The name Martin Shkreli seems to ring wrong these days. As CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, the Brooklyn native’s controversial decision to raise the price of vital AIDS medication, Daraprim from $13.50 per pill to a staggering $750 each has incited vitriol from across the internet and the real world. So when it was announced last week that Shkreli was the buyer of Wu-Tang’s mystic Once Upon A Time In Shaolin—which was marketed as a pioneering work-of-art rather than an album—RZA went into damage control. “The sale was agreed upon in May,” he told Bloomberg Business Week, “…well before Martin Skhreli’s [sic] business practices came to light.”
To say the stiff-arm did not sit well with Shkreli is an understatement. “I felt insulted,” he tells HipHopDX in this exclusive conversation. “If I hand you $2 million, fucking show me some respect. At least have the decency to say nothing or ‘no comment.’”
But Shkreli didn’t simply purchase the most expensive album in history to have it chill next to his Picasso. Raised in Sheepshead Bay, the brash executive is an avid Hip Hop fan. He loves Eminem and DMX and describes in detail his hopes of becoming a part of the culture… or, at least, the industry. He grew up playing the guitar and piano and aspires to release his own rap album. But before that, his immediate plan is to bail-out jailed Brooklyn upstart, Bobby Shmurda.
“I’m a fan and I’m a business man,” he tells DX. “Look, the guy’s going to have to record for me if he comes out. I’ll just come out and say it… I’m not going to do this for free.
“To me, what I’m doing right now in the media,” Shkreli continues, “raising prices, all this shit, believe what you want, but it’s interesting. It gets people talking. At the end of the day, that’s what art is. I don’t know if I can translate the shit into rap or not, but I’ll try… In 500 years, they’re going to talk about rap the same way we talk about Shakespeare. I just want to throw my hat in the ring, that’s all. I don’t want to make money.”
Bobby Shmurda & Action Bronson
Martin Shkreli: We’re actually in discussion to try to bail out Bobby Shmurda. Forget whether you think he’s guilty or not, the guy should not be sitting in jail right now. It’s insane. He’s from Brooklyn. I’m from Brooklyn. He deserves a fair trial. He deserves good lawyers. He doesn’t have good lawyers. His label is hanging him out to dry and so I have a conference call tomorrow morning with them (December 15). I’ll show up with $2 million bail money no fucking problem. He’s not going to flee the country. I’m not going to lose anything. I’m going to try to make that happen. That’s one thing I’m working on.
HipHopDX: Where did that come from? I’m sure you’re familiar with the story, but are you a fan?
Martin Shkreli: I’m a fan and I’m a business man. I’m not going to do this for free. [Laughs] He’s going to have to do something for me. I don’t know what that’s going to look like yet. He’s going to owe me one, obviously. I’d like to pay for his legal defense as well. I’m a big fan, but also, I’m an opportunist. You know that. I see an opportunity here. He’s a talented guy. Every concert I go to, people yell “Free Shmurda.” He reminds me of me, quite frankly. The guy’s totally irreverent. He doesn’t give a damn what people think. Totally irreverent. Totally I don’t give a fuck. I love him. I just love that style. He’s from not far from where I’m from in Brooklyn. I’d love to help him out. I wish someone would have helped me out when I needed help. He doesn’t have much money, I know that. He’s definitely hurting for money. He needs a bailout, basically. I’d like to help him out. No big promises, but I’ll see what I can do. Like I said, if I can post the $2 million, I’d do it tomorrow. I’m working on it and hopefully, we’ll see him free soon.
DX: You’re unabashedly an opportunist, you said it. Is part of this because it’s potentially a perceived olive branch to the Hip Hop community. Hip Hop isn’t really feeling you right now.
Martin Shkreli: It’s a mix. Look, the guy’s going to have to record for me if he comes out. I’ll just come out and say it. If I’m gonna post his bail, pay for his trial, get him a “Not Guilty” verdict… With the right lawyer, it’s just a matter of money. I see opportunity. The guy’s going to be more popular when he’s out. The guy probably didn’t do shit. He was trying to turn to a new chapter in his life and the old shit is coming up and hurting him. He’s New York’s best chance for rap since 50 Cent. It’s not a lot of money for me. Spend a couple million on his defense, a couple million on bail and I’ll get the bail money back real quick. So a million or two for his defense, which is probably $4 million in total, I’m willing to put towards his defense. I don’t do olive branches. I’m doing something for him, the same way I felt I was doing something for the Wu-Tang Clan. And I’m doing something for me. If people benefit from that, listeners, then that’s great, but that’s not my primary concern. First is him. Second is me. Third is everyone else. Everyone wins. It’s a win-win-win. The only loser is the fucking FEDs that want to see a fucking kid sit in jail for no reason because his lawyers can’t fucking get his act together. That’s what’s going on with that.
DX: What else did you want to share?
Martin Shkreli: There’s a simmering [conflict] going on with the Wu-Tang Clan. It’s probably going to bubble. I don’t know if it’s going to lawsuits. I don’t know what’s going to happen, honestly. I wanted to talk about Action Bronson. You know he’s Albanian?
DX: I do.
Martin Shkreli: You know I’m Albanian?
DX: I know that, as well. Sheepshead Bay [Brooklyn].
Martin Shkreli: I’m the most successful Albanian to ever walk the face of this Earth. What happened to Bronson was [regarding Ghostface Killah]. I thought it was entertaining, watching him run his mouth on Youtube and talk about how he’s got shooters and shit like that. It was funny. I just didn’t like that. I thought we’d keep it as if it was fine. I bought the album. [There’s a ] big fucking check in RZA and Cilvaringz’ pocket now, but if they’re starting to turn up on me… The Albanian community is a very weird community. We’re some of the most tight-knit kind-of kill for each other, die for each other motherfuckers there are. People say it’s one of the craziest ethnicities there is in terms of their loyalty and bloodlines and shit like that. This thing [Wu-Tang thing] is starting to get pretty tense. You probably see that increasingly. I’m getting pretty frustrated by it. I bought the most expensive album in the history of mankind and fucking RZA is talking shit behind my back and online in plain sight. I’m just getting pissed off. That’s not the way I do business. If I hand you $2 million, fucking show me some respect. At least have the decency to say nothing or “no comment.” The guy says “…before his business practices came to light.” What the fuck does that mean? I fucking make money. That’s what I do. That’s why I can fucking afford a fucking $2 million album. What do you think I do, make cookies? No, motherfucker. I sell drugs. [Laughs] I felt insulted.
DX: Throughout this entire process since the announcement, there have been people critical of the idea that they were going to try to sell an album like a work-of-art, a piece that truly was one-of-a-kind. You remember when Ol’ Dirty Bastard said “Wu-Tang’s for the children.” Now babies can’t get healed unless they can afford $750 [per AIDS] pill. They definitely have brand concerns, right?
Martin Shkreli: I’m staring at a Picasso in my living room right now that’s no different from the Wu-Tang box except it’s about 20 times more expensive. It is what it is. If you sell me some shit, then sell me some shit. If you don’t want to sell it to me then don’t sell it to me. You’ve got to research Albanians, it’s the most hot tempered culture there is. I have a crazy temper myself. He’s from the streets. The guy hasn’t been in the hustle in 20 years. He doesn’t want to get me angry and I’m getting angry. Again, what Ghostface said to Bronson was 100 hundred times worse than me and RZA. This is starting to get into some weird Albanian shit. There are similarities, very similar. I’m just getting fed up. If he doesn’t think I have the resources to do something, he fucking doesn’t know me. If Ghostface can make people disappear, what the fuck do you think I can do? I’ll fucking snap the CD on fucking TV and not even listen to it if that’s what he fucking wants.
DX: The Bloomberg story talked about a lunch that you and RZA had prior to the finalizing of the sale. With what you’re saying now, I find it hard to believe that there weren’t covenants to the agreement that kept [each side] from criticizing the sale should it go either way. Everything else seems super confidential.
Martin Shkreli: I’ll have to look back at the agreement. I appreciate you asking that. I met the guy at the SOHO House. The place doesn’t impress me. The guy sits down. We talk for a half an hour. We didn’t really get to know each other in any way, shape or form. That’s why I said that we didn’t have much in common because we talked for maybe an hour. I’ve had meetings where I was supposed to be talking to someone for an hour and we end up talking for six hours because we’re so interested in what we have to say. We’ve all been there. That’s not what happened. Motherfucker came in. He was late. We sat down for maybe 45 minutes at most. He left and was like, “Man, this is the man that needs to buy this album.” I’ve been behind a lot of deals. I know when I’m being bullshitted. You don’t have to fucking fake it. But I still wanted the album. We definitely didn’t have much in common. The guy is fucking full of himself, talking about how his shit is the best ever, how fucking Bobby Digital was the best shit ever. I wasn’t feeling him at all. I figured it was another arrogant rapper. How many of them do you need to meet?
I’m trying to get somewhere in this industry. I’m not sure it’s about olive branches or not. I’m a musician. I’ve played guitar and piano since I was a little kid. I might try to do my own shit.
Martin Shkreli’s Rap Plan Of Attack
DX: You play guitar and piano? Do you write songs as well?
Martin Shkreli: Oh yeah. I told RZA and I told Bloomberg that Shakespeare is my shit. Binding couplets are no fucking different than [GZA]. GZA is literally a genius. Not everyone loves his flow. I can do something like that, I guarantee it. I’ve reached out to a few producers and a few feature artists just to test the waters. I would never put anything out unless it was just golden. I don’t need to embarrass myself. I’m doing fine in pharma. I don’t need another career, but I love creativity. I write music. I was in a lot of bands in high school and college. I love rap, obviously. I think I could express myself through it. There’s never been an [incredibly wealthy] rapper. All these guys rap about is money and I have a lot to say.
DX: Most people think Dr. Dre made it to that level.
Martin Shkreli: He’s close enough, right? [Laughs] He’s the first, so God bless him. He’s obviously an inspiration to everyone, quite frankly. That’s kind of on the horizon for me. I’m testing it out, but in no means or way saying that I can do it. Just kind of test it out to see if it goes well. It could be total shit. It could be great. Who knows? Probably it’s not going to be good. Very few people make it. How many people want to rap? Everyone. How many people can rap? Very limited quantities. I’m even talking to some ghost writers. If Drake can do it, I can do it. [Laughs]
DX: Your music aspirations seem more individualistic than creating a label. The opportunities you’ve talked about so far have been bailing out Bobby Shmurda and, pardon my paraphrase, riding for Action Bronson. Are you thinking about selling music away from your own stuff? Or is this a hobby that could turn into a revenue stream?
Martin Shkreli: I’m not trying to make money. That’s number one. I don’t need to make money. The arts for me is about art. Hip Hop for me is a lot of things. You get so many things with Hip Hop. You get tremendous art. Look at Talib Kweli or [Mos Def] or any of these tremendously gifted intellectual artists. Even Jay Z. When I met him, he gave me this big hug. I told him that all of my success, he inspired it. This is two years ago. You get the extremely good art and then you get this new medium. In 500 years, they’re going to talk about rap the same way we talk about Shakespeare. I just want to throw my hat in the ring, that’s all. I don’t want to make money. There’s not a lot of money to be made, regardless. As much as people say Birdman this or Dre that, this isn’t a big industry. Maybe it will be. It’s not like you can make $10 billion in Hip Hop. It’s not going to happen. It’s unrealistic. For me, it’s more about art and helping bring this art to more people. I’m a drug CEO. You know Ben Horowitz. This is an art that’s growing and growing. To be involved peripherally or centrally, sometimes both, I just love it. I’m at the point in my life where I can do it. I’m still young.
Riding for Action Bronson? I’m riding for myself. There’s parallels or a subplot. There’s sort of a subtext. He’s Albanian. I’m Albanian. He’s from New York. I’m from New York. He’s squaring off against Ghost. I’m squaring off against RZA. Their beef is probably dead (with Ghost), but that dude is crazy on top of all of it. I doubt a label is in my future. If there was an artist that was great and needed cash, I would fund him and not ask for anything in return. I would just throw the check down and say, “Go do your thing, don’t forget who I am.” If you need $50,000 or $100,000 to go do your shit, go on tour for the first time… I make bets on people, bets on artists all the time and I’m happy to do that totally free and just be there as a go-to for the right folks. All I want in return is a little recognition and just friendship. I trusted you early, you make sure I’m backstage when you’re fucking selling out [Madison Square Garden] and just access. That’s the kind of stuff I’m looking for.
I love the art. It’s fucking fantastic. All of my CEO friends and investors think it’s fucking noise and garbage. I think the more people like me to get into the scene [could be helpful]. Ben Horowitz is fucking quoting Nas in everything he writes. It’s like, “Okay, maybe you should take this a little bit more seriously.” I think that’s a beautiful thing. Why not help the scene? Why not help the community? If people don’t get what I’m doing with this Wu-Tang thing, it is what it is. I don’t think I’m going to snap the fucking CD. [Laughs] Again, my temper can definitely run wild. Did you see that thing where I threatened that dude and his fucking kids, right?
DX: I did.
Martin Shkreli: That was over $3 million, I want to say. He had to call the police, that guy. There’s a little “Shmurda” in me, too. [Laughs] People that know me know that there’s a little Bobby-equivalent in my blood, too. That comes from growing up on the edge of the hood, I would say. I’ve had guns pointed at me. I’ve had tons of that shit happen. I know that world. Not knee deep, but know it enough to know what it is. I’m definitely the real fucking deal. This is not a fucking act. I threatened that fucking guy and his fucking kids because he fucking took $3 million from me and he ended up paying me back. He called my bluff. He said, “You’re not fucking going to go after me.” [I said] “Yes I motherfucking will.” I had two guys parked outside of his house for six months watching his every fucking move. I can get down. I don’t think RZA knows that. I think he thinks I’m some powder puff white guy CEO that’s got too much money. No. No, no, no. I definitely don’t spend $2 million for nothing. That’s a lot of money, even if you’re Carl Icahn. I’d encourage him to shut the fuck up before he goes a little too far. We’ll see what happens. I think he’s a smart man. He definitely acts like his shit doesn’t stink and he invented rap. This concept of selling one album, this shit’s backfiring for him now…
DX: That seems like a pretty resolute opinion on someone you spoke to for 45 minutes.
Martin Shkreli: Look, I don’t know. He’s an enigma. A lot of these rap dudes are enigmas. Fucking Jay Z, you fucking sit-down with the guy for two hours, the guy fucking says three sentences. That’s how Jay is. He’s just quiet. All these guys are quiet. They keep to themselves. They don’t say shit. I don’t wanna say it’s resolute. His music speaks for itself. The guy created one of the most iconic groups ever. But he’s not God. He’s not the greatest there ever was or that ever will be and he acts like it. That pisses me off sometimes. I did him a favor. I don’t think there was another fucking buyer for this fucking thing. I’ve been in a lot of deals. You know when you’re bidding against yourself. I’m not fucking stupid. I know I could’ve gotten away with half the bid and still got it. What’s the difference? What’s another $500,000, $750,000, another $1 million? What am I gonna do, save money on this? Who cares? I just did it. I did him a fucking favor and I expected him to go out there and say, “Well, Mr. Shkreli, he’s not such a bad guy. He’s being misunderstood” as opposed to, “We didn’t know this before his business practices came to light.” What the fuck does that mean? Fucking defend me. I didn’t pay you $2 million to talk shit about me.
DX: Have you spoken to him since that statement was released?
Martin Shkreli: No. I don’t think it would be a good conversation.
DX: Have you spoken to Cilvaringz?
Martin Shkreli: I have spoken to Ringz. He’s RZA’s fucking lapdog. I don’t have much to say to him or about him. It is what it is. He doesn’t have anything. This is all Bobby. All my emails with him, the guy fucking types in ALL CAPS like he’s never used a fucking computer. [Laughs]
Martin Shkreli: “I’ll Fucking Buy Cash Money”
DX: The last thing that I expected you to say today was that you have music aspirations. You talk about the swag that rappers have. I think your reputation is similar for better and worse. From what I’ve read about how you’ve been characterized and from what I’ve seen from the public forums I’ve watched where you’re speaking, it takes a shit ton of swag to be a 32-year-old CEO of a pharmaceutical company. It takes swag to handle the backlash for, as you’ve described it, meeting your fiduciary responsibility. I don’t think that’s as off base as what other people might think.
Martin Shkreli: I appreciate that. I had written off rap for a long time. Then I put on Eminem’s album [Marshall Mathers LP]. I listened to that first track where he explains how he’s gonna kill the listener [“Kill You”] in like 18 different ways. I’m just sitting there thinking, “What the fuck am I listening to?” I’ve heard all types of music and I’m listening to this man explain how he’s going to dismember me with a chainsaw, fuck his own mother and my brain is exploding. The rest of the album is fantastic. It makes you wonder what art is. To me, what I’m doing right now in the media, raising prices, all this shit, believe what you want, but it’s interesting. It gets people talking. At the end of the day, that’s what art is. I don’t know if I can translate the shit into rap or not, but I’ll try. I’ll try in my own studios and with my own friends helping me out. If it comes out okay, I’ll put the shit out. I’ve written lots of good songs before. I can definitely do it. Business is better for me just because music is a hard life, as you know. But if I can do it, I’ll do it. The budget for the album can be fucking $5 million. I’ll pay fucking Drake. I’ll pay fucking Lil Wayne. I’ll pay Timbaland to make a beat. I don’t care. I just don’t wanna put out low-quality stuff. I don’t want it to turn into Detox where nothing is good enough; where it always needs to be better. I don’t want that to happen either. We’ll see.
I’ve written some rhymes. They’re alright. Teams or not, it still has to come from the [artist]. I think I’m a creative guy. I’ve got a pretty deep knowledge of Hip Hop. I’ve got a good vocabulary, a decent sense of humor and enough material to last a fucking lifetime. I’ve got enough material to write five autobiographies. At 32 years old, I’ve seen and done more shit than just about anyone. That should help. Sometimes it’s just that magic that makes one of these guys different from another. I’m not counting on that, that’s for sure. I’m counting on how I have a lot of money. Can I be the next Suge Knight or Puff Daddy or whatever in this game? Probably. Birdman? Probably. What does Birdman do? He fucking rubs his hands and fucking every now and then maybe he’ll say something. But he’ll try hard to look cool and bullshit.
DX: There’s still a question of authenticity. Nothing in rap really works without it. Everyone who’s had some fame and didn’t have authenticity becomes a joke. You don’t want to be Vanilla Ice.
Martin Shkreli: Exactly. I don’t wanna be Vanilla Ice, but I’m a fucking real dude. I’m the guy. I’ve got fucking Presidents talking about me. [Laughs]
DX: But even away from the street life that’s often associated with Hip Hop. Authenticity within the culture.
Martin Shkreli: For sure. But if Ace Hood can stand next to me in a music video and be like, “I fucks with this dude. This is my bankroll guy and I’ve got fucking suitcases of money.” That’s my real life. I fucking travel around [Las Vegas] with fucking $2 million or $3 million in cash like Floyd Mayweather. It’s real. Whether you think I’m a herb or whatever, fine. But I’m the dude. I’m the guy. I’m not made up. Take it for what it’s worth. If you think that’s not going to do anything… 80 guys have tried to turn DMX’s career around. It’s never gonna happen, but I love that dude.
The point is, I am what I am. I’ve seen people call me a fucking savage. I’m the fucking biggest plug there is. The guys on Worldstar say that. There’re guys that are like I’m just a white boy or whatever. OK. But if Hip Hop’s gonna evolve and be something big… You’ve got guys like Ben Horowitz, myself. You know Ben bid on this shit. Ben bid on the album. I’m here. Use it or lose it, I don’t care. But I’m here and I love this shit. If I’m not welcome then I’m not welcome. That’s OK. I’m still gonna be fucking shit up. [Laughs] You can’t stop me from that. I’ll fucking buy Cash Money, dude. You can’t stop that. The money is just the money. It’s green. C’est la vie.
I was at the Tupac auction buying all of Tupac’s manuscripts. It is what it is. If I’m an outsider, I’m an outsider. Dudes will still come up to me and need money for the records. I’ll still be here. I hope I’m accepted, for sure. Like you said, you need swag to pull off the shit I pulled off. To even have Trump call you a spoiled brat. Donald-fucking-Trump called me a spoiled brat. That takes someone special, I think.
DX: I’ve been reading a lot of message boards and people have been quoting some of the things you’ve said around the album. When you said “the fans could’ve bought the last Wu-Tang album or the one before that and they didn’t and all they had to do was pay $10.” People in the message boards were really upset. In my view, it was largely because that’s a hard point to debate.
Martin Shkreli: By the way, I got that from RZA himself. He threw his own fans under the fucking bus. I didn’t make that shit up. That was RZA talking. It’s true. I’ve got the money. If DMX wanted to put out an album right now, I’d pay $100,000 or $200,000 or $500,000. Trust me, he’d make more selling to me than he’d make selling out elsewhere. The guy’s got so much fucking child support, so many fucking bills. For him to write something for me would be a no-brainer. I don’t know. We’ll see how it all goes.
DX: This is the second time you’ve mentioned DMX. This something you’re thinking about.
Martin Shkreli: Oh, for sure. If Kanye West would trade me some unreleased shit, I would make him a copy of Wu-Tang. But we’d both agree to keep each other’s shit secret. I’m trying to cut some shit like that. Maybe do a remix or something with Drake. He’s a big fan. They all have brands and shit, though. For Drake to fuck with me would be a problem for Drake. He probably wouldn’t do it. I don’t know. I want to see where it takes me. I think I bought a seat at the table with this album. If I can get Shmurda out of jail, that would be some shit. [Laughs] I’m a creative guy. If you talk to anyone in pharma—maybe I don’t have the same resources as Pfizer, I may not have the same experience as Merck—but I’m crafty as fuck. Anytime there’s some shit to do in rap, you know I’m going to be there. I asked DJ Khaled if I can help expand his fucking restaurant. We’re talking about it. We’ll see what happens. I’m throwing my hat in the game. I’m here, I want to have fun. It fits me perfectly. It’s this mix of bravado, money music, attitude. This is just me. Nothing in my life fits better than Hip Hop. It was meant to be. We’ll see how it plays out. I’m going to be around. Shmurda, this emerging war with RZA, if it emerges—I am pretty pissed off. I want an apology, for sure. We’ll see what he does. I’ve been known to calm down, too.
DX: Have you thought about sharing the album?
Martin Shkreli: I’m not going to play it for no reason. If Taylor Swift wants to come over and suck my dick, I’ll play it for her. [Laughs]
Update: Martin Shkreli was arrested by federal agents on December 17. Read he full story.
If ANYBODY is going to murked in 2016 PLEASE make it this guy! Lmfao (but seriously)
Ol boy just got arrested. He ain’t bailing no one out
The guy is scum but he’s right. Rza was wrong to shade him, did Rza think Mother Theresa was going to pop out with 2 mill for a rap album? When he set the price that high, he guaranteed it would be some vampire like Shkreli to purchase it. Now Rza wants to act funny because of the bad PR, gtfoh……
“If I hand you $2 million, fucking show me some respect.”
Naw.
Lol white people think money will buy them anything
“This is all Bobby. All my emails with him, the guy fucking types in ALL CAPS like he’s never used a fucking computer.” Lol this dude is dope. Hes hella smart and funny as fuck. Sucks for the aids victims though but dudes a fuckin charecter
What a piece of shit he is. Rich horrible brat!
i went into this hating the dude and left it thinking he’s alright even though he is a colossal ass who helps children die from AIDS… in fact that makes me like him more.
I hope your moms gets hit by a bus
ThisThis has been by far the most interesting interview I’ve ever read on this site. I like dude he’s balsy and I think he’s being honest and on top of it all he’s a hustler. Shit plug me with dude.
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You wrote an entire article criticizing him the other day and now you’re saying he has “swag”? What a bunch of d**k riders! Guess that’s what money does!
He knows that by being bombastic and bloviating on this site it’s going to ingratiate him with a culture that worships greed, arrogance, and tough talk. Unfortunately, it’s hubris. What he’s overlooking, is that he has one disadvantage, which is that he has a life that he cares about. These goons that have nothing, and work for these rappers who provide them with a pay check, will shoot this guy without batting an eyelash. He cares a lot about what people think of him, even though he says he doesn’t. Money can not buy REAL friendship, or REAL respect, or REAL admiration, and those are 3 things he DESPERATELY wants. Anyone can be touched. There have been people 10 times richer than thus guy that have been taken out by Joe Blow. They can put something in your food, have some hot girl slip ’em a goofie, there are countless ways to get at someone. Even the President can get smoked. If this guy got clipped, I don’t think the FEDS would be clamoring to find his killer. I’m not advocating some kind of violent act against this guy, I’m just reminding him, because I KNOW he’s reading all these, that talking too much shit will get you smoked. He reads Shakespeare, he should understand this. You’re not Caesar mothafucka.
+1 Nailed it
martin seems like a real nigga to me.
This aint serious is it? He’s obviously acting! He’s not that dumb that he would fucking say he had niggaz watching and stalking his employees. Or is this one of those satiral interviewsa
damn after all these years i can say the Wu finally took an L, This nigga pretty much K.O. the clan
Can we get this dude and stitches on a tag team against the Game and RZA? Please?
This is awesome!
This interview was pure comedy gold and oh yea “cocaine is a helluva drug”..
Brooklyn Hands gonna pay him a visit real soon….
MAN THIS GUY IS THE SHIT FOR REAL. FUCK THEM AIDS NIGGAZ THEY DONT PUT À CONDOM ON OR SHARE COCAINE NEEDLES AND THEN BE LIKE “HELP ME IVE GOT AIDS” GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE I DONT HAVE SYMPATHY FOR THEM. I LL SURE WONT IN ANYWAY HELP THEM THEY CAN FUCKING DIE. OH BY THE WAY, MARTIN SELLS THOSE TO BIG COMPANIES ITS NOT LIKE HE SELLIN THEM PILLS HAND TO HAND SO DONT BLAME HIM FOR THE RAISE OF PRICE. A.X UP IN THIS BITCH (WITH A CONDOM ON HAHAHAHAHA )
This is it, the stupidest comment on the internet.
It’s too bad he doesn’t produce medication for Down Syndrome, you’d benefit from that…
Of course a condom will help AIDS babies too.
I hope your lil favorite will buy a brain for you.
Wow I love it I fuck with this guy
what a loser
WU-TANG FOREVER
ALL CAPS LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Yo he said some real shit, don’t fuck with Albanians dog.. They the type to chop mothafuckas up in the grandmas kitchen n shit.. They alot like old school Sicilians but more violent. They’ll wipe out your whole family, all the way down to your fuckin gold fish bro. Just leave those dudes alone. Obviously this guys a bitch, but real Albanian that are bout that life.. No way Jose..
Are u fuckin 12
Martin Shkreli eat a big fat dick!
fuck ur ads it took me forever to get to this bs. good bye dx
Is this real life? Lol
@ JUSTIN HUNTE:
You should have kicked him in his fucking face, and injected AIDS virus in his eye.
Anybody who says this pig is “the shit” has no sense and should cut his tongue out.
I would torture this guy for weeks. And when he begs for death I would kill his relatives with a nice smile on my face.
I like money
@explosive
its 2015, get a god damn ad-blocker already. geez
All those people from the Balkans are trash: Albanians, Serbs etc. They are violent, greedy, dirty, smelly and they love anal sex. They are depraved savages, with backwards cultures. They contribute nothing to the world and nobody respects them.
I don’t know where you from, actually, I don’t give a fuck where you are from. First things first. Eat an AIDS Infected Dick You Fucking Cunt!!!
He was just saying how tight the Alb community is and how they look after each other unlike You inbred motherfucker!!
“Love your Family” doesn’t mean “Rape your own kids” you fucking parasite!!!!!
Sad part is, since he has the cure for aids, he could eat all the aids dick that he pleases with no worries.
I see you know a lot about the Balkans. And anal sex. Hope you enoyed. Then you must know that Serbs and Albanians like each others the same way as Americans and Russians! Stupid, ignorant sob!
You are fucking retarded. It’s not the drug that cures aids! It fucking treats an infection that people who have aids can get. So, yes, he can eat all the aids dick he pleases but then I hope nobody sells him the hiv med! Fucking moron!
this guy sounds insane. the new benzino. completely lost and retarded, clear mental problems. i garuntee he is high on boatloads of blow. he will be in the news again – garunteed. if i was a rapper, id milk him dry of his money. make him believe he can be a star
Sounds like a capitalist prick looking to buy (into) a culture.
This is the most disgusting, depraved shit I have ever had the displeasure of reading. Shkreli is a mongoloid cunt and needs to catch a bullet. I felt sorry for the DX reporter who had to sit with him and listen to his drivel.
hahahaha this dude is the biggest fuckin tool I’ve ever seen. At least he knows how much of a fuckin herb he is, he just thinks that money erases it for some reason. Why the fuck does he think buying something from anyone for ANY amount of money means that person owes him respect? He’s smart when it comes to business so he should know better than that… your purchase buys you the thing you bought- respect is some whole different shit. Lookin like a 12 year old boy… lol. I love that he has dreams of actually being a rap artist- I can’t wait to see how that shit turns out for him.
this guy is a grade-a dbag. He paid 2million for an album, thats his first idiot move. then he expects respect for spending money? I bought a coffee the other day from starbucks, not their respect. And if he is so concerned about being respected, then he wouldnt have fucked over tons of aids patients. fuck this guy. Take your whack-ass 2 million dollar hustled by some black dudes from staten island ass to syria and blow yourself up.
This scumbag put the price of daraprim up from $13.50 to $750 per pill. For vital aids medication. And this is the man wu tang chose to sell there album too. WHAT THE HELL!!!!! Fuck wu tang. You’ve just lost a fan. And probably plenty more. Unbelievable. The man sounds like a psychopath. A real psychopath. Hip hop’s sold its soul and this was the final straw.
They didn’t “choose” to sell it to him. It was auctioned, and he bid the highest.
Did you not see that he’s mad RZA doesn’t like him? He thinks purchasing ‘Once Upon A Time In Shaolin’ should have bought him RZA’s respect.
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Hey sounds like he’s high on a bunch of blow
I didn’t know he’s Albanian and I just came here to say that Albanians are some of the craziest MF”s on the Planet. The Italian Mafia and Haitans or whoever you think is tough, ain’t got shit on crazy Albanians. And this mf is rich? Don’t mess with him
Stop being a sissy
Is that you Marty? Because I feel pretty confident the only positive remarks you’ll get here will come from you. I’d bet money you’re here trolling you piece of garbage.
Marty, Sissy? Are ypu pathetic black ggpsie mfs really gon tell me you know better? Are you jealous that another race is being known to be tough and too gangsta for yall? Im not Albanian but I beat the black off of pussy niggaz like you around here. In real life you better check yourself before you wreck yourself, pussy
Funny how white (wanna-be) rappers always get the Vanilla Ice reference. You’re either Vanilla or Eminem. Tread carefully.
Now he has something else in common with Bobby. They are both in prison.
Action Bronson & the rest of y’all Albanians, come get this nigga out the paint please
Albanian people aren’t exempt from this seven hundred and fifty dollar HIV pill. No respect.
How come this crazy Albanian guy has more faith in Bobby Shmurda than you “Black Power” screaming MFs? Im talking about celebrities and stans. This white guy is willing to bail Bobby out, a young black kid being done dirty by the justice system, and there’s nobody from the black community helping Bobby out? He has faith in Bobby because he knows he can make that money back, he sees talent in him, but NONE of you BLACK PWER, BLACK EVERYTHING, CULTURE VULTURE screaming mfs.
Nobody signed the Online Petition to release Bobby, not one signature since May! Pathetic. Not even DX. This guy deserves R.E.S.P.E.C.T and RZA did this guy dirty. Nobody was going to buy that sh** man! He better thank God this huge Wu-Tang fan got rich and bought that sh** because nobody else would!
He ain’t bail the boo out yet.Don’t rush to judgements dickeater.Stop clocking his doe,hoe bitch
Send this Jew to the Gaza Strip.
I agree. Let the Palestinians terminate this monkey. RZA can poke him in his ass and then feed the Daraprim to him anally.
This guy’s great. If you don’t like him, it’s because you’re poor. Being poor is for losers, being rich is cool
Playing the tough boy from Brooklyn. Just another HH wannabewannabe with cash. He wants respect? My answer is I wouldn’t piss on his pink Albanian face if his head was on fire.
I still don’t understand why someone that’s willing to throw money around like he does is doing it so selfishly. Yeah, he has a fiduciary responsibility to his shareholders – he thinks he’s helping it by driving up the price of a drug and then goes and ruins his company’s brand by showing it’s run by a low class, hot-tempered thug with a knack for drumming up bad PR. He’s a total hypocrite. He also talked about how $1 million was a lot of money for anyone, and how he doesn’t spend $2 million for nothing – but then goes and adds “but what’s another $500,000?” So… Is it a lot of money to you or not? He clearly doesn’t think through things very well, which doesn’t bode well for his company’s stock.
He doesn’t understood the basic concept that money can’t buy respect. He’s going to learn that the hard way when the top talent in the pharma industry refuses to work at his company because it’s run by a maniac who could abruptly do his employees dirty just as he’s done the poor dirty. Fuck fiduciary responsibility, he has a humane responsibility to be a good human being. Life’s a lottery, and me could’ve been born an AIDS child – bet he’d be singing a different tune, the.
He basically said he’s causing controversy because it’s art… But you foster art by fostering good lives. You know what would be more impactful and garner more respect? If he found ways to cultivate the art he admires and lift up communities and aspiring artists. Some, perhaps almost all, of hip hop’s greatest artists come from impoverished neighborhoods, and he’s killing the poor and disenfranchised with his business practices.
And to act so lackadaisical about if he makes money in the music industry… If he wants to support it, then doing things like lowering the price of your drug will help indirectly. To paraphrase Tupac, he may not change the world, but he’ll plant a seed in the mind of someone that does. Shkreli could be the same by helping others, but he turns around and robs the unfortunate from life saving medications and justifies it by saying he has a fiduciary responsibility to his shareholders – but he doesn’t even take that seriously! If he did, he wouldn’t be doing these ridiculous interviews.
He should be ashamed. I hope the Armenian community rejects him.
dude sounds insane…like “american psycho” insane…either insane or high on cocaine…i wouldn’t except one penny from this guy
He’s talking about going out West? Talkin about working with Dre who’s main man died from HIV/AIDS? Straight delusional.
Martin? Hey little man – despite all your pathetic name-dropping, chest-thumping, braggadocio, and desperate attempts to validate yourself by talking tough and throwing large sums of money around, NOBODY OWES YOU ANYTHING. NOBODY WANTS OR NEEDS YOU. Up-and-coming artists don’t need you. Wu-Tang doesn’t need you. Bobby Shmurda doesn’t need you. Action Bronson doesn’t need you. DMX doesn’t need you. Taylor Swift doesn’t need you. Drake doesn’t need you. Timbaland doesn’t need you. Lil’ Wayne doesn’t need you. All these names that you have dropped in the interview – they don’t need your fucking charity. You said “I am what I am”, and you’re correct. Stay in your own lane, bro dawg. Keep your khakis and loafers on. Keep going to your power-lunches, checking your stocks, driving your yacht around. It’s really OK, man. Be who you are. If you like the music and you like the culture then that’s great – just do that and go about your business (which is pharmaceuticals, NOT music or art). If you want to support the culture, then support it, and don’t expect special treatment in return. You are obviously a very wealthy and very lonely man trying to buy your way into the scene so you might have the opportunity to potentially rub shoulders with people who ordinarily wouldn’t give two fucks about you. That kind of behavior is incredibly transparent and indicative of what is known as a culture-vulture. And hey, Marty, bro-dawg – you really don’t need to keep trying to assert yourself as some kind of tough guy. Please stop. It’s one of those things that’s just embarrassing to watch, really.
Smartest shit I heard all day
DMX kinda needs him tho
Hey Pharma Bro – you bought an album from RZA. You didn’t buy his loyalty or his respect. Those are things you have to earn, you can’t just fucking buy them. You didn’t gain anything except a fancifully-packaged collection of music through your financial transactions. RZA and Wu-Tang can say what ever they fucking want about you. Business is business. It’s not personal. I figured you would know that since you’re such a thoro kingpin Gambino Don with so much legit street cred.
LOL He’s gonna need to save that bail money.
To be honest, After reading this, I gotta respect his hustle. Sometimes we check out the news and just get soundbites with no real substantial information and we get to a conclusion from that. A lot of what he says makes a lot of sense and to be honest as a Wu supporter and Fan, I haven’t liked what RZA has done lately in terms of production for the group. ” A better Tomorrow” was pretty sad
No him being arrested for fraud makes sense
I’m gonna create a double sided tee with free smurda on the front and free shkreli on the back hhahaajajaajahahahaahaha
This mothafucka,needs to learn,It’s consequences for playing God.A another bitch ass nigga with money.But he ain’t mention what he would do if he was broke.You fake wanna be down boi.You shitting on ya own hood,with that Pill,Motherfucka!
So, because you travel around with suitcases full of cash means you are authentic? All one needs to do is have lots of money and throw it around at some rappers and then they are authentic to the culture? Fuck outta here.
How come this crazy Albanian guy has more faith in Bobby Shmurda than you “Black Power” screaming MFs? Im talking about celebrities and stans. This white guy is willing to bail Bobby out, a young black kid being done dirty by the justice system, and there’s nobody from the black community helping Bobby out? He has faith in Bobby because he knows he can make that money back, he sees talent in him, but NONE of you BLACK PWER, BLACK EVERYTHING, CULTURE VULTURE screaming mfs. Nobody signed the Online Petition to release Bobby, not one signature since May! Pathetic. Not even DX. This guy deserves R.E.S.P.E.C.T and RZA did this guy dirty. Nobody was going to buy that sh** man! He better thank God this huge Wu-Tang fan got rich and bought that sh** because nobody else would!
#Blackhypocrites
No one wanted to set bobby free because he literally snitched on himself and his crew as an album. who the fuck supports a snitch? He is literally the dumbest rapper there is 1. for continuing to do dumb shit after making clean money 2. for actually rapping about factual shit he did. as for the album there were serveral groups of fans trying to gather up enough to offer for the album. speak what you know
This guy really thinks HIS shit doesn’t stink. talking down on all these people that he doesn’t even know. Whiney bitch. You are not rap’s saviour, nor are you a factor in hip-hop. You’re a culture vulture.
More than that, this person is the reason the rich’s getting richer and the poor’s getting poorer. I hope Action speaks out against this cunt. He’s evil. Threatening a family and even bragging about it… The fuck?! And everbody who doesn’t get it even after this interview, is fucking lost.
he just got arrested today
Ok, all I can say is that im totally embarrassed. He is really,pathetically, screaming for attention, by all the ranting and raving he is doing, he sounds like a child that has been told no, or grounded for not taking the trash out. The threats that have been made by this mentally young minded childish boy don’t scream maturity in the least. If you have a fuck ton of money, does that mean you can’t b touched? If history has tought us anything, it is that any one can bite it at any given moment. So, in closing, the dudes a moron, a smart dummy, with a lot of money and a big mouth. But the more he runs his mouth, the more negative awful things he does to these people with diseases, that all have hopes and dreams just like anyone else, including this idiot, karma will get him, or if karma doesn’t get him first, someone with nothing to lose will for his big mouth, or it just could be for how horrible he is screwing his fellow human beings.
Albanian Ice.
culture vulture
No one cares. Go to a Brooks Brothers outlet and shut the fuck up.
I had my pre-conceived notions about this dude, but after reading this story, I can definitely respect his hustle. I thought he was just being a douchebag but no, there was a lot more to him than that. I know he got locked up but he won’t be in jail or club fed for long. Money does talk. If RZA wasn’t being such a ho, he would’ve sold it to someone else but how u take someone’s 2 million then talk crap about him? The sale of this one album has
Maybe you missed the part where he jacked up the prices for a drug that’s the only one of its kind to treat a disease that’s incredibly severe, affects the poorer people more than anyone else, and if untreated is terminal from $13.50 a pill to $750 a pill. I assume you liked hitler’s hustle as well? Dude’s dope man, he only killed millions and millions of people in concentration camps but whatevs.
This guy is like a worse version of Eric from the movie ‘Billy Madison’. Business ethics escape him.
Eric, on coke, with his tongue up a rapper’s ass.
i dont see the problem. if i put up 2 mil for bail (if i had it lol) you better believe you’re returning my investment..thats was happened with pac and suge..pac didnt have to agree to theterms.. u get ur freedom but u better be ready to work for my money back..
Yo justin… u got shkreli’s email? i need a 100k loan man
Yep, just like people in America to get mad as hell about this guy jacking up the price of an HIV drug, but still never question all of the misinformation around HIV and the fact that most of what we’ve heard is bullshit anyway. We’re not mad at the people lying to us about HIV in the first place. But mad at him. Got it.
Can we inject you with it? That way you can tell everyone else how it’s fake.
Daraprim (the drug in question) actually doesn’t do anything to treat HIV, it’s just part of the antibacterial regimen used to treat infections that are common in immunocompromised people like HIV patients. Really not that controversial.
HAHAHAHAHA….homeboy better focus on getting HIMSELF bailed outta jail first! I hope this smarmy little fuck is found guilty and his ass ends up in the gutter.
“If I hand you $2 million, fucking show me some respect. ”
Marty, what you don’t understand is that the respect you get for handing someone 2M is not the respect you get for having good character. If character doesn’t mean anything to you, then you get the respect that 2M buys you (how’s that feel?). So stop crying. You talk about respect? If cuts both ways. You want respect? Admit you were wrong about Navidea Biopharmaceuticals–a company you dissed for no good reason–and start accumulating their shares AND investing in their pipeline. You can buy sycophants, but not respect.
Fucking white boy. talking shit like anybody scared of a bunch of smelly Albanians LOOOOOL
Fuck you!
Yo, with the ridiculous number of things worth criticizing in this interview (which I can’t BELIEVE this…man let be published about himself; character assassination? Nah, just suicide), the one that keeps circling in my head is the cultural outrage I feel on behalf of Armenian-Americans. If this dog of a being claimed his heinous actions and views were representative of my culture, my ethnicity, I’d denouce his ass with the quickness. Disgusting enough that he comports himself this way, but to imply that this is culturally NORMAL, ADMIRABLE? This type of public conduct is why anti-defamation leagues are important.
you mean Albanian…?
I DO! Sweet Christmas, thank you Nick. Here I am, all self-righteous, showin’ my ass.
fuck what everyone says. do you
How fucking ironic! This guy finally get his ass handed to him for his misdeeds and egregious, felonious conduct!
good
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thats little
This is a bad look for Hip Hop and the Wu. Rza and Cilva are going to catch alot of heat for this debacle. This spoiled, rich disgrace to humanity is making the Wu and in turn hip hop look cheap and disposable. This is just a game to this fuck. He threatens to snap the cd and go to war with Rza unless Rza apologizes to him. There’s a video of him using the box and the album as a coaster. Then he has the nerve to act like a thug because he has money and simply can? He claims to be a hip hop fan but seems set on embarrassing the same culture he claims to love all because he felt insulted and not supported by Rza’s comments. Rza spoke the truth. Unfortunately for Rza and Cilva, for as thought out as their plan was, they never anticipated that a “devil” would be the owner of the most expensive album ever; a devil who has so much money that he can talk reckless, possibly tarnish the Wu, and probably get away with it when it is all said and done. I guess Rza and Cilva didn’t think to screen the potential buyer(s) and make sure they were buying for the right reason. I hope ruining a legacy was worth the 2 mil you both pocketed; and Karma will eventually get you rat boy. I hope misery finds you soon!
A little boy crying for respect. Perhaps start doing something respectable for once.
ahaha this interview makes you sound so full of fucking shit..
you expect buying albums, helping dj kh with his restaurent and getting bobby out is your way of getting into hip hop.. AHAHAHAHA
This guys meets the definition of a narcissist to the nth degree. He is in a position in pharma to actually do something good in the world, but instead he exploiting the seriously ill. Making deals with the devil will get him nowhere.
Guy just seems like a no bullshit Brooklyn dude.
lol yeah right. This guy is hilarious, “I threatened a guy and his kids over 3 mil! I’M BAD!! I know the hood! I’m Albanian and we’re crazy!! Don’t fuck w/ me or my hedge fund homies!!!” He sure likes to talk big. He wants to play in the streets? We’ll see how long that lasts, mr. tough guy businessman. Him trying to pay Shmurda’s bail is gonna be like Bane and that business man in The Dark Knight Rises. Dude’s gonna be needing bodyguards if he keeps running his mouth about the streets. I guess he’s got the money for it right? Well, maybe not considering he was just arrested. I wonder if he’ll be in Gen-Pop or one of those white collar resort type deals. I mean he’s such a tough guy, he can probably hack it in the pen right? LOL. Fuck outta here “shkrelli”. Homeboy got sonned by a broad on Tinder. LMAO
He’s a complete scumbag and I hope he gets the full 20 yrs for fraud. He stole all his money he’s nothing but a cheap crook bye bye
Shkeli.
Honestly, I like this dude. He reminds of a white 50 Cent with the strategic moves, not giving a care and doing things his way with confidence and still WINS!!!.
Money is power and watch him do it too.
I agree with him against RZA. He should’ve least not saying anything. how many losers than bought a Wu-Tang album? RZA didn’t care.
I don’t co-sign Shrkeli for withholding life saving med by inflating the price.
He is sad little boy with too much money and an ego too big. If you respect this or feel anything but sad for him, you are a clueless fucking bag of shit.
I hope your family members will be so sick they will wish to die, and you can’t do anything just watch them suffer because you CAN’T BUY THE MEDICINE.
I still don’t understand why someone that’s willing to throw money around like he does is doing it so selfishly. Yeah, he has a fiduciary responsibility to his shareholders – he thinks he’s helping it by driving up the price of a drug and then goes and ruins his company’s brand by showing it’s run by a low class, hot-tempered thug with a knack for drumming up bad PR. He’s a total hypocrite. He also talked about how $1 million was a lot of money for anyone, and how he doesn’t spend $2 million for nothing – but then goes and adds “but what’s another $500,000?” So… Is it a lot of money to you or not? He clearly doesn’t think through things very well, which doesn’t bode well for his company’s stock. He doesn’t understood the basic concept that money can’t buy respect. He’s going to learn that the hard way when the top talent in the pharma industry refuses to work at his company because it’s run by a maniac who could abruptly do his employees dirty just as he’s done the poor dirty. Fuck fiduciary responsibility, he has a humane responsibility to be a good human being. Life’s a lottery, and me could’ve been born an AIDS child – bet he’d be singing a different tune, the. He basically said he’s causing controversy because it’s art… But you foster art by fostering good lives. You know what would be more impactful and garner more respect? If he found ways to cultivate the art he admires and lift up communities and aspiring artists. Some, perhaps almost all, of hip hop’s greatest artists come from impoverished neighborhoods, and he’s killing the poor and disenfranchised with his business practices. And to act so lackadaisical about if he makes money in the music industry… If he wants to support it, then doing things like lowering the price of your drug will help indirectly. To paraphrase Tupac, he may not change the world, but he’ll plant a seed in the mind of someone that does. Shkreli could be the same by helping others, but he turns around and robs the unfortunate from life saving medications and justifies it by saying he has a fiduciary responsibility to his shareholders – but he doesn’t even take that seriously! If he did, he wouldn’t be doing these ridiculous interviews. He should be ashamed. I hope the Armenian community rejects him.
This guy just got busted for fraud today. After reading this interview, posted yesterday, the dude deserves no sympathy.
Who can be mad about him? Fags, whores, junkies who got aids? The whole pharmaceutical industry are the mafia producing poison and you would probably do better without a cure, just improving your diet and habits, becoming aware of yourself. And he’s got that real talk, I hope he burns the wu-tang album.
Kill yourself
This is a fascinating character for better or worse. I’m intrigued by the fact that he is such a hip hop fan. To the point where he writes bars?! Lol. I think part of his beef with RZA stems from him not being embraced by RZA as a friend. He mentioned wanting to, “get a seat at the table” because of this purchase. He claims RZA was arrogant, but how would you expect RZA to act when he’s trying to sell a rap album to a main street rich buyer. You gotta have some ego and try to bolster your brand around that type of company. Unless he knew you were an actual hip hop die hard. 2mill on a Wutang album, and aspirations to spit that hot fire? This dudes more passionate about hip hop than half the viewers of this site! Lmao. I didn’t see that one coming
A person like this only truly deserves one thing, and that’s death. I’m sorry but when you pull shit like that, you are just rotten to the core. Yes the whole pharma-industry is one big mafia, i am sure, but that doesn’t mean he can do something like this? For anyone saying it’s junkie’s and gay people’s own fault…i suggest you do some research on HIV/AIDS, cause there are many ways you can get it. I am sure you would want that medicine again. The shit he says about RZA is laughable, you decided to buy that album, he didn’t force you or anything. Has zero to do with respect. His plans for hiphop are beyond ridiculous too. Talking about Bobby Smurda as if he actually cares that he didn’t get a fair trial (apparently) yet raising that anti-AIDS drug sky high. Those are not signs of a human being that cares, those are signs of a person that is sick in the head…and should be dead.
He should be squashed in jail. The system hates Jews.
Not a Jew-he was born Catholic, now agnostic
Just wish Martin didn’t thrive on these haters. This kid has given more to charity than any other Pharma CEO I’ve ever heard of. And as far as Deraprim-the reason you haven’t heard of anyone who needs it not getting it-is because those people don’t exist. His company made sure of that. This kid just needs to grow-up & come down a few notches off his self-imposed throne. If he’d keep his big mouth shut for 5 minutes, he wouldn’t be in this mess….
Straight from the mouth of his PR department. How much are you getting paid? Defending this pathetic loser is just sad.
Oh and the asshole is actually threatening RZA there? Acting all tough and that he’s not scared. Maybe he should be the one that shouldn’t go to far. So jusg because you hand him 2 million means he should talk in favor of you? This was just a business deal, go cry in a fucking corner. RZA had every right to say that about your business practices. What a fucking piece of work this guy.
The drug he raised prices on are paid by insurance, he said himself that if someone doesn’t have the means to pay it wouldn’t cost that much it’s just the insurance price. I don’t think he’s as bad as everyone thinks. His company has to make money and his job as CEO is to make as much as possible nothing else.
Clif Insurance doesnt automatically pay whatever price is charged. And they will NOT pay 100k for one damn pill. This happens all the time with much lower priced drugs.
Who said anything about a 100k pill it was $700 something, my relative takes a drug that cost $2800 a month and only pays $20 out of pocket. Obviously the insurance will pay the asking price or noone would be buying the meds and they would lose money. I’m sure they researched the price increase and it wasn’t just his decision alone.
He’s referring to this: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/12/business/martin-shkrelis-latest-plan-to-sharply-raise-drug-price-prompts-outcry.html?_r=0
“He said the price would be similar to that of hepatitis C drugs, which cost $60,000 to nearly $100,000 for a course of treatment.”
Oh ok thanks but that is for a 12 week complete treatment not one pill, the cost is not the actual medicine, its all the money that goes into research and getting the drug approved for market, on top of that they have a short amount of time before there patent runs out and other companies can produce the drug cheaper using their formula. Everyone should be mad at the patent laws, the fda and their excessive regulations that run up the prices.
Clif, when drug companies charge outrageous prices for medications, it costs the insurance companies more money. When that happens, they have to raise insurance prices, which are definitely paid for by all of the Americans that have insurance. So yes, it does affect us all.
Hey, fuck you. You think everyone has insurance, let alone insurance that covers every type of drug for whatever price? What a clueless moron.
Read the whole comment, for people with no insurance it cost less than before the price increase. People without insurance pay little to nothing per Turing pharma. And this condition is rare and won’t effect insurance rates overall
One, this dude is full of shit, all that Albanian blah blah, what Albanians don’t get killed? One minute in a jail cell, he would turn bitch and spill his guts to the police. He talks way too much; he may end up dead. Bronson knows the deal with Ghost and has left left things alone, you have a problem with RZA deal with him, using Bronson’s name is a bitch move.
@ILL PLEASE let that come true! He at LEAST needs his @ss beaten to a pulp for what he’s done to people in his short selling. Someone PLEASE beat this arrogant prick’s head in.
Well now he needs to bail himself out since he just got arrested lol
This nigga got heart, he single handedly kept wu tang niggas from going broke plus he gon bail out Shmurda so he can make new music for us. Martin $hrkeli for president!
He has exactly zero heart.
The two of you can play nurse and sicko. Poke each other in your holes.
……………… so he is in great company. The idea that he would kill kids by what he is doing shows how much the rap industry has sold its soul to the Devil. Figuring how Russell Simmons is a cocksucker himself and was buying blood diamonds, this guy is perfectly in line with how these scumbuckets think. Inject him with HIV then see how he gets his medications with all his money paid up to the Feds.
He’s a rapper like Kanye is a straight man.
Albanians are the trash or Europe. They smell, are loud and uneducated. This guy is a moron. If you think he is scary you need to hit the gym. 1 punch to his stupid face and its over.
Dick sucker you are, you fucking Ho(mo)!!
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Dude, you paid 2 million dollars for the album (which you got) and not for WuTang to be nice to you so FOH with that ish….just another wanna be gangster too with the constant Albanian references and talkin bout how he was money to make people disappear…..kind of threat is that now that it’s out in the media you dumbass? Kid knows how to make money but that doesn’t always garner you respect
This guy is a Grade A sociopath. Very dangerous. The things he’s saying about himself are frankly beyond belief, unless you understand the mind of a sociopath from a technical standpoint. Knowing what they are, this guy’s actions make complete sense. Do a little research, my brothers and sisters, on what a true sociopaths really is. Because this guy is it.
This interview made one thing clear: dude is a cokehead. The way he talks about himself makes it sound like there’s an 8 ball stuffed up is nose.
u gots problems with yayo
What an asshole
Bahahahaha, he needs to bail himself out now…. lived at the edge of the hood smh, can make people disappear …really, stop snitching on urself, anyway can u now have a one and one with bobby, he will probably get out before u
bobby will probably get out , drop another hot nigga, make some money and bail his ass out, then sign the so called tough guy
Haha ! Money can’t buy respect, love or friendship. What throwing money at stupid thing in a stupid way can usually buy is the respect of an army of virgin teenager. Ask Bilzerian about it.
This guy literally deserves to die.
This is literally the best thing I’ve ever read in my life. Holy shit. Every single line is quoteable.
Get a room fellas
same exact shit i was thinking
You ain’t shit, you’re daddy ain’t shit
Your brother ain’t shit, your money ain’t shit
Your drugs ain’t shit, your dreams ain’t shit
Your Picasso ain’t shit, your album ain’t shit
Martin you ain’t shit, nigga I’m the shit
Martin: WHAT THE FUCK Y’ALL BIRDS TALKIN’ ABOUT?! GET THE FUCK UP OUT MY HOUSE!! BEFORE I GWAB YOU BY YA HAIR, AND SLAP DICK TO YA MOUF!! MART SHKRELI – YEAH YOU KNOW WHO IZ HE!! GIRL I FUCKIN SLAVE TWADE YO ASS LIKE KIZZY KINTE!!!
“I fucking travel around [Las Vegas] with fucking $2 million or $3 million in cash…”
Someone please rob this fool.
Idiot claims he grew up on the edge of the hood and that gives him street cred? Thinks people are afraid of Albanians? Couldn’t collect a $3mil debt for 6 months? And thinks he deserves respect from RZA? Fool respect is earned not given.
damn i like this guy already
Isn’t this what hip hop is all about?
Breaking the law not giving a fuck about no one and making dosh? All the shade and salt being thrown at dude is in unwarranted. Everyone stuck by T.I after his gun charges. Everyone still loves Shmurda. I mean O.D.B picked up his welfare check in a limo on MTV and no one batted an eye. He’s out here doing what these busters talk about come correct or don’t come at all.
There’s hip-hop and then there’s being a piece of shit. Hitler didn’t give a fuck about breaking the law either. Doesn’t mean he’s dope. I can roll with a dude shooting a few guys. Can’t roll with some entitled motherfucker killing tons of people, babies and shit, by raising prices on medication.
There’s a difference, even though I wouldn’t be around either. Martin here doesn’t care when millions of people’s lives are at stake because he likes to hustle and make money. Respecting this pos is on par with respecting hitler. I assume you won’t be calling hitler your homie anytime soon.
Exactly!
Lol this dude coming for Bobby’s soul. Hey check out my channel for dope instrumentals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q_3Nyyv6LE
This guy will hire a hitman to kill someone at some point in his lifetime, I feel confident in saying. Morally corrupt to the bone.
Amazing article. Martin is very talented and smart. Glad he’s into hiphop music and interested in elevating the culture. Dead on about RZA. First thing came to mind when I heard RZA talking bad was WTF is this man doing? All he had to say was the man bought my album and was a good man, I dont know about all the other shit or not say nothing at all. You cant shit on a man that is a fan and bought your album for 2 million. You aint special. money cant buy u class.
Talented and smart? The makes his money off sick people’s hopes to live another day. U need to check yourself if idolize self-absorbed assholes like this one. All he does is talk about how much money he has. He had a childhood near some rough guys and boohoo, “Im hard core now! I seen the ghetto from across the street”. His mom dad work their asses off so he can become something, he chose to use his brain for ripping people off and stealing money. Don’t look up to this fool, look upon him with pity, thats a man who would do anything to earn some gangsters’ respect. Its man with no insides, RZA WAS SPOT ON. Just because one has money, doesn’t mean that they are worth something. Let him serve in real prison, not that comfy-bedded, color TV, tennis on the weekends 2 course meal fed jail where he will end up. Let him be “THE REAL DEAL” THE REAL GUY, in a REAL SITUATION.
Lel?
Martin is not much different from the neighborhood drug dealer or jackass rapper who glorifies drug dealing
die martin die! i wish nothing but death to you!
Justin, great interview. You challenged him respectfully but had him comfortable enough to be his true self.
Best interview to date of this dude, hands down
Thank you, Leo.
Love this dude threatening to take it to the streets with RZA.
Looking forward to dudes in jail taking their penises to his butt hole
He wants Taylor to uch his two inch ick?? Not long to happen!
I take back my comment (I wasn’t able to delete it) after a friend help me understand the facts better
one thing i know..someone who talks big is usually small. this punk is just that a punk. just a nerd playing in his basement, just look at him. all his talk sounds like he grew up playing ‘dungeons and dragons’ and thinks he can translate that into some new game called “ghettos and gangsters”…what a little nerd boy. all his albainian talk would be like some italian kid talking all bad about “i’m italian, you know how we mafia”..what a little turd. he is the kind a guy you want to run into somewhere and then just beat him to a bloody pulp. this interview just showed that behind the mask of the “bad business man” is actually a nerd dripping with the sweat of a coward trying to talk his way out of a beating
do a google image search on him and notice there is not one picture of him with anyone else, they are of just him all by his lonesome. a man with no friends or family or any associates tells a lot about that man. this really is some basement dwelling nerd turd.
yea, nerd boy trying to sound baddass…but then look at this picture of him and see what a baddass he really is LOL…
http://media.vanityfair.com/photos/5674304c317013b9434297b9/master/h_606,c_limit/martin-shkreli-turing-pharmaceuticals-arrest-02.jpg
from the highlands, Shkreli is the tribe man
so when we riding, no semi’s and nines man
automatic shotguns that will pop your skull
a.k. 47 wooden grip kallashnikov.
Um.. Albanians fuck goats and smell like ass too, your point there gypsy?
Black scum.
maybe we fuck “goats” especially black “goats” in Europe and USA … lol
so if u ever even think about fuckin’ with Albanians i swear to god u gotta run…
He is high as a kite. That is all.
Good job Justin for keeping your cool and letting this guy continue to reveal his true colors
Thank you, Beanie.
I’m Albanian and i have to say this person makes me sick, he’s a disgrace to us all.
A douche with no morals, a sociopath that takes advantage of the sick. And he thinks he deserves respect, because he’s stealing peoples money and that’s making him rich? Disgusting.
From the bottom of my heart I wish life slaps your ignorant self so hard that you’ll be left penniless and then we’ll see how much you’re worth without your dirty money. Oh, and stop taking pride in the fact that you’re Albanian, Albania hates you.
Life did catch him back.
DARAPRIM DISS FOR GOOD OL’ MARTIN – https://soundcloud.com/concept-residue/daraprim-diss-for-good-ol-martin
Sounds like RZA found out about this clown after they closed the deal so I give him even more props for saying what he felt…. “…before his business practices came to light.” I’m glad he hasn’t apologized and I hope he never does to this fuckin clown who sounds like he’s been watching too many movies. I just hope no cats in the game fuck with this dumb ass!
I love that last line and then the sentence he was arrested. Reality, bitch. If RZA didn’t respect you after you bought an album, don’t expect him to after you cried like a bitch when sentenced and admitted you had only yourself to blame, and don’t expect him to because you were in some easy prison. I love that this idiot spent his last months of freedom on trolling. Way to go, badboy. I’m sure your idiot cultists were so impressed. I bet that tough guy wigger shit went out the window even quicker than he went through tissues on his sentencing day.
He reminds me of the line from Obie Trice on Go to Sleep by Eminem.
“You’s not the streets, you’s the desk.”
That’s why RZA wouldn’t respect you. You don’t buy your way into respect from someone like that. It’s not as if you bought a really expensive car that you probably had little business owning you’d suddenly be respected as a racer by the racing community. Know why he doesn’t realize this? Because he’s sociopath. He can’t comprehend that.a mere purchase doesn’t make someone feel a certain emotion towards him. It’s really something.
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