Juli Thanki

The Tennessean

In late October, former pharmaceutical company CEO Martin Shkreli tweeted that he would release his unreleased music collection — which he claimed included unheard recordings by the Beatles and Nirvana — for free if Donald Trump won the presidential election. Tuesday night he began making good on his promise.

Earlier this year, Shkreli also purchased the only available copy of Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, the latest album by hip-hop collective the Wu-Tang Clan, for $2 million. Late Tuesday night, Shkreli livestreamed video of himself playing a portion of the record. "I've got to decide how to put out — there's about 30, 35 tracks," he said during the clip. "I actually have a contract with the Wu-Tang Clan where I'm not allowed to do this. Obviously, I own the music and I bought it and paid a lot of money for it. In many ways, the contract shouldn't matter that much. But I am a man of my word; I had to play a little bit of it...but I've got to keep my word to them, too."

Shkreli made headlines in 2015 when the company he founded, Turing Pharmaceuticals, acquired the drug Daraprim and raised the price by 5,000 percent. He is currently on bail after being arrested by the FBI and indicted for securities fraud last December.

Wednesday is the 23rd anniversary of the release of the Wu-Tang Clan's debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Founding member GZA performed two shows at Nashville's City Winery on Election Night.

Wu-Tang Clan's GZA to perform at City Winery