Once Upon a Time in Shaolin

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Once Upon a Time in Shaolin is the seventh studio album by the American hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan. It was recorded in secret and features the entire Wu-Tang Clan, plus the rapper Redman, the Wu-Tang Killa Beez, FC Barcelona players, the actress Carice van Houten and the singer Cher. Feeling the value of music had been cheapened by the internet, the producers Cilvaringz and RZA created only one copy, with no ability to download or stream it. In 2015, Martin Shkreli, the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, bought it at auction for $1.5 million. In 2018, following Shkreli's conviction for securities fraud, a federal court seized assets belonging to him, including Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. In 2021, the US Department of Justice sold it to a corporate entity for more than $2 million, who sold to the non-fungible token collectors PleasrDAO for $4 million. A legal agreement stipulates that the album cannot be commercially exploited until 2103, although it can be played at listening parties. The...

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