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Podcast: Holdin’ Court Podcast
Episode: Hot Boy Turk Talks Hot Boy Reunion Tour, Squashing Beef With Birdman, Past Addiction, And Becoming An Ordained Minister.
Description: New Orleans bred rapper and Original Hot Beezy, Turk, was first discovered in 1996 when the owners of Cash Money Records (brothers Ronald "Slim" Williams and Brian "Baby" Williams) noticed the aspiring artist rapping and rhyming in the nearby Magnolia projects. Later that same year, Turk made his recording debut with a cameo on Juvenile's solo debut, “Solja Rags.” Turk was billed as Young Turk, and welcomed into the newly formed Hot Boys (which also included Juvenile, B.G., and Lil Wayne), issuing “Get It How U Live!” in 1997 and “Guerilla Warfare” two years later.
Turk continued to make cameos on other rap...