What with all the outrage that has taken over the world since Donald Trump was elected president, people have clearly overlooked the fact that there are other people to dislike. There's even some people worse than the 70-year-old.
Martin Shkreli is one of those people. Late last year he was arrested on allegations of securities fraud, and gained worldwide hatred after increasing the price of AIDs treatment medication from $13.50 to $750 a pill. Among other things, these all certify him as an asshat.
The former pharmaceuticals CEO isn't satisfied with properly annoying just one demographic either, as he does many things that'll piss off different types of people. In fact, he managed to make Wu-Tang Clan fans well and truly angry when he splashed out $2million on the one and only copy of the group's Once Upon a Time in Shaolin album.
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Shkreli promised that he'd play some of the album if Trump won the election, along with some other unheard music from The Beatles and Nirvana.
In fairness, he kept his promise, and streamed via Hitbox and Periscope (why not Facebook or YouTube?).
Unfortunately, he decided it'd be a good idea to sit in front of the camera for the whole thing. So, if you want to watch the videos, you have to put up with making awkward eye contact every now and again.
When Shkreli bought the album it split The Clan down the middle, with Ghostface Killah calling him a 'shithead'.
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On the other hand, RZA said: "He bought it, he can do what he wants. The beautiful thing about art, from my standpoint, is that it has no discrimination."
Yeah, I bet that's what Shkreli thinks, too.
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