The world is lastly getting extra data on Wu-Tang Clan’s legendary seventh album. The sale worth of As soon as Upon A Time In Shaolin has been disclosed.

As per Hypebeast, the Division of Justice has revealed the worth for the considered one of one challenge was bought for after it was seized from Martin Shkreli. As half of Bloomberg Journal’s ongoing “FOIA Recordsdata!” sequence, a function the place they uncover by no means seen earlier than paperwork through the Freedom of Info Act, author Jason Leopold has confirmed As soon as Upon A Time In Shaolin bought for $2,238,482.30. In response to the article, that is the precise greenback quantity Martin Shkreli owed to the USA authorities.

However this data didn’t come simply, because the seasoned journalist admits he needed to file a lawsuit in opposition to the DOJ to problem the main points behind the public sale. “That very same month I sued the Division of Justice to compel the company to launch the information,” Leopold wrote. “In January 2022, the US Marshals Service, which dealt with the sale of the album, despatched me 67 pages of paperwork that included dozens of gorgeous pictures of the album that had by no means seen the sunshine of day.” 

Initially introduced in 2014, As soon as Upon A Time In Shaolin was an effort by the group to revive respect for music as an artwork kind. Just one copy was made and it was auctioned off in 2015 for $2 million {dollars} to Martin Shkreli. The American businessman would later land in authorized hassle for securities fraud and was pressured to forfeit all his belongings, which included the Wu-Tang Clan album. You may look by way of all of the paperwork and images supplied by the Division of Justice right here, and examine a Forbes vlog about how the album got here to be under.