Martin Shkreli Threatens the Wu-Tang Clan, Like in the Streets

This is the craziest interview I’ve ever read for a publicly traded CEO to give.

First, Shkreli is planning to bail out a rapper who is being accused of all sorts of fucked up stuff, from shootings to drugs to murder. The gang he’s in is widely known in Brooklyn to be chockful of knucklehead trouble makers. Why would Martin want to bail him out is beyond me.

Second, he’s responding to RZA from Wu-Tang in a way that unfuckingbelievable to me, with regards to the $2 million album he just bought from the Wu.

Check out some of his choice words. You’re not gonna believe this shit.

Regarding bailing out Bobby Shmurda:

Every concert I go to, people yell “Free Shmurda.” He reminds me of me, quite frankly. The guy’s totally irreverent. He doesn’t give a damn what people think. Totally irreverent. Totally I don’t give a fuck. I love him. I just love that style. He’s from not far from where I’m from in Brooklyn. I’d love to help him out. I wish someone would have helped me out when I needed help. He doesn’t have much money, I know that. He’s definitely hurting for money. He needs a bailout, basically. I’d like to help him out. No big promises, but I’ll see what I can do. Like I said, if I can post the $2 million, I’d do it tomorrow. I’m working on it and hopefully, we’ll see him free soon.

Back to Wu-Tang, talking shit and what not

I bought the album. [There’s a ] big fucking check in RZA and Cilvaringz’ pocket now, but if they’re starting to turn up on me… The Albanian community is a very weird community. We’re some of the most tight-knit kind-of kill for each other, die for each other motherfuckers there are. People say it’s one of the craziest ethnicities there is in terms of their loyalty and bloodlines and shit like that. This thing [Wu-Tang thing] is starting to get pretty tense. You probably see that increasingly. I’m getting pretty frustrated by it. I bought the most expensive album in the history of mankind and fucking RZA is talking shit behind my back and online in plain sight. I’m just getting pissed off. That’s not the way I do business. If I hand you $2 million, fucking show me some respect. At least have the decency to say nothing or “no comment.” The guy says “…before his business practices came to light.” What the fuck does that mean? I fucking make money. That’s what I do. That’s why I can fucking afford a fucking $2 million album. What do you think I do, make cookies? No, motherfucker. I sell drugs. [Laughs] I felt insulted.

He continues…

I’m staring at a Picasso in my living room right now that’s no different from the Wu-Tang box except it’s about 20 times more expensive. It is what it is. If you sell me some shit, then sell me some shit. If you don’t want to sell it to me then don’t sell it to me. You’ve got to research Albanians, it’s the most hot tempered culture there is. I have a crazy temper myself. He’s from the streets. The guy hasn’t been in the hustle in 20 years. He doesn’t want to get me angry and I’m getting angry. Again, what Ghostface said to Bronson was 100 hundred times worse than me and RZA. This is starting to get into some weird Albanian shit. There are similarities, very similar. I’m just getting fed up. If he doesn’t think I have the resources to do something, he fucking doesn’t know me. If Ghostface can make people disappear, what the fuck do you think I can do? I’ll fucking snap the CD on fucking TV and not even listen to it if that’s what he fucking wants.

And I stopped reading after this:

I’ve written some rhymes. They’re alright. Teams or not, it still has to come from the [artist]. I think I’m a creative guy. I’ve got a pretty deep knowledge of Hip Hop. I’ve got a good vocabulary, a decent sense of humor and enough material to last a fucking lifetime. I’ve got enough material to write five autobiographies. At 32 years old, I’ve seen and done more shit than just about anyone. That should help. Sometimes it’s just that magic that makes one of these guys different from another. I’m not counting on that, that’s for sure. I’m counting on how I have a lot of money. Can I be the next Suge Knight or Puff Daddy or whatever in this game? Probably. Birdman? Probably. What does Birdman do? He fucking rubs his hands and fucking every now and then maybe he’ll say something. But he’ll try hard to look cool and bullshit.

Should I even editorialize? I mean, most of us have seen and heard crazy before. This is off the rocking chair, bat shit, unprofessional, crazy.

Are Albanians nuts?

In my experience, growing up in a much harder part of Brooklyn than Mr. Shkreli’s gentrified Sheepshead Bay, absolutely. Some of the Albanians I knew in Brooklyn were psychopaths. But were they as tough as the lads from Shaolin?

You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.

Oh, there is one small addendum to this charming story. Recently he gave an interview and was asked about the scandal of him raising the price on that aids drug. You know the story, yes? Well, he’s no longer hiding the fact that he’s a supreme asshole, of monumental proportions, exclaiming that if left to his own devices, he’d probably raise the prices even higher.