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The previously anonymous buyers behind the 'Pharma Bro' Wu-Tang Clan album reveal themselves & explain why they bought the one-of-a-kind LP.

In 2015, former hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli purchased at auction the sole copy of the Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin for $2 million. Shkreli, who earned the nickname "Pharma Bro" after he hiked the price of an anti-parasitic drug from $13.50 to $750 per pill, had to forfeit the album in 2017, after he was convicted of securities fraud and sentenced to seven years in prison.  On Tuesday, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn announced that Once Upon a Time in Shaolin was sold for an undisclosed price to an anonymous buyer, and the proceeds will be applied to the nearly $7.4 ...

The only existing copy of the Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, previously forfeited as part of the Martin Shkreli saga, has been sold by the U.S. government. In a press release shared Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said the sole copy of the Wu-Tang album—previously ordered to be forfeited as a substitute asset in connection with Shkreli’s 2018 sentencing—had indeed been sold. Due to a confidentiality provision, however, neither the identity of the buyer nor the price paid in the sale has been made public.  “Through the diligent and persistent efforts of this ...

Cuba Gooding Jr. is at the center of legal trouble over an incident that occurred more than two years ago in a New York City nightclub, as his accuser has asked for a default judgment based on his lack of response in the case. A bartender named Natasha Ashworth is suing the 53-year-old actor, claiming he 'pinched' her rear end without consent at the Tao Downtown Nightclub, Page Six reported Wednesday. Ashworth initially filed the civil suit for assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress against the Oscar-winning actor in October 2019. The New York City native did not hi...