Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Threatens Ghostface Killah 108
Martin Shkreli, of pharmaceutical drug price-gouging fame, threatens Ghostface Killah, whom he calls by his real name, in a recent video. The video features Shkreli threatening to destroy his rare Wu-Tang album and "erase him from the history books of rap." Shkreli, flanked by his masked associates, also demands a written apology from Ghostface Killah.
Shkreli was notoriously arrested on suspicion of fraud in December of 2015.
Shkreli was notoriously arrested on suspicion of fraud in December of 2015.
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Mod parent up, then down, then up, then down, like some sort of karmic teeter-totter.
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Domain registry lists an address in Raqqa.
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I hear ya.
My first thought was who?
My second thought was "...and I should give a fuck why???"
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HIGH FYVE!!!
DHI @ it again.
it must be a friggin slow news day
moving past that, HTF is this news for nerds??
HTF how the F***
why why do you waste our valuable time with this crap. /. and its parent holding company DHI (DICE) do not value our time, or perhaps "so busy (snicker)" they cant sift and correlate articles to their core values" or perhaps what was.
Perhaps
There are some good improvements but that means nothing if the crap is still crap..
Our overlords @ it again
Actual news for nerds: (Score:2)
https://soylentnews.org/ [soylentnews.org]
Maybe just a tiiiny bit... (Score:2)
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Top 5 things Martin Shkreli did to become a millionaire, click here!
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But, seriously, I can't wait for this guy to go to prison.
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If he keeps starting shit with Wu-Tang Clan, he might not live long enough to go to prison.
Re:Maybe just a tiiiny bit... (Score:4, Insightful)
Do you think at this point Shkrelli has used some of his money to hire private security?
He's been an asshole to people who can generally be lumped into the category of "more dangerous to fuck with than other groups"
Jacking up the price of life saving drugs -- falls into the category of "people who could die before they could ever get convicted for homicide" and the parallel category of "pissed off loved ones of people who were denied lifesaving drugs".
Stealing money from rich people -- falls into the category of "people who can afford to hire other people to kill people that steal from them"
Offending guys named Ghostface Killah -- falls into the category of "people who are named killah might actually have a predilection for violence"
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Private security isn't going to do him much good when he goes into general population.,
Of course, I suspect that's what he's trying to avoid with this tactic.
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I think he has a plan for this, where he gets several years of free accommodation in a guarded and fortified building all at state expense. I think they call it a "safe house" or a "big house" or something like that.
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I can't imagine many people shedding a tear for this sociopath.
And you can't tell me that any recording artist doesn't keep the masters. This looks like a Herman Goering "the paintings are FAKE????" moment.
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Part of the purchase agreement was that the label wouldn't release the songs before some time after the year 2100, commercially at least.
Although there's something really, really childish about a guy who ponied up $2 million for a record album to then go and talk shit about that artist, talking about how their music sucks. He called Ghostface a non-profit rapper, right after he paid $2 million for a single album. It's like one of this guy's fantasies was to have a rap feud, and he finally found his opport
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Re:Maybe just a tiiiny bit... (Score:4, Interesting)
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09... [nytimes.com]
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Only one copy pressed does not mean only one copy. There will be masters of the songs somewhere, either in the hands of the artist, the studio or the record company.
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When it comes to TMZ here is a youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com] to the video to avoid the ad snake pit that is the TMZ web site.
What is a 'Ghostface Killa' and why should i care? (Score:4, Insightful)
As stated above
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He's the most totally gnarly dude to ever exist.
Re:What is a 'Ghostface Killa' and why should i ca (Score:5, Funny)
"What is X and why should I care?" means "I know exactly what X is, but I hope to impress strangers by acting as though knowing that is somehow beneath me"
There has never been an occasion where it has meant anything else.
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There has never been an occasion where it has meant anything else.
Except when it really means what it says. I came to read the comments because I had never heard of Ghostface Killa. What is it, or who is it? Why is it/he being mentioned on /.?
And now, having read the comments, and learned what this is all about, I think I'll return to a more valuable source of news, like, say, Facebook.
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He might as well have said, "I don't even *own* a Ghostface Killah!"
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Nope, no idea. I've heard of "Wu-Tang Clan" before and know they're a music group of some sort, and that Shkreli had bought an album they made only one copy of and sold for some stupid amount. Inferring from the article, I come to the conclusion that "Ghostface Killa" is a member of Wu-Tang Clan, but it would've been nice to tell me that.
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All you need to know is that a disgusting sociopath is going down the shitter, but his ego demands that he keep looking like a winner all the way down.
At least Charlie Sheen was amusing (though if I were one of the people he'd slept with, I'd probably not be quite so amused). This guy is just a worthless piece of shit that I doubt anyone will ever miss.
But he'll be back. Once he's out of prison, he'll start some mail order fraud scheme. Short of locking them in a dungeon and melting down the key, or just si
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"Entertainment" or "Idle" tags are not sufficient (Score:2)
You need one for "stupidly uninteresting and irrelevant." Sorry, but I'm calling this one as I see it.
What the?! (Score:2, Informative)
I thought Slashdot was supposed to be "News for Nerds. Stuff tha..."
Hey, where'd that slogan go?
Re:What the?! (Score:5, Interesting)
Wait a sec...I actually don't see that slogan anywhere anymore. I don't know when the last time I saw it was. Is this like Google getting rid of their motto?
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It's still the HTML title for the home page, but I don't see it anywhere within the page itself.
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If only Cmdr Taco were here, we could have him add "Ghostface Killah" to the lameness filter for news posts.
Hehe (Score:5, Funny)
This is worth it just to see the /. commenters trip over themselves to lose their shit.
*puts on some Ghostface Killah, grabs popcorn*
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The butt-hurt IS rather funny, isn't it?
Looks like Bizx is making their mark (Score:1, Interesting)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bizx-subsidiary-sourceforge-media-llc-140000193.html
Yuck. Hope someone takes notice before stories like this run /. completely into the ground.
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Hm. Everyone seems to have abandoned SourceForge for alternatives. I've been reading Slashdot for something like twenty years (!) but... yeah.
Good grief. (Score:1)
Of all the "News For Nerds" and tech stuff going on, this is the story the Slashdot "editors" decide to post?
Really, "Pharma Bro"? (Score:3)
Regardless if Schedkdkkhkhrelli or whatever his name is a tool, does /. use "Pharma Bro" in a headline now?
I HATE to be an ageist dick, but which sub 25 y/o redditor copied and pasted shit they saw there, here?
I actually follow some idiotic entertainment news but I don't expect it here. You've also not said who Ghostface toolbag is and why they are 'beefing' (Note: we don't care) but you could've at least explained the purchase of the album, you didn't even do that.
We don't care.
Someone post some of the following things PLEASE
Major security exploits.
Upcoming linux kernel improvements
Upcoming android improvements.
SSD and storage technology leaps / improvements.
Renewable energy articles.
Self driving car articles.
How to code guides.
Future of working in tech, how to deal with outsourcing.
Hell, even "list of underrated, surprisingly cool utilities and programs, for Windows even" would be better.
Here's some random Windows bullshit from me to make up for this atrocious article.
Duplicate Cleaner Pro is still the best dupe file checker I've found (the UK one)
Firefox Nightly still isn't particularly fast for a multi-threaded version of Firefox.
If you use Firefox nightly, be prepared to also run dev / nightly builds of your plugins, otherwise odd bugs occur (yet surprisingly FF nightly is shockingly stable)
Paint.NET is surprisingly good for a free graphics app.
"Remove empty directories" is good for cleaning up empty directories on your drive
Display Fusion is still without question the best multi-monitor app out there, if you thought Ultramon was useful, you ain't seen shit.
FreeNAS 9.3 is still humming along nicely for me, boy do I wish someone would release a 6+ TB SSD which is cheap though, spinning disks are hot and noisy (and I mean a semi- cheap one, even if it's slower)
That's all I got, it's better than fucking Martin SHSKSSKHSKRELLI articles.
This is... just the worst (Score:4)
Years.
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I thought the site was hacked and I was looking forward to some new content.
I see Bizx is already leaving their mark (Score:1)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bizx-subsidiary-sourceforge-media-llc-140000193.html
Hopefully they don't run /. right into the ground.
Note to self (Score:4, Insightful)
Never insult rap guys when you're about to be sent to PMITA prison.
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He's doing worse than insult, he's actively trying to start shit with them. That's PHENOMENALLY stupid. Maybe he just wants to be put in solitary or something.
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He's a sociopath. The driving force behind such a subhuman monster is self-aggrandization. They don't care about tomorrow, only about today.
In other ness... (Score:5, Informative)
Okay, you are probably as confused about this story as I was, as the title is nonsense and the names look like line noise. So basically, here's the summary the story didn't provide:
So basically, we have this guy. Martin Shkreli. [wikipedia.org] On its own, that name probably means nothing: but you've heard of him before. He's a pharmaceutical exec, and he recieved widespread attention when his company bought a daraprim, an anti-parasitic drug. He raised the price from $13.50 to $750: Mmmhmm, he's that man, and he's the subject of the article. So then, we have a rapper here: Mr. Ghostface Killah [wikipedia.org]... Also known as Dennis Coles. Our Mr. Shkreli bought a one of a kind album from this rapper. The very esteemed Mr. Killah called this horrible person out for the son of a bitch he is, and in response, Shkreli made a video threatening to destroy the album unless he recieves "a heart felt written apology expressing the sorrow and sadness" the rapper simply must be feeling right now to insult such an honorable and upstanding citizen.
And seriously, our rich jackass really is a bastard. Condeming people to die is a horrible thing to do, and controlling samples so no new drug can be authorized is a gross abuse of an admittedly flawed system. This man should go burn in hell. Bernie Sanders refused to take his campaign donation (he gave the money away to a healthcare clinic rather than accept it), and Mrs. Clinton made it one of her goals to deal wiith this asshole if she's elected. Even Donald Trump himself doesn't like Shkreli, and these two are perfect fits for each other.
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Shkreli is a good reason why I think once a sociopath has been identified, they are forbidden from any position of management or leadership, even as lowly as a crew chief at McDonalds, and that they are put under constant surveillance and if they cause even the smallest amount of disturbance, they are imprisoned the first time under harsh and awful conditions for six months, the second time for five years, and the third time they are just taking out and shot. Sociopaths, once identified, should have liberti
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I think sociopaths spending every minute of every day in sheer terror and any capacity to effect even the smallest decision upon normal people would make a better world.
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Donald Trump himself doesn't like Shkreli, and these two are perfect fits for each other.
1) That rapper dude must be really worried now, I mean being threatened by a pasty-faced douche like Martin Shkrelli ust put tha' fear o' gawd into ya, no?
2) If you're someone that even a scumbag like Donald Trump hates, that's resume material right there. "I'm such a shitbag that even the King Shitbag hates me!" That kind of accolade is hard to come by.
oh good (Score:2)
This doesn't sound like it's going to end in an epic rap battle between Neil deGrasse Tyson and Mr Killah over recreational drugs.
Remember kiddies (Score:3)
/. is up for sale, so anything that improves traffic is good for business.
But not necessarily good for reading
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Not anymore: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dhi-group-inc-announces-the-sale-of-slashdot-media-300211026.html [prnewswire.com]
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New title (Score:2)
Title should be, "Dueling Douchebags".
Sorry, is this "news for nerds" or "stuff that matters"? How so?
keepin it real niggas' (Score:1)
Why the fuck would a nerd give a shit about this? (Score:2)
Why should anyone who isn't a greedy corporate raider or rapper wannabe care about "Greedy corporate raider threatens rapper"?
Let's see, I have zero desire to buy a company, jack up prices or dismantle it.
I wear my pants up around my waist where they belong.
If I wear a ball cap, it isn't set on my head cockeyed.
I don't drown myself in bling. Hell, I don't wear bling in the first place.
I don't talk funny.
I don't shoot people over a pair of Air Jordans or some silly east/west coast rivalry that is ALMOST as
Not like they can't make another copy of the album (Score:1)