EDITORIAL UPDATE: Since the time this story was written, Shkreli has released some unheard music on YouTube.
The ball seems now to be in the court of everyone’s “favorite” pharma-bro Martin Shkreli. To quote Shkreli’s twitter before the election:
If Trump wins, my entire unreleased music collection, including unheard Nirvana, Beatles, and of course, Wu-Tang, comes out, for free.
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— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) October 27, 2016
Now, for better of worse, it seems that has happened and Shkreli has taken to twitter again to deliver this tweet.
Ok so I have unreleased wu, Beatles, 2pac, nirvana, radiohead, Hendrix, brand new, smiths, Elliot smith, Ramones… What do you want first?
— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) November 9, 2016
You may also remember that Martin Shkreli purchased the one of a kind Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin for 2 million dollars. He has been streaming bits and pieces and seems to aim for a wider production of the album. What do you make of all of this? Was the price of admission worth it? Is anything worthwhile going to come out of this?
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By: Christopher Tahy
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His Twitter feed is a foul stream of hate… He can keep hoarding his WuTang.
Right!? I’m no condoning this d-bag. Plus, what a price to pay just for some unreleased music. I’m still in shock.
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