Turk (rapper)
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Turk (shortened from "Young Turk"), born Tab Virgil, Jr. in 1981 in New Orleans, Louisiana, is an African-American rapper.
Turk was first discovered in 1996 when he was rapping for Cash Money Records (brothers Ronald "Slim" Williams and Bryan "Baby" Williams ) Later that same year, he made his debut with a cameo on Juvenile's solo debut, "Solja Rags". He was welcomed into the newly formed Hot Boys (who also included Juvenile, B.G., and Lil' Wayne), issuing "Get It How You Live!" in 1997 and "Guerilla Warfare" (which would eventually go platinum) two years later.
He continued to make cameos on other rapper's recordings, including Juvenile's big hits "400 Degreez" and "Tha G-Code", Lil' Wayne's "Tha Block Is Hot" and "Lights Out", as well as B.G.'s "It's All on You, Vol. 1" and "It's All on You, Vol. 2". June 2001 saw the release of Turk's solo debut, '"Young and Thuggin'"' on Universal Records. His first solo album also coincided with the dissolution of the Hot Boys and the departure of B.G. and Juvenile from the Cash Money label over a royalties dispute with CEO Bryan Williams . While He cut another album, "Untamed Guerilla", for Cash Money as a follow-up to "Young and Thuggin'" but it was never released as he became embroiled in a similar contractual conflict as Juvenile and B.G.
In 2003, Turk followed B.G. to Koch Records, where he recorded "Raw and Uncut", technically his second solo album.
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[edit] Legal Troubles
In January of 2004, Turk was in a Memphis, Tennessee apartment when narcotics officers and SWAT team members stormed in. According to police, Turk shot an officer during the drug raid, but the rapper claimed he was hiding in the closet without a gun. In the shootout, SWAT team member Deputy Chris Harris had been shot in the jaw, hip, arm and calf.[1]
At a preliminary hearing a charge of first-degree attempted murder was reduced to second-degree attempted murder but Turk was not granted bail. He was awaiting trial in prison as his third album, the aptly-named "Penitentiary Chances", hit the streets in April of 2005. Attorneys made their final arguments on August 9, 2005 and the jury took just five hours to convict him.
Virgil’s attorney expressed disappointment at the time the jury spent deliberating and has vowed to appeal. Virgil faces between five and 10 years in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced on October 26, 2005. He is still facing an attempted-murder trial stemming from the shooting, but a trial date has not been set.
Virgil was sentenced to 12 years in prison on April 26, 2006 by a Memphis judge after entering a "best interest plea" in the 2004 shooting of a sheriff's deputy.
Virgil entered an Alford plea, also known as a best-interest plea, in which a defendant may dispute some of the allegations but accepts an agreed-upon sentence, to avoid a longer sentence if convicted at trial. The plea has the same legal effect as a guilty plea.
Turk pleaded to attempted second-degree murder and was handed the 12-year sentence. He faced up to 25 years if convicted as charged of attempted first-degree murder.
[edit] Discography
Young & Thuggin' (June 5, 2001) Cash Money Records
Raw & Uncut (October 21, 2003) Koch
Penitentiary Chances (April 27, 2004) Koch
Still A Hot Boy (September 13, 2005) Select-O-Hits
Convicted Felons (September 5, 2006) Laboratory
[edit] Unreleased Albums
Cash Money Records currently owns the rights to his unreleased solo album: Untamed Guerrilla.
Track listing:
1. Intro Big Tymers
2. Untamed
3. Who I Say I Am feat. Hotboys
4. Ballin 'n' Shinin feat. Lil'Wayne & Mannie Fresh
5. What Tha Streetz Made Me
6. Hustlin' feat. Baby
7. On My Own
8. 3rd Ward
9. A Man feat. Juvenile & BG
10. Stand Up (skit)
11. H-O-T
12. Where U At feat. Lil'Wayne & Mickkey
13. Bitch Please
14. What feat. Big Tymers
15. The Key To Life feat. Juvenile
16. Slangin Iron feat. BG
17. On Tha Block (Skit)
18. Get It Goin
19. Untamed Guerilla feat. Hotboys & Big Tymers
20. Time 2 Go (Outro)
[edit] Featured On
1996 - Our Thang - Durdy Jack Lex Ball/Baby - Platinum Status
1998 - Hypnotize Cash Money - Tear Da Club Up Thugs/Hot Boys - Crazyndalazdayz
1999 - Ballas- Project Pat /Hot Boys - Ghetty Green
1999 - Bring Da Pain - Blaxuede/Lil' Wayne - Dey Don't Kno
1999 - Tha Hood (It's All Good) - Hot Boys/Big Tymers - The Wood
1999 - Make 'Em Break It - Lil' Keke/Hot Boys/Big Tymers - It Was All A Dream
1999 - Play That Sh*t (Remix) - DJ Clue/CNN/Hot Boys - Queens Day Part 1
1999 - Rock Ice - Hot Boys/Big Tymers - Blue Streak
1999 - Servin' It Hot - Servin' Da World Click/Hot Boys/Big Tymers - Shippin' N Handlin'
1999 - Tear The Club Up (Remix) - DJ Whoo Kid/Tear The Club Up Thugs/Hot Boys - DJ Whoo Kid Goin Platinum
1999 - U Don't Wanna - J Prince/Hot Boys/Big Tymers - Realest Niggaz Down South
2000 - Baller Blockin' - E-40/Baby/Juvenile - Baller Blockin'
2000 - Uptown - B.G. - Baller Blockin'
2000 - Let Us Stunt - Big Tymers/B.G. - Baller Blockin'
2000 - Hey Ya - Strings/Hot Boys/Big Tymers - Tongue Song
2000 - Told U - Malone/Baby - Hustler 3 - Hustler 3
2000 - Dirty World - T.C/Lil' Derrick/Juvenile - 3rd Coast Finest
2000 - Tear It Down - Zoe Pound/B.G. - Little Haiti Stories
2001 - Steady Grinding - Mack 10/Baby - Exit Wounds
2001 - Murder - Mack 10/Big Tymers - Bang Or Ball
2001 - Low Down & Dirty - Smoked Outt/Lil' Derrick - Done Didit
2001 - What Side R U On - Jerzey Mob/Hot Boys - Outlawz Presents
2002 - Cleanin' Out My Closet (Freestyle) - Larrell - Freestyles And Unreleased
2002 - F*ck Cash Money - Larrell - Freestyles And Unreleased
2002 - Tear It Down (Remix) Red Eye/B.G. - Da Dirty South Shit Vol. 1
2003 - Uptown Downtown - 7th Ward Soulja/B.G. - Ghetto Terminology
2003 - What You Are - Lil' Derrick/Kayotic - Undisputed Champions Knockout
2003 - Throw Your Sets Up - Tru Thug - The Storm
2003 - Tellin U - Tru Thug - The Storm
2004 - Stuntin' - Bumpy Johnson/Kenoe - Tha Hustle Life Vol.1 & Vol.2
2004 - Gun Bust - Dro/Hitman/Sammy Sam - Respect The Connected
2004 - Come Up - Froze Ony - Gutta Wayz
2004 - I Don't Know Whats Wrong - Ke'Noe - Game Over
2004 - Bitchn*gga - Mac-E/Da Inc - Da Nu Boi
2004 - Whatchabout - Mac-E - Da Nu Boi
2004 - Ain't No Fun (When Rabbit Got The Gun) - Slugga/Young Thugga - Rookie Of The Year
2004 - Murda, Murda - Yung Ro/Mippy - Undagrind
2005 - She's A Huker - AJ 003/Ying Yang Twinz - AJ 003
2005 - Over A Ho - Handy - Rap Hustlin'
2005 - Dat's Right - Iceberg/Froze Ony - Slab Muzic
2005 - Road Bitch - Iceberg/Froze Ony - Slab Muzic
[edit] References
- ^ Man charged in shooting incident involving deputies, Shelby County sheriff's office, January 28, 2004
[edit] External links
| Hot Boys |
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| Members |
| B.G. | Juvenile | Lil Wayne | Turk |
| Albums |
| Get It How U Live! | Guerrilla Warfare | Let 'Em Burn |
| Singles |
| "We on Fire" | "I Need a Hot Girl" |
| Labels |
| Chopper City Records | UTP Records | Universal Records | Young Money Entertainment |
