The bidding is heating up for Martin Shkreli’s auction of Wu-Tang Clan’s rare album, Once Upon A Time In Shaolin. Bidding has surpassed $1 million and at least some of the offers appear to be legit based on bidders’ eBay user history. Seven-figure bids haven’t stopped Shkreli from his antagonizing people in an eBay Q&A though.
The infamous “Pharma Bro” has answered quite a few questions on the auction’s page, providing actual information about the Wu-Tang LP as well as trolling fans.
Shkreli revealed the tracklist would be shown to legitimate bidders, noted Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s presence on the project and commended Method Man’s performance. But for the most part, he went back and forth with an angry crowd expressing their hate for controversial figure.
Check out a sample of the Q&A below.
Q: Do you even like wu tang?
A: not anymore!Q: If Ghostface ends up being winning bidder, will you allow him to pay you with your own money?
A: He has no money.Q: Not interested in the CD. Just wanted to tell you you’re a piece of shit.
A: I believe you are mistaken and too poor to bid on the CD. Better luck in your future endeavors.Q: Please donate the entire amount to charity. It’s not too late to turn your life around. You don’t need the money.
A: turn my life around from what exactly?Q: Hello I am not monetarily wealthy by any means .But what I am is hip hop.My life,my struggle and recovery from heroin addiction at age 17.I am willing to give my life savings for this album and if need be we can go thru my financials to see I’m ? about my situation.I have $800 and would be eternally grateful if this would work for you.I look to make no money or fame just the enjoyment as an avid WU TANG CLAN fan.
A: you need a dose of methadone and a double dose of reality. scram!Q: Dude!!!! I’m your biggest fan! I just want to know why you’re a poopy on the doopy who eats shit sandwiches, and charges people a ton of money for a lifesaving pill because you’re an inhuman person who is the reason why the world sucks. I hope you love federal prison you sack of shit.
A: lol i wish i could get this mad about something that doesn’t affect meQ: Why is everyone so gullible that they would actually pay you for this when your greed had you mark up medicines 5000%? This makes me sad for humanity.
A: what should medicines cost, then? how do you know it wasn’t too cheap before the price increase?Q: I was wondering if you would consider putting that CD sideways up your ass? It would help you get ready for your treatment in prison. Also, you may want to learn to breathe with a big dick in your mouth. Then again, being seen with you greatly diminishes anyone’s reputation.
A: You appear to be very, very mad. Why?Q: How well does it work as a frisbee? I broke mine the other day and need a new one.
A: I have no idea. You are welcome to test it, post-purchase.Q: your responses are hysterical. I live in ny can I buy you lunch?
A: no i just ate
(The original version of this article was published on September 6, 2017 and can found below.)
It appears that Wu-Tang Clan’s coveted Once Upon A Time In Shaolin album could be in the process of swapping hands.
Martin Shkreli, the infamous former pharmaceutical exec in possession of the album, which he purchased for $2 million in December 2015, has listed it on eBay. As of publishing on Wednesday (September 6), the last bid was around $100,000 and still quickly growing.
In a description for the sale, Shkreli referenced his issues with those in Wu-Tang.
He also claims that before the sale is final, he might end up breaking Once Upon A Time In Shaolin out of pure frustration.
“I decided to purchase this album as a gift to the Wu-Tang Clan for their tremendous musical output,” Shkreli wrote. “Instead I received scorn from at least one of their (least-intelligent) members, and the world at large failed to see my purpose of putting a serious value behind music. I will be curious to see if the world values music nearly as much as I have…At any time I may cancel this sale and I may even break this album in frustration.”
Given that Shkreli first garnered notoriety for hiking the price of an HIV drug, there is some irony in the fact that he plans to donate half of the proceeds from the sale of Once Upon A Time In Shaolin to medical research.
“I will donate half of the sale proceeds to medical research,” he wrote. “I am not selling to raise cash—my companies and I have record amounts of cash on hand. I hope someone with a bigger heart for music can be found for this one-of-a-kind piece and makes it available for the world to hear.”
This latest news surrounding Once Upon A Time In Shaolin comes weeks after Shkreli played a portion of the album during a livestream.
Martin Shkreli’s eBay auction is scheduled to end September 15.
He’s awaiting sentencing after being convicted of fraud charges in August.
1994 is gone wu tang in 2017 no thanks. New York the only region always trying to bring some old shit back
i agree, even “Forever” had too much mediocre-at-best filler tracks. and i ain’t even gonna mention the newer shit, i gave up on them a long ass time ago. there’s some solo albums from them that are somewhat ok thou, such as 2003’s “The Movement” by Inspectah Deck.
Forever was Ok.. But i loved Dogshit!
lol ODB was a gimmick.. i felt bad when Dame Dash was pimpin dude parading him around after he signed to the ROC, look up their appearance on Howard Stern, Dame wouldn’t even let Dirt answer some questions
Forever had loops and beats samples that were not even remotely fathomed possible during that period. You just troll every chance you get jordan face aka mn aka YO DADDY!!!
so having an opinion that differ from yours is considered trolling now.
36 chambers & Forever are in my opinion classics ,
Forever did have samples with violin never been done before in a tight way also
i agree SMH that album had a asound of its own when it came out
Love and respect Wu-Tang as much as any head but Wu as a group just doesn’t move me anymore. Especially enough to spend more than $10.99 at Target. When they rock solo though the majority still spit that fiyah.
I hope it will rott on his shelf.
Just leak that shit already i need to hear this before i die
If he breaks it I hope ODB haunts him in his dreams.
Just so you all know, this was a CILVARINGZ album passed off as a WU TANG album.. Don’t believe the hype. He got played by CILVARINGZ
Well. Cilvaringz produced the album. It’s a wu album. Just like the upcoming saga continues being produced by Mathematics. It’s a wu album smh
Actually no, it is mainly Wu affiliates on it, while being made it was just a Cilvaringz compilation which was later marketed as a Wu album to get idiots like this clown to pay big money for it.
So you’ve seen the actual writers credits? Which wu affiliates exactly? As far as I know, no one knows which specific wu member is featured on each track.
He isn’t allowed to sell it
He is allowed to sell his copy to another person. He’s just not allowed to release it and make profits off it.
Screw that shit. How the hell is his finger in that position? It looks weird!
it is actually a WUTANG album. I spoke to a few clan members when they performed here and they all confirmed it was a wutang clan album and it did feature the usual s like killahpriest and killer army. Even in the last interview with mathematics you can see mastakilla say it was a clan album only truth is that they didnt like how it all panned out and some of them blamed rza and cilvaringz for it. wanna hear thi shit tho bad!
No it’s not. It’s a rings album.
There is no irony in the fact that he is donating to medical research at all, because a major portion of the Daraprim profits were donated to research back when he was being dragged through the mud by the media. There’s no doubt that people were unaware of this because of the dishonest way the media reported on the topic, but if you really do the research, more than half of the people who needed Daraprim received it for free while the rest got it through insurance companies, and a ton of the profits were given to medical research (i think 90%). Furthermore, he was legally obligated to raise the price as high as he did, because that’s how things work when you own a company with shareholders, you have to make the highest profit possible or they can sue you. The way this guy has been treated by the media for doing virtually nothing wrong is criminal.
Post your source.
Why don’t you get your ass back to the c0tton field you fuckin c0on?
No problem. I can’t post the link or HHDX will delete the comment as spam, but check Google the story called “Why would Martin Shkreli hike an old drug price by 5000%? Only a ‘moron’ would ask” on a site called Fierce Biotech. I hope this helps 🙂
This is the OP of the first comment. The person who posted “get your ass back to the c0tton field” was not me.
Haha, literally nothing you said was it that article. You do know sources are supposed to support what you say, right?
You cock sucka. I punch your face with my dick.
its much easier for people to hate someone than do little reading
Dre should auction his Detox album like this and include a pair of gold plated Beats headphones signed by him
Dre not broke like wu tang no thanks
Most overrated group in the history of hip hop
Rae Sremmurd, Migos, those “supergroups” from the mid 2000s with only 1 good rapper Etc.
Let alone XXL 2017 cypher should go down as “worst group”.
Wu-Tang…overrated. Wow, this is one of the dumbest things I have ever read on the internet. Hipster.
They have one good album. Rest are filler filled hit or miss. FkBoy.
Alright. Somebody better deploy Bill Murray on a thieving mission right quick, before this snake makes his money. Fronting like he values music and in the same breath threatening to destroy the disc. What an idiot.
least-intelligent, ghost face, really?! He’s the only guy who has released consistent albums and always been considered the best out of Wu Tang. I’d rate him higher than biggy and tupac together
yea the intelligence comment was not correct. Ghost did have the best solo career but I don’t think he was the best when wu tang was hot.
As much as I love ghost, he’s not that articulate with words when he speaks. Maybe around a grade 6 reading level. But the man can write.
Bottom line this album is going to change hands one more time if maybe two. And then someone is going to leak it. At a certain point whoever buys it is going to feel 2 million is nothing to them and just put it online. The end.
WEIRDTANG CLAN GO CHECK EACH MEMBER IG NO FOLLOWERS AND EACH MEMBER BROKE #FACTS can’t fool this generation we will see if you getting money
So in your little mumble rap loving mind, IG followers = having money?? Hahaha WOW!! Your parents must be proud. You aren’t very smart #FACTS
Broke and struggling in your ig pics + no followers = Sad . Short bus recipient = you
You must be the first human to have been conceived from anal intercourse to be that dumb LOL.
“You must” no you are the first person conceived and born anally from a homo your dad and a hermaphrodite your mom #Facts frfr
I knew you were too dumb to come with your own original comment LOL!! #FACTS
Your 7 siblings were anal miscarriages. Congratulations you are the anal miracle baby
Still can’t come up with something of your own huh, turdbrain? That’s what happen when : turd + sperm = you. #FACT
Su Tang too old to stage dive and their fans to old to catch them, sad…they can’t even keep up with fashion trends either
Fashion trends?? Dude you need to stop sucking on your women blouses wearing friend’s d*ck when you type your comments.
Well meth, Rae , and rza all above 20 million dollars. Not sure if anyone in ur personal life is worth that much. Don’t let social media fool you. How about rich people without instagram accounts?
Best concert I have ever been to. Wu and Black Moon at the Warehouse. 94 I think.
This dude needs to be jumped by Wu-affiliates for real
He knows he’s going to prison. He’s in for a very rude awakening lol
If I was a multi-millionaire, I would cop this and release it for free.
Says the gook with downs #facts
Classic
LOL, this guy’s feelings got hurt like a little mumble rap b*tch hahaha!!! #FACTS
LOL to some of the question shits hilarious !