Skrillex Did Not Spend $5 Million on a Wu-Tang Clan Album

While I loved the Nabil-directed video for Skrillex's "Fuck That," there's one thing I hadn't realized: towards the end, in the scene in the desert, it looked like those figures were carrying a box that looked a lot like the forthcoming Wu-Tang Clan album The Wu—Once Upon A Time In Shaolin, which apparently is a one-of-one and comes in a special lock box...

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While I loved the Nabil-directed video for Skrillex's "Fuck That," there's one thing I hadn't realized: towards the end, in the scene in the desert, it looked like those figures were carrying a box that looked a lot like the forthcoming Wu-Tang Clan album The Wu—Once Upon A Time In Shaolin, which apparently is a one-of-one and comes in a special lock box:

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A few days ago, High Snobiety reported that Cilvaringz, an extended Wu-Tang Clan member who has handled production on the forthcoming Wu-Tang album, said Skrillex not only included it in the video, but he'd actually bought the album... for $5 million. I mean, it's true when Cilvaringz says it, right?

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Slow your roll. While inquired with reps for Skrillex about the validity of these claims, Cilvaringz actually sent Complex a note saying that it was just a joke:

"Bro that was a joke, the album is not sold to Skrillex. It's only in his new video for the song "Fuck That." I would assume the sale of the album would be a grand official announcement, not a simple "yup" joking around with forum members we've been talking to for years."

Biz 3 reps also confirmed that Skrillex did not purchase the album, but it was in fact The Wu—Once Upon A Time In Shaolin in the video. Skrillex also sent the following tweet to Complex:

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