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The guy who bought Wu-Tang’s million-dollar record hasn’t even listened to it yet

Published 15:49 9 Dec 2015 GMT

Lia Nicholls
The guy who bought Wu-Tang’s million-dollar record hasn’t even listened to it yet

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Quentin Tarantino was thought to be buying Wu-Tang's million dollar record - but someone far less exciting has captured it.

Turing Pharmaceuticals founder Martin Shkreli - known as the guy who bought and then hiked up the price of the AIDS drug - has bought the album. Screen Shot 2015-12-09 at 14.47.40 What happens when you buy the most expensive album titled 'Once Upon a Time In Shaolinever? Is it brought to you on a gold tray along with the finest champagne while fireworks go off in the background? Nope. Screen Shot 2015-12-09 at 14.47.29 Bloomberg Business, who has been tracking the story, reported Shkreli attended a private listening session at the Standard Hotel and got to have lunch with RZA. Shkreli said: "We didn't have a ton in common. I can't say I got to know him that well, but I obviously like him." That's kind of fair enough, but this is the detail we can't abide - at the time of report - he hadn't even listened to it. Apparently he's 'saving it for a rainy day - or if Taylor Swift wants to listen to it'. You save a few hundred quid for a rainy day, or a giant box of Quality Street. Wu-Tang would be probably be horrified too (if they didn't have an extra million dollars to play with). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u72nMAIJkno

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