'Pharma-bro' Martin Shkreli has some demands of Ghostface Killah in this crazy video
Everyone's least favorite person Martin Shkreli really has nothing to lose at this point, which might be why he is threatening and mocking Wu-Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah in a surreal video obtained by TMZ.
Shkreli first drew public ire after his pharmaceutical company hiked the price of a cancer and HIV drug by 5,000 percent. It was later revealed that he was the mystery buyer who paid $2 million to be the sole owner of Wu-Tang Clan's Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, an album of which there is only a single copy in the entire world. That's where the beef with Ghostface first started: Apparently, Ghostface Killah called Shkreli a "s---head" and made fun of his nose while also deploring Shkreli's price hike of the HIV drug.
Shkreli wasn't going to stand for that, hence the TMZ video. In it, Shkreli and a couple of masked henchmen mock Ghostface Killah for being "old" and call him by his "government name," Dennis. Shkreli then threatens to destroy Once Upon a Time in Shaolin if Ghostface Killah ever says "some dumb s--t again."
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Then again, Shkreli might not exactly be in the position to be making demands — he's currently out on bail for securities fraud and was fired from his position as CEO of pharmaceutical company KaloBios.
Watch the insanity for yourself, below. Jeva Lange
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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.
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