Ghostface Killah destroys Martin Shkreli in magnificent video

It always seemed a little odd that Martin Shkreli, awkward yet diabolical pharma bro, saw fit to criticize legendary rappers the Wu-Tang Clan. His copious sulking and slams against the group -- whose exclusive album he bought for $2 million -- was an upending of the social order. 

Now, all is becoming right with the world again. 

Ghostface Killah, a member of the Wu-Tang Clan, has released a 12-minute diss track aimed straight at Shkreli. 

Now, 12 minutes is about four times the length of the usual diss track -- hi, Drake -- but you have to admit that Shkreli provides more material than most. 

"I don't know how it even came to this," Ghostface Killah says in the video in bewilderment, echoing the thoughts of all America.

Let's begin with some background on the business beef: Shkreli is the pharmaceutical entrepreneur who has repeatedly threatened to raise the price of a drug that fights blood disorders -- to $750 a pill. 

Using his fortune, Shkreli bought a $2 million Wu-Tang clan album -- Once Upon a Time in Shaolin -- that was a piece of art: it was made for only one person to own, "like the scepter of an Egyptian king."

Wu-Tang sold the album to Shkreli, then later suggested they had done so in ignorance, "well before Martin Shkreli's business practices came to light."

Shkreli reacted, as Shkreli will, rather badly and began a feud of words with the rappers. And there we are. 

Now, on to the very crisp response by Ghost. 

He starts by quoting Shkreli's own -- and inadvisable -- smacktalk, like, "C'mon Ghost, stop acting, stop pretending, stop lying." 

Ghost replies to this with a pause and then open amusement, saying, "Yo man, you hilarious man ... you a fake-ass supervillain." 

you a fake-ass supervillain.

To drive the point home, Ghost adds clips of 1960s movies and television shows like Batman, demonstrating classic supervillain responses. 

The comparison is timely, considering that Shkreli was just called before Congress to testify about drug pricing. He responded mostly with contempt and, as most villains do, with a foiled attempt at escape. 

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The highlight of Ghostface Killah's video is perhaps a shot of Shkreli's head superimposed on Pee-Wee Herman's body, with the title, "Pee-Wee Shkreli."

There is also some acknowledgement that both he and Shkreli are, as the name might imply, killers. 

But the rapper lays down some crucial distinctions. Shkreli is, he points out, a "soft killer, a baby killer," a "man with a 12-year-old's body." 

The theme: you come at the king(s), you best not miss.