pay was $10,” he said, probably  before cackling maniacally and jumping headfirst into a pile of gold coins.

 

Happy holidays, everyone!

 

Follow Mike Cella on Twitter @mikevcella

 

 

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