Martin Shkreli made himself a household name when he purchased the $2 million Wu-Tang album Once Upon A Time In Shoalin, owning the only copy of the album in existence. The Pharmaceutical CEO followed that up with a public war of words with Wu-Tang’s Ghostface Killah, which is still carrying on.
Today (February 11) Shkreli made headlines again after he reached out to Kanye West via Twitter and asked to purchase his highly anticipated new album The Life of Pablo, for $10 million before it is released at retail to the public. He shot out a series of tweets, one of them including a full letter formally asking for access to the project. Check it out below.
aiyo @kanyewest last minute can i buy your album out so it dont get released publicly
— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 11, 2016
Here is my initial offer for the album. @kanyewest Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to your response pic.twitter.com/opJ7mlfraK
— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 11, 2016
Kanye and his label are legally required to take my offer letter to their Board of Directors. This should delay the album by a few days.
— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 11, 2016
Earlier in the day, Shkreli tweeted.
I am now available for motion picture roles (Hollywood ONLY) filming in 2016-2017. DM me!
— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 11, 2016
So that puts everything into perspective.
