In what appears to be another bizarre 2018 plot twist, members of iconic rap group Wu-Tang Clan have met former FBI director James Comey. On a recent visit to the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Wu-Tang Clan members Ghostface Killah and Method Man participated in a sketch that lobbied for the return of their album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin.
The album was purchased by Martin Shkreli, who, as Bustle reminds us, was nicknamed “Pharma Bro”, and was then seized by the US government. (It was considered part of his assets upon his prison sentence for two counts of security fraud and one count of conspiring to commit securities fraud.) Shaolin has been in limbo since, while the group has worked tirelessly to retrieve the rights.
But that doesn’t mean that the members have lost their ability to joke about it: The sketch consists of the two members talking to a cookie that looked like Attorney General Jeff Sessions about giving them the rights back to the album. They said that the album belongs to the people. When “Sessions” replies that the album is his and helps rid him of the stress of his “terrible job,” Method Man eats the cookie and walks offstage.
Backstage at Colbert, NBC News reported the rappers snapped a photo with the former director and joked that they were working together to get Shaolin “back from the feds.” This, of course, is impossible as Comey is no longer involved with the Justice Department and is certainly not on friendly terms with Jeff Sessions.
Sadly, the post is not the first time that the group has been public about their struggles. Member RZA tried to buy back the album but said that he was contractually prohibited from doing so.