One-of-a-Kind Wu-Tang Album Sold. To Who? Oh No!
You may recall this story on Wu-tang Clan’s on of a kind album.
You may also recall the name Martin Shkreli, infamous drug CEO who jacked the price of an AIDS drug by 5000%.
You may not have heard, those two stories now have something in common.
“Shkreli heard about Once Upon a Time in Shaolin and thought it would be nice to own, too. He attended a private listening session at the Standard Hotel hosted by Paddle8 co-founder Alexander Gilkes. Shkreli, who describes himself as a bit of a recluse, recalls Gilkes telling him that if he bought the record, he would have the opportunity to rub shoulders with celebrities and rappers who would want to hear it. “Then I really became convinced that I should be the buyer,” Shkreli says. (Paddle8 declined to comment, citing their policy of client confidentiality.) He also got to have lunch with RZA. “We didn’t have a ton in common,” Shkreli says. “I can’t say I got to know him that well, but I obviously like him.”
Feel free to share your thoughts. Read the whole story here, via Noisey.
Well hey, this means we might get to hear it. You know, if we each pay Shkreli eight trillion dollars.
We can at least take comfort in the fact that a horrible person now has a bit less money, and all he got for it was a throwaway effort from an increasingly irrelevant bunch of performers.
I know I’m reaching for a silver lining.
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