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A one-of-a-kind piece of hip-hop history is set to be on display with a few lucky people able to listen to the work of art for the first time.
Wu-Tang Clan’s “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” is the group’s seventh album and only one physical copy was created. It also hasn’t been available to download or stream. Only a select few have been able to listen to the project, which took about seven years to create.
Now that album will be on display at the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Tasmania, the island state of Australia.
Music enthusiasts will be able to see the “world’s only copy” of the album on display. The museum’s Frying Pan Studios will also host a private listening event allowing some the one-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear the fabled tracks.
In 2014, Wu-Tang revealed they were selling the secret album. It is encased in a silver jewel-encrusted box with a wax Wu-Tang seal and leather-bound liner notes. The extravagant case was handcrafted by British-Moroccan artist Yahya.
“We’re about to sell an album like nobody else sold it before,” says Robert “RZA” Diggs, told FORBES. “We’re about to put out a piece of art like nobody else has done in the history of [modern] music. We’re making a single-sale collector’s item. This is like somebody having the scepter of an Egyptian king.”
In 2015, Martin Shkreli purchased the album for $2 million. He later streamed some of the music on YouTube to celebrate Donald Trump winning the 2016 election, according to BBC.
Tickets for the listening event will be available starting on May 30 and it’s free if you’re able to secure them through the website. One time slot is available per person with a max of two tickets per order.
The project will be on display as part of the museum’s Namedropping exhibit, which runs from June 15, 2024, to April 21, 2025.
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