Wu-Tang's RZA Doesn't Regret Selling Album to Martin Shkreli

Music producer and rapper RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan discusses disgraced pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli, who bought the only copy of the band's "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" album. Read more on Bloomberg.com: bloom.bg/22KF8gt
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[@SuperKonjac]

RZA looks like wine critic now

[@PaulieWalnuts17]

that made me laugh

[@robb9208]

ahaha classic

[@JerseyMcgee81]

lol

[@JL-eo1bv]

SuperKonjac look like the grumpy guy from ratatouille

[@nowwithmorekick]

A lot of people start dressing like that when they get older.I think they are doing it now before they reach the age where they look weird wearing the cloths they wore in their younger days.When people get older they normally change their style because their body type will change.RZA isn't at that age yet but he is probably starting to make the shift in his style before it happens.Or maybe older people's style just changes but i have heard older people will change the way they dress as their body type changes.

[@RubeniAlimasi]

In other words, RZA doesn't give a fuck who bought it, he and wutang just wanted to make 2 mill

[@KoolGNasBlackThought]

+Rubeni Alimasi more like he and Cilvaringz

[@jimmorris7383]

fuck that, I want to hear the album

[@superfinevids]

+Rubeni Alimasi At least they fucked an asshole out of 2 million.

[@steezboss]

+Wilber$ Yea seriously, what's with all these dumbfucks calling RZA a sellout?

[@jimmorris7383]

+steezboss they missing the point fam

[@JamesOsyris]

How does selling 1 copy have a big impact on rap culture? He said it was "very important to rap culture". He wanted to make money

[@magnus2544]

Whether it does or doesn't have an impact, I don't know, but the idea is to elevate rap to the kind of artform that people are willing to pay millions for. People have paid huge sums of money for instruments, books, paintings etc. for a while, but no one's ever paid millions for a rap album,.. Until Wu-Tang sold Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. /shrug

[@JamesOsyris]

LMFAO If you wanna "elevate rap" make good music. Don't sell 1 fucking copy for millions of dollars. That shit is straight retarded. 😅

[@magnus2544]

Good rap doesn't mean shit to people who don't care for rap. Money means something to everyone. If you wanna show that rap has artistic value, selling a single album at a ridiculously high price with lots of media blaze surrounding it is probably more impactful than being an exceptionally talented underground rapper that no one has ever heard of? /shrug I don't necessarily think rap needs to be fine art though. It's kinda whatever to me, more into metal than rap in any case. I also don't know if elevating rap was the wu-tang clan's intention in the first place, but that seems like as good of an excuse as any? And sorry for writing a wall of text, this always happens when I try to write youtube comments. I'm long-winded.

[@kingzflames]

Most of the money went to Charity fyi.

[@gregpatterson2829]

It has impact on culture Because he is presenting it as a piece of art. Just 1 copy. It's important to all forms of entertainment and art because it has not been done like this before. This is very important for opening new doors and changing up the game. No one buys music anymore I love this ideal.

[@HittokiriBattousai17]

Im just going to say this: "Cash rules everything around me C.R.E.A.M get the money DOLLA DOLLA BILL Y'ALL"

[@_JellyDonut_]

You and Martin and RZA apparently

[@HittokiriBattousai17]

Jelly Donut I don't know why people is so surprised.

[@_JellyDonut_]

You ever heard the original? It's called "As Long As I've Got You" by The Charmels. RZA is a dope producer but whoever is playing the piano on that song (released in 1967) is the real genius, along with GZA of course.

[@SteveJonesGamingGWO]

@jelly as well as Red & Method with his stuff that they were pullingin the early 2000s

[@_JellyDonut_]

Steve Jones Gaming Yeah that was some of the last good stuff to come out before I completely stopped caring about rap. I still love the classics but this new stuff is so wack, hip hop is dead to me now.

[@Robotoda2000]

If the album was so important to hip hop they should have released it to the world.

[@burningspliffs]

Rza & Divine should of never been in the only man in charge of deals in the first place without the teams consent

[@sven3089]

How can the album be important for hip hop if we can’t hear it? You did it for your pockets.

[@anthonybergonzi6786]

You man need to read Chef’s autobiography, RZA trapped in his own internal chamber. Come like bredrin is on some poisonous abbot wave KMT💯

[@gickygackers]

Nah bro you dont get it. They brought back renaissance art patronage, giving great sums of money for great works of art. The common people dont deserve to see art, the artist deserves what he gets for his work and rich people are allowed to do that, otherwise rich folks will only pay pennies to stream music.

[@nlewis2386]

this sounds like the media trying to pit them two against each other.

[@allenellsworth5799]

Nate Lewis That's what it is.

[@plantagenetcherokee239]

How? Nobody made RZA say any of that stuff, he's had enough years in the spotlight and media training to know how to deliver a statement.

[@LilKitty7707]

Ninja secret never sell the Wu Tang!

[@arreaba]

oh you must be the brains (c) lock stock

[@actualideas8078]

Just trying to pit the listener against shkreli. They are appealing to the rap community to not like Shkreli. Even tho there are way bigger pharmaceuticals that actually do evil things. Like the Sackler family. The Afghanistan war is to protect their opium fields while they lie to doctors and say that OxyContin is like Tylenol

[@actionfighter5568]

ODB would be winding in his grave if he could see this interview.

[@MrElephantBeach]

I like how he says this guy has the power to do something really cool and be "philantropic" as he says. YOU could have done something really cool and given it away for free. I have no problem with the whole one copy thing, but to sell it and then act like he wanted everyone to have it is ridiculous.

[@som3thingelse217]

+MrElephantBeach was literally just about to comment this but you did it first.

[@likadsplit]

+MrElephantBeach i agree with that 100 %

[@-omicron-]

+MrElephantBeach Your logic doesn't make any sense at all and just comes across as a bitter fan who's mad they can't listen to it. Basically your saying no one should be express any kind of creativity in the world and try something new and should give things away. I bet 100% they thought it would get out to everyone, just stop and think if I was a rapper that'd be a cool concept to make this double sided album and sell one copy and see what happens with it. Right away the first thing you'r not going to be thinking is some guy is going to snatch it for 2mil and then not doing anything with it or be one of the most hated people in the world. What they did is a concept that they prob expected a few thousand for the album and that whoever got it would distribute it to everyone else. Just because the outcome turned out diff there's nothing they can do about it and doesn't mean anything on them. TL:DR: If you want new music from them go listen to a new song on a mixtape from them for free. If you want to try and get on them for doing something creative that you feel backfired then go after the guy that bought it but then again art is subjective so as RZA said if there's some nice art of him at an auction and someone that hates him decides they want to drop 1k$ on it just to destroy it or shit on it rather then say a real fan getting it for 500$ wtf can you do about that. That's just life and the way it is.

[@etherealentity7675]

+MrElephantBeach WORD

[@Grumpy-Bollocks]

+MrElephantBeach If the album were any good, he would have sold it publicly, it was not, so he could not. Matters not. RZA hasn't made anything relevant or decent in the last 10 years, fuck him and his greed.

[@toohotty4598]

"I could never discriminate who appreciates art" - regarding album that was sold exclusively to a single, wealthy buyer.

[@randomark9161]

You can also sell a Picasso to only one buyer, that’s where the art part comes in. Music so far has been treated as a cheap commodity because it’s easily copied, selling only one copy of a music album puts music in the same height as a rare painting.

[@christopher399]

@@randomark9161 Yes, but we still get to enjoy Picasso. If not in person, then pictures online. This album isn't even available online.

[@fresh87best94]

This is the same man that said " it ain't about the money, it's about the music "....Really son!!!

[@zlarzz]

"how important this album was to hip hop" sells it for 2 million and no one can listen to it. k

[@Mondaris584]

fuck, lunch with RZA is worth 2 mill by itself.

[@avadakedavra69]

In what fuckin way is this move going to be good for any Wu Tang fans? I'll be fuckin dead before I can heat this album, Wu will be dead, and in 88 years, they guarantee no one will know who the hell Wu Tang is. Damn shame, too. This album sounded so fuckin old school.

[@avadakedavra69]

*hear

[@avadakedavra69]

*I guarantee. I'm fuckin retarded. Lol.

[@michiemich9334]

Darren Pinson yea looks like they got a lil desperate and it went south from there

[@bkstandard882]

I'm sure people will know who they are. We know who Duke Ellington and Mozart are, don't we?

[@avadakedavra69]

dccmaj man Those men were historical and influential to music. I'm not saying Wu is bad by any means, but have you ever heard of Robert Johnson?

[@denneildunbar6844]

Nothing homie said made sense. All i gathered from it was 'I sold out'

[@n8rad3]

That album is going to be worth so much money. Not only is it one-of-a-kind but now it has a history to it with all this beef between him and Ghostface AND its never been listened to. Good business investment on Shkreli's part.

[@Soldier_Sean]

This ain't the real rza, this is sell out rza.

[@oluwasegunoyetunde]

In other words... RZA: "I don't give af who bought it.. we just wanted to make 2 mill".

[@gilbertogarcia9381]

Haha shut the fuck up, copied someone else's comment

[@redbarline8848]

+crystal Kleen not in the era of free downloads and massive bootlegging ..

[@smokecigar]

+Segun Oyetunde cash rules everything around me...

[@djkillcrazy]

In other words, once a deal is done, don't be a bitch about it, unlike the ungrateful, attitudinal weasel of a buyer.

[@TheRealMadbeatle]

that's a lot of money and probably some of them needed it

[@andresochoa7455]

Martin gives away daraprim to those who cant afford it, and those that buy daraprim are companies like walmart and or large insurance companies, if the patients are seeing hit from this then blame the insurance for being greedy to their customers. So basically he hiked the prices so large corp can pay for daraprim to fund his research for a better medicine.

[@Lrix]

let's do it man.

[@steveintentionallyleftblan3398]

He also did it to gut predatory insurance companies. Cool dude.

[@Turtletanks]

Sources? I would like to look into this

[@mrbrightside3771]

Andres Ochoa how about the millions around the world. So the red cross have to pay full price if they want to help the aids apidemic in Africa? So a little hiv child somewhere in the world has to know him on Twitter and tweet him for the medicine? What is he going to do, fly the supply all over the world like Santa Claus?

[@mygorgeousmedia]

Emoji Flower "epidemic"

[@hippa2dahoppa2]

"does it bother you the guy who bought the album went to jail" most of wu tangs listeners and wu tang themselves have been in jail lmao

[@lwrncjms]

STFU that has nothing to do with the question

[@christopher399]

No... That's disrespectful. So if you are a fan of Wu Tang, you probably don't have your life in order?

[@deshymwilliams1390]

when martin realize he paid 2mill for a album that was probably put together in 45 minutes....priceless!

[@Zenfulmike]

civilringz would probably disagree with y ou

[@honkhonk8009]

nigga bought it just for the flex bruh. Calm down.

[@bassinblue]

Well, just like how the plumber comes in to do a 15 minute job and charges $100, you're paying for their expertise and experience.

[@corytennant9400]

Put together over 6 years

[@thegibbs1207]

people call Rza a sellout like Wutangs biggest track wasn't C.R.E.A.M.

[@cityboithump]

The Gibbs wu Tang had hella hits

[@blitzRuega973]

He not a sell out wasn't for rza wouldn't be no Wu Tang clan he pushed them to make music when they was comfortable running the streets

[@SgtKaneGunlock]

every artist worth his salt sells out its the only way to make money

[@Oggx43]

CREAM isn't glorifying capitalism, it's doing opposite instead.

[@viktorvondoom9119]

They also said Wu Tang is for the children. What ever happened to that?

[@sixgod6130]

lets be real wutang f##ked up

[@warrenlondon2426]

Nah not wu tang, just RZA. The rest of the members have said several times that they didn't even agree with the whole idea in the first place!

[@sixgod6130]

+WARREN BUCKET man you telling me RZA makes all the decisions for a bunch of grown men ... If they disagreed they could have stopped it and its not like they aren't getting a cut off that check.

[@rmasco71]

Ghost pretty much stated this was Rza's show.. "Why he put that 88yrs shit in there"

[@CanucksFanBoi]

Let's really be real. Who wouldn't take an instant 2 mill you fool

[@rmasco71]

CanucksFanBoi lol "instant 2 mill" divided by 8? Taxes? Lucky if they walked away with 100k each.. for a collab they might not be able to pull off ever again..

[@_alehandroh_]

Well this didn’t ended well ...

[@caw1995]

"appreciate art" he says, dude is taunting and disrespecting both fans and artists and it doesn't bother RZA at all?

[@fuckenps3]

This isn't art. It's artificial scarcity, and it's what's wrong with the world.

[@TheGodfather441]

no what's wrong with the world is pretentious dipshits like you

[@fuckenps3]

***** I said artificial scarcity is what's wrong. Did you even read my post? RZA is pretentious

[@fuckenps3]

***** Bahaha, and how is that 'extremely good'?! Sure let's destroy some of our single earth so we can artificially increase the value of what's left? What part of that is logically using resources!??

[@honkhonk8009]

lmfao this nigga said "artificial scarcity" Skrehli bought it just for the flex bruh. its not that deep

[@Wis_Dom]

I bet you Rza got whip scars on his back in the shape of a Wu symbol.

[@robc6022]

savage!

[@swb3111]

lmaoooooooooo

[@drealest6447]

🤒🤣😅🤣🤣🤣🤣💀

[@internetpolice1166]

The whole Martin Shkreli thing is so overrated. The guy took a drug that was endanger of being discontinued because the profit margin was pretty much zero. The drug was sold from company to company because nobody could make a dime off it. Shkreli jacked up the price so that he could make money off it and put it into the research of making a better drug. There is only about 2000 people worldwide that take the drug and approximately 1400 of them get it for free because they can't afford it. So nobody is dying, the drug stays on the market to help those few people, and the money is allowing research to make a new, safer version of this drug. It's so odd that they picked this one pharmaceutical company to be labeled as evil when the entire medical industry severely jacks up the prices on literally everything.

[@ThomasFoolery8]

Finally someone who gets it. Mind blowing how 99% of people are sheep 🐑

[@29pvp]

Martin owns this interviewer's soul.

[@danielleg9121]

WTF.......THE POWER OF MONEY....RZA really ......come on now.....😒😒😒😒😒😒

[@ivvaney2703]

I think the worst is that the WU didn't even agree for that. Like RZA never asked them

[@astrovan14]

y'all trippin about this one album when u probably haven't even heard the last 3 wu albums

[@DEMediaDrive]

I'm uncertain why people are complaining that the music isn't being shared. No one is buying or appreciating the Wutang albums that have been recently released. Wutang has plenty of great content available. Go buy it. It's probably just as good as whatever is on this album. Stop sweating the guy to share the songs.

[@danshaggy292]

If this had been a RZA solo record I wouldn’t care. But I’m so interested to know how he sold it to the rest of the group - the fact that they needed to write their verses and record them, only to essentially never be heard by an audience. I think it’s unfair on the rest of them.

[@JBrooksNYS]

They were probably just paid for their verses

[@jordanlindsay580]

In Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics & Men it seems like none of them other than RZA & Cilvaringz knew how they were gonna sell the album and Inspectah Deck said they didn't get the money either that the album sold for and all the members don't even consider it an official Wu-Tang Clan album really makes me think twice about RZA

[@brianmattock1431]

"I'm down to erf" -RZA

[@theconsciousrebellion6774]

🤣🤣😂😂

[@TheChurchIsLikenUntoTheMoon]

Martin is a gangsta

[@TheEmpireOfOne]

That's not the power of art Rza, it's the power of money.

[@MrAdal206]

RZA knows that if he sold the album to the public it wouldn't have sold just like the last five albums. He made a business choice. Sucks because I would've loved to have heard it!

[@ACMxxxx2]

Damn that nigga intelligent. U can tell cus he wearing a scarf

[@87willus]

Yeah that or maybe its cold

[@Kep2k]

..."if my enemy came to an auction and was like, yo, i want that of picture of RZA, just throw darts at it" .... dont try to put a good spin on it. You had a chance to share something special and instead you SOLD OUT. Be the real person you've been in the past and say "I SOLD OUT" I'll be dreaming of the day I can hear this album.

[@DjMysterious]

Ion think he sold out. One day we'll get to hear it. When they feel like it's time.

[@revelation5208]

@ 2:33 Rza said he was very communicative but never communicated with his clan members that he was selling this album for 2 million and that for 88 years the fans can't hear it..

[@FRD-HDD]

That's why he's the boss. The other members got paid for their gigs. Period.

[@bigol9223]

RZA went from dangerous old New York to metrosexual I

[@june8919]

Rza is not a sellout. Hes a business man

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

+Kevin Anderson I guess that's when you stop being just an artist and become more of a businessman.

[@june8919]

+BigBadJerry Rogers Lol It happens

[@dr3armer]

aka sellout

[@christophermendoza2725]

+AJ lamar you get paid for your work or to work right??? so that makes you a sell out as well

[@christophermendoza2725]

+AJ lamar businessman dumbass

[@savage8250]

rza is such a snake. he just wanted the money

[@mastailler1649]

RZA accompanied by the other members of Wu gave large sums of the proceeds to charity. Do some research before you start talking outta your ass deww. RZA been rich 2mill ain't shit!

[@savage8250]

MastaIller nigga fuck out of here, if 2 mil ain't shit he wouldn't have sold it

[@overwhelming333]

+Savage uhhh duh... don't they have a song called C.R.E.A.M.

[@benjotsumal6146]

+Savage He would've gotten so much more money if he sold it to everyone. 10 bucks a copy and probably sell at least 500,000. That'll get him 5,000,000.

[@savage8250]

Benjot Sumal bro the last album they sold was a better tomorrow and they sold 24,000 units, how in the hell are they going to sell 500,000 when they couldn't even sell 100,000 in 2014?

[@Catthatisblue]

Martin is the real idiot for believing they only made one copy..

[@dxp96]

+JivenFr3shTitsOnSwag They did only make one copy, he didn't just buy the CD he bought the legal music rights to it. For the next 25 years we will probably never hear that album.

[@Catthatisblue]

+Drumma Dre (dxp96) all bullshit. You really believe because someone says something that makes it true...in this digital, dishonest age. It's probably on every one of their iPods. I wouldn't be surprised if Ghostface spits one of the songs during a lie performance now to get back at him.

[@andrews1775]

+JivenFr3shTitsOnSwag Martin is a smart guy, I'm sure they signed legal docs stating wu tang would be sued to shit if they released it.

[@yo-qe2cb]

+Drumma Dre (dxp96) not 25 years,88 years

[@GoofRebelMusic]

+JivenFr3shTitsOnSwag Yeah. I expect Wu to honor the agreements of the contract. But, I also expect they have a "just in case" copy, for when Shkreli, during a moment when his 15 minutes is waning, films himself destroying the album to make headlines one last time.

[@theburners32141]

Rza str8 fucking up. Disappointment.

[@puertoriconnect4611]

This is more complicated than just wanting money. I believe RZA really does view it as an artistic choice. I think he was successful. The album is now legendary. Had it just been released like a regular album people would probably brush it off as a mediocre entry in Wu-Tang's discography. Pharma-douche put it up for auction. Hopefully the next person to purchase the album leaks the tracks. I think RZA is counting on it being leaked. It's the best of both worlds. They made the money, they made the artistic statement, and we all get to listen to it for free eventually anyway.

[@playlisthitmaker9913]

That's facts, just like how in 2017 Wu Tang released an album that only sold 30k and I just found that out last week!!! If anything this is great publicity and hype for it to be released in 10-20 years from now (since someone is bound to leak it).

[@playlisthitmaker9913]

Besides it's bound to end up at music observatory or museum.

[@Shinobi33]

You know Rza got an infinite amount of copies of this albulm.

[@AzelPraer]

HA! hipster scarf. Wu tang ain't nothing to fuck with..till now.

[@mO3fnMon3y]

someone put out a Special hitman funded by the internet to steal the album id chip in

[@viktorvondoom9119]

Hahah you started a crowdfunding?!

[@darthsnarf]

I kind of respect RZA for creating his art with the idea of only 1 copy. The owner of the copy is allowed to do what they want with it, if they dont listen to it and destroy it, that is part of the art. if they share it with the world , that too is part of the art. It reminds me in some ways of Portugal the mans song, Sumatran tiger, which was pressed onto copies of vinyl that get worse with every play, basically making it an endangered song, the only way the song was to be preserved for the future was if everyone shared the song and made copies of it, almost the opposite of this piece of music/art. I love this stuff and encourage more artists to experiment with the availability of their music as a piece of the experience.

[@alexf0723]

soon he'll realize that all his fans'll be dead before it sells.

[@STEALIslandSOUND]

There is a reason why most of the members of Wu have been on the outs with this guy. Some of it is jealousy because he was the figurehead behind all of the great years the group had but most of it stems from his yearning to be artistic. He has made some seriously shitty decisions with the groups direction and the music and chemistry really suffered.

[@skinnykidinc]

From my understand the original idea was that the album would have one copy, because like a piece of art the owner would invite people to come over to hear it, or it would be purchased by a museum and people would go there to hear it, etc. Which I don't think that would have been a completely bad idea from an art stand point. Things just didn't really work out that way. Things didn't turn out good at all.

[@janarlthompson7757]

+William Barker This is why I think people are missing. It was an expirament. Why are folks so butthutrt about RZA for I do not know.

[@dirtporcelain]

+Janarl Thompson because he didn't put it into a museum for everyone to hear, he sold to a man who doesn't even deserve his own life. Get your head out of your ass, you must be butt hurt.

[@janarlthompson7757]

+Drty Porcelain And so? Is RZA the only person in history to ever sell art at an art auction to the highest bidder? He was making an artistic statement about his craft. Especially considering how many musical artists these days have been complaining (like T. Swift) about how services like Spotify are devaluing their contributions it makes it an even stronger statement when you THINK about it. Perhaps you should take your own advice or a chill pill. No need for disrespect in an intelligent debate.

[@kayklas2689]

Because of this move by Rza I will NEVER support another Wu-Tang album. Solo albums yes but nothing collective or by Rza. NEVER!

[@drbarnes9831]

agreed!

[@eezus]

+Kay Klas (Klas647) Business should never involve emotion unless you're likely the main causes of people's death, like Martin. I have no problem with what Rza did, that's his record to do whatever he likes with. Now if I was Rza, knowing who Martin is, I most likely wouldn't have done it. Rza's also an ass for shitting on all of his fans.

[@kayklas2689]

***** Matrin Shkreli uses the album as a coaster. Look it up. Fuck that "his record to do whatever he likes with" bullshit and be loyal to your cult following that made you into the star that you are.

[@eezus]

read my last sentence.

[@victorkenarsy3024]

If that's all it took to turn you off you never really fucked with them to begin with. BTW he is calling this a piece of art not just an album. High Art goes to the highest bidder, and is usually a one of a kind. RZA was explaining he could share the artwork with the world, like when people allow the paintings they purchase to hang in a museum or keep it to himself.

[@yesitismejesuschristyourar657]

If there is any honour left in Wu-tang, they will release this album. Music should be global. It's not okay that a rich man is the one who can only listen to it.

[@33wanwan]

na he should do a part 2 for the fans

[@jonathanocegueda4436]

"Would you like to meet um? So we had a bweaf lunch"

[@notgonnapay]

I love RZA man, he's one of my idols and a true inspiration to any musician, but I think he got played for a fool on this one. Sure he got a ton of money for one album, but in doing so, he denied all the true fans the opportunity to hear it. But in saying that, I don't believe he thought it would go down like that.

[@BabyDoIIx]

"If the most greatest man in the world".....Yeah, he's in possession of a high IQ alright.

[@jkc702]

Damn. RZA sold out. I'm fucking shocked. ODB must be rolling in his grave. I guess Wu-Tang is no longer for the children. Wu-Tang is for the highest bidder. What a god damned shame.

[@MrJaaaaake]

C.R.E.A.M

[@conryutakada1364]

or you could have just released the dame thing 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@raducristi7086]

this man is a mastermind,the creator and ledear of wu tang clan🌠.

[@ballskin]

I am Radu and I know nothing about hip hop. Nice to meet you.

[@milky1785]

@@ballskin lol

[@worldchampions4379]

You souled out Reza...epic fail, history will judge you.

[@heli0s101]

Guy who can't even spell 'sold' judging the Abbot.

[@worldchampions4379]

@@heli0s101 it’s a play on words you dork, as in you sold your soul. You know what dork means rite, you’ll find it in the dictionary under N G

[@briangal87]

RZA is a sellout! The rest of Wu Tang didn't like this...why should we?

[@allenellsworth5799]

Bri G How is he a sellout.

[@Kilbot192]

Why should your opinion matter? It's not your money. You can't own slaves anymore, so you don't own either of the men involved. It's not your property. So I'm missing the part where this involves you. It was a transaction between two men. Get over yourself.

[@Bouchon211]

Damn all this hate for Rza in the comments. Grow up, he made the music he can do whatever he wants with it.

[@plantagenetcherokee239]

@Literal Vampire Potbellied Goblin Not really. In a very real sense their support over the years has also contributed to making the music. It's brought RZA to the point where he has a platform that allows him to sell a single copy of a record for $2m. And just cos you brought your own ball to a game doesn't make it cool to deflate the thing and shrug your shoulders at everyone else involved, what sort of argument is that?

[@demaification]

Find me Walt Disney give up his financial of wealth find me a the person that owned McDonalds give up their wealth better yet find me a Harvey Weinstein giving up his wealth the movies he created you ain't going to find none why because every time when Brothers gets some power of wealth they give it to someone else and never pass it down to their families for white families do but not black people

[@Tom_-]

>when you capitalist af but think you're an artist

[@MrJaaaaake]

You don't think RZA is an artist? Liquid Swords is one of my favorite albums ever, and I don't usually like Rap. Tbh I don't like any other artists besides Wutang and Deltron 3030.

[@dilshanization]

karasawa21797 those things aren't mutually exclusive

[@ballskin]

i dont usualy like rap. also take me seriously.

[@CodysFavorites]

upsetting stuff

[@robertobautista4813]

if wu was real they could have done a raffle or some shit....isnt the point of an artist to share ur view nd change the world in a way?

[@LilyEmbargo]

RZA ain't Hip-Hop, he's a sellout.

[@jaykirkland5234]

RZA can't be serious with this one...he fucked this up.

[@likadsplit]

i used to look up to you ........ you preached to me to be a better person and to be for the people but your are no better than the guy who bought your album sad to say you broke my heart but who am i ????

[@FOURBIGRIMS]

+lika dsplit You sound like a fuckin idiot!!!

[@likadsplit]

im alowed to have my point no matter how silly it may sound to other people straight up you are just ignorant to the facts that Greed and money changes you no matter who the fuck you are.......... some idiot

[@FOURBIGRIMS]

+lika dsplit they said they didn't know about his background when he was sold the album. Just like RZA said if you create a peice of art and it's sold at auction, the creator has no control over who buys it.

[@savagelychill2858]

I wanna see the full interview before i pass judgment on my brother RZA. BTW no one has a right to judge this man. He's still a HIP HOP Legend regardless!

[@backhandya1]

yeah the rza should remix it and drop it under a similar name and piss dat Martin dude right off lol

[@elchucofried5683]

sell out......

[@mrs.i.one12]

I wonder if RZA still has no regrets? He got 2 million for selling it to Marty. The government sold it to Plsrdao for 4 million. Lol. The Feds made more off your double cd than you did Bobby! Lol 🤡

[@sumadina1]

to people insulting WU-TANG, get off ur high horse. they obviously saw a guaranteed source of money. not like their fans (you people here) would buy the albums. instead uld go online and download it free. so why are you complaining. look at chris brown he barely gets money from his albums. look at young thug and future. young thug estimated 20k because his "fans" wont buy the albums but instead pirate it online for free. say what you want but WU-TANG made the right move. your asses wouldnt have bought the albums anyway.

[@christophermendoza2725]

👏👏👏 that's right I agree

[@GuitarGuy4647]

Team Shkrelli.

[@nightrider3067]

Martin SHkreli is a bad person

[@coolyo366]

Love your videos!

[@nightrider3067]

VmaNx Thank you very much

[@jromero17]

you're an idiot. clearly havent done any research on him

[@macesboy]

+Jairo Romero The dude turned a profit by raising the price on a drug from like under $20 to $750 a damn bottle, so yeah he's a pretty bad guy.

[@jromero17]

Grim actually it was $13 a pill before. He created a 5000% increase and yeah it costs like 750 per pill now. But its also used for rare viruses that most hospitals never see and wont even need to carry. Never the less thats not the point. Its a harmful drug either way. Hes using the money and is creating a new drug to hopefully better some sick peoples lives in the future. All about the long term

[@missdee4927]

Huge Wu Tang fan and disappointed RZA did this. RZA tries to act like he's doing this for art, but no this move to sell the one album to the highest bidder is just for greed because Wu Tang albums aren't selling, so this was a brilliant way for him to get paid. It's a slap to the face of fans though.

[@russellbarnes8040]

Somebody should definitely let him know that he still has the sticker on the lens of his glasses.

[@rmasco71]

The reporter sandbagged him with the Shrekli quote LOL

[@sarcastamusraconteur6881]

"if he wanna be philanthropy he can......."lol

[@andtpfack8243]

rza huffed too much of his own farts

[@mr.roboto7330]

Ran into RZA one time with a bunch of my young basketball kids, he was pretty arrogant it seemed. He finally agreed to take a pic after we waited patiently for him to finish eating and stood outside. These were young kids, not obnoxious adults looking for autographs or pics. RZA don’t forget where you came from.

[@tyronegreen6165]

I We thank you All

[@daviddamion8500]

He regrets it...I think finding out more later about Martin, and no doubt could have gone WAY more over in due time but auctioned it off.

[@johngarza6419]

"Let me bring up this insult to make you feel uncomfortable right quick"

[@Lee-ic2yn]

I always thought RZA had stood for more than that

[@BILLPHLEMN]

Are you a bug Bill Murray? - Rza

[@JFCotman]

Where can I get the full interview?

[@alexanderje8336]

Very interesting that he actually says he'd like it to be shared, basically.

[@oraz.]

The Daraprim thing wasn't yet known publicly when the album was sold.

[@1947DFC]

RZA has a unique and funny laugh lmao

[@Slasha00]

I like how the interviewer tries to rile RZA up after he realizes the RZA didn't have any particularly strong feelings about him when they met.

[@getheroutofthetruck]

RZA never visted ODB in prison once.

[@coles1660]

They’re cousins..

[@herorasseru8657]

Any links out for the record?

[@lightskinnedbrother6599]

Rza was like yahmeen🤣🤣

[@carlbennet9664]

what is the bigger question is why did they sell him the album in the first place

[@RoseCarmelStella]

Martin should make a time capsule with the Wu Tang album, bury it in a secret location, to be opened after the world ends.

[@mokeballs6676]

Bruh the fact that some of the people here are gonna live to see the album.