The Most Hated Man On The Internet Got Scammed Out of $15m Trying to Buy Kanye’s New Album

Okay so this is so stupid it may take a moment to get your head around it. Pharmaceutical trader and rap-music investor, Martin Shrekli isn’t really too liked. He’s actually pretty hated since he bought Daraprim, a drug used to treat AIDS patients, and hiked the price up by roughly 5,000%. Not a great way to make friends. Well since a conviction of fraud in 2015, Shrekli has stepped down from the pharmaceutical trade and turned his talents to rap music. First off, he bought Wu-Tang Clan’s one-of-a-kind album, Once Upon A Time In Shaolin, for $2 million. That all went a bit pear-shaped when one of the group's members, Ghostface Killer, called him “a fake a** super-villain”. Looks like its has gone a bit awry for him again when he tried to purchase the rights to Kanye’s new album: The Life of Pablo. Shrekli publically offered the rapper $10 million for the album before apparently increasing his offer to $15 million. Some opportunistic internet scoundrel saw the tweet and claimed to be one of Kanye’s “boys”. Unsurprisingly he wasn’t and when Kanye dropped the album on Jay Z’s TIDAL, it quickly became apparent that Shrekli had been conned. The series of tweets tell a sad and almost unbelievable story.

aiyo @kanyewest last minute can i buy your album out so it dont get released publicly

— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 11, 2016

Here is my initial offer for the album. @kanyewest Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to your response pic.twitter.com/opJ7mlfraK — Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 11, 2016

Kanye and his label are legally required to take my offer letter to their Board of Directors. This should delay the album by a few days.

— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 11, 2016

Got the album. Photos soon. — Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 14, 2016

#AnotherOne pic.twitter.com/anLQdWY9Zv

— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 14, 2016

Hey, @Spotify @AppleMusic @pandora_radio , bidding starts at $25 million. :) #goat — Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 14, 2016

License to this song pre-approved by Shkreli.

— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 14, 2016

Texted Ye that he only allowed to play the leaked half of the album — Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 14, 2016

And then somewhere around here it seems the deal is revealed as a scam.

WHO THE FUCK HAS MY FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS ?????????????????????????????????????

— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 14, 2016

I NEED MY MONEY BACK THIS ISNT A FUCKING JOKE WTF — Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 14, 2016

SOMEONE NAMED DAQUAN SAID HE WAS KANYES BOY AND I SIGND THE DEAL TO BUY PALBO AND SENT THE BITCOIN. CALL THE POLICE THIS IS BULSHIT

— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 14, 2016

Gofundme will be up tomorrow I don't know what to do omfg — Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 14, 2016

I hope you all enjoy this stupid music SO much and the fact it has brought me so much pain and suffering. I quit rap.

— Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 14, 2016

And second of all I can make the money back faster than anyone so the joke is on YOU if you think I even care. — Martin Shkreli (@MartinShkreli) February 14, 2016