Marshall Mathers also known as Eminem, has purchased a Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible token (NFT), collectible worth 123.45 Ethereum (or $452K) at settlement.
Slim Shady Purchases Bored Ape Yacht Club #9055 for $452K
Bored Ape Yacht Club’s (BAYC), NFTs were very well-received this year. The project had more than $1 Billion in worldwide volume, according defillama.com metrics. Eminem now owns BAYC #9055 and purchased it for 123.45ether. Detroit’s hip-hop star shared the imageYou can use it for your Twitter bio photo.
Furthermore, the BAYC #9055 purchase indicates that the new owner is called “Shady_Holdings” on the Opensea platform and the portfolio also owns a number of Lil Baby Doodles X NFTs, Ditaggdogg#1 featuring a stencil image of the rapper, and Superlative Apes #3880.
I’m living in a simulation.
We are grateful @EminemThanks for buying my ape & joining the club
Madness. I’ll write you a song lyrics for your next single🤣 pic.twitter.com/myGNRmMLeD
— GeeGazza (@Gee__Gazza) December 31, 2021
Eminem owns NFTs SABC 2615, Shaq Gets Back #4077, as well as Adult Fantasy Subdude (130/151). Actually, Shady_Holdings is home to a multitude of ERC721 FTs. Eminem purchased BAYC #9055 from the NFT’s owner GeegazzaWho? sharedHis excitement was shared on Twitter. Geegazza said:
I sold Eminem his @Boredapeyc…
Eminem has NFTs in 32 of its Collections
According to data from dappradar.com, Slim Shady has 166 assets (NFT) that are non-fungible. These include 32 collections. After purchasing BAYC #9055 at 123.45, 1.52 Ethereum is held by the address as of the writing. Eminem obtained 124 ether through an account using the ENSname georgio.eth. It holds 504 NFTs and 51 collections, including Bored Ape Yacht Club #4936, as well spending 43.98ether ($164,832) on 2 Cryptopunks.
Eminem’s NFT spending spree follows the recording artist’s beat-inspired animated NFTs for Stans in April. Eminem’s NFT sale took place on the NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway. Additionally, Slim Shady joined the NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway in August with Paul Rosenberg. Venture funds have injected $30 Million into NFT Market Makersplace.
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