The rap band Wu-Tang Clan has sold her new album “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” to the highest bidder at a controversial pharmaceutical Manger. The unique went to Martin Shkreli, increases its company Turing Pharmaceuticals recently the price of a drug from $ 13.50 to 750 dollars per pill, and had thus taken care of protest. The drug Daraprim helps fight an infectious disease that can be life-threatening for people with immune deficiency such as AIDS.
The 32-year-olds for the album, of which only this pressure exists, around two million dollars (about 1.8 million Euro) have paid, the magazine “Bloomberg Businessweek” reported on Wednesday, citing informed people.The band told the magazine that she did not know at the time of contract award Shkrelis business practices and donate a substantial portion of the amount.
Wu-Tang Clan had announced the auction several months ago as a novelty in the history of music: For the owners it would be as if he owned the scepter of an Egyptian king, rapper RZA told the US business magazine “Forbes” , The owner of the album with 31 songs must therefore do whatever he wants to – earn money other than recording. Prospective customers and the media had played only one around 13 minutes long excerpt. Sales for “millions” had been announced in November.
“Bloomberg” he said now, he wanted to have those private albums by other artists. “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” he had not heard, but to save the experience on a day when he was feeling dejected.
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Demonstrators protest on October 1 in New York against the price increase of drug Daraprim
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