The legendary American rapper Eminem purchases the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) # 9055 NFT for 123.45 ETH ($450,000).
The Bored Ape Yacht Club is a collection of 10,000 unique Bored Ape NFTs— unique digital collectibles living on the Ethereum blockchain.
Eminem updates his Twitter profile picture with the Bored Ape NFT
Eminem also updated his Twitter profile picture on Thursday night with the ape which does look like the rapper.
The purchase was made through an account with the nickname Shady_Holdings on the OpenSea NFT marketplace. As a matter of fact, this account has over 40 NFTs from different collections.
Eminem is among the best-selling music artists of all time
Eminem is among the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated worldwide sales of more than 220 million records. He is credited with popularizing hip hop in Middle America and is critically acclaimed as one of the greatest rappers of all time.
He’s also the only rapper to have ever won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, which he won for “Lose Yourself” in the movie “8 Mile.” He’s also won numerous American Music Awards and 15 Grammy Awards.
The former NFT owner GeeGazza took to twitter and wrote: “I live in a simulation. Thank you Eminem for buying my monkey and joining the club.”
Interestingly, GeeGazza had been hoping to sell this ape to Eminem for months now. Back in November, he said, “I still think Eminem is destined to buy my Bored Ape one day.” He also admitted, “You don’t understand how long I’ve been manifesting that Eminem buys my ape.”
The digital agency Six has taken credit for the BAYC NFT sale to Eminem, writing on Twitter that their creator-focused agency helped secure the ape, which they are calling the “EminApe.” The agency has previously worked with the rap group Wu-Tang Clan and electronic artists Tycho and Galantis on other projects.
With his new EminApe, Eminem has officially joined the second-largest NFT project on OpenSea by volume. The BAYC has traded 284,765 ETH ($977.6 million) so far in secondary sales, according to CryptoSlam, and the floor price is currently sitting at 60 ETH ($220,000).
Celebrities Loving Bored Apes
Eminem has joined the many other celebrities and athletes who have bought Bored Apes.
Bored Apes have attracted famous personalities like NBA superstar Stephen Curry, who bought one for $180,000 and made it his Twitter profile picture. Snoop Dogg did the same.
The Bored Apes club has also teamed up with the likes of a major label, Universal Music, and sports brand Adidas.
The base price for a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT surpassed CryptoPunks, a huge achievement for a project that just started in April 2021.
NFT sales have soared in 2021 and reach around $14.4 billion.
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