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> Not the kind of behavior you'd expect from the CEO of a publicly traded company.

Threatening people — this I would actually expect... But admitting it on interviews — definitely not.



I guess that Wu Tang album really spoke to him


Wu Tang speak to him as much as Rage Against the Machine speaks to Paul Ryan.


Rage is so against the machine that they've done over $100 million in revenue for Sony. So, yeah, they make lots of money for a big multinational. Sounds like something a stereotypical Republican would like, no?


C.R.E.A.M. by Wu - Tang addresses this. The song is about how they went from being drug dealers to preaching to kids how gang banging and drug dealing isn't the way. They made a lot of money doing that too, deservedly so. Corporations and cash for that matter are not inherently corrupt. My point is if people really listened to Wu - Tang they wouldn't be corrupt drug dealers even if they sold legal drugs.


Point about RATM still stands. Not because "all corporations are evil — of course not — but because RATM preaches exactly that "all corporations are evil".


It's nice how they got to choose between that and being unknowns for the rest of their lives.


Are you making a joke or is the "RZA" that he refers to the same?


He is the purchaser of a Wu-Tang album of which only one copy was to exist known as "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" [0].

Which has a clause stating that Wu-Tang or Bill Murray can attempt one heist to steal the album back without repercussion [1].

The world is a strange place.

Also sorry about the ad ridden mess that is reference [1], I'm at work.

[0] - http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/martin-shkreli-wu-tang-cla...

[1] - http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2015/12/wu-tang-bill-murray-stea...


The clause is a hoax. A pretty hilarious one though! http://nymag.com/following/2015/12/wu-tang-wont-actually-ste...


When I heard about the hoax, I felt stupid for falling for this thing about a Wu-Tang album with only one copy that the owner hadn't even listened to.

THEN I found out that only the Bill Murray clause was a hoax, and the actual album thing is true. Christ.


Shkreli is indeed referring to the Clan's RZA. Shkreli recently bought the single existing copy of their newest album.



Or all the cocaine.


Reminds of a rumor about the CEO of a BigCo. He wanted to buy a news paper company, so he went to them and said "Do you want to work for us or against us?"


This is happening right now in Nevada though its political (for the primary season) not business.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-bought-nevadas-largest-paper...




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