Contents • • • • • • Early life [ ] Virgil was born February 8, 1981 in to his mother 'Gal' and his father Tab Virgil Sr.(1961-2013). He grew up in the and attended before dropping out. He was discovered by rapping with Magnolia Shorty at a block party. Career [ ] His debut album became a Top 10 hit on the. After the split of the Hot Boys in 2001 & his departure of Cash Money in 2003 he signed a deal with producer Ke'Noe at Laboratory Recordz and released two albums.

Recordz and released two albums Raw & Uncut and Penitentiary Chances. In December 2012, Turk made a hit single titled “Zip It” featuring Lil Wayne.

In 2005, Turk was convicted on federal charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, a fugitive from justice in possession of a firearm, and an unlawful user addicted to a controlled substance in possession of a firearm. The charges arose from the shooting of a Memphis,Tennessee police officer in early 2004. He was sentenced to 10 years of incarceration.

In 2006, he entered an in Tennessee state court to second-degree attempted murder, based on the same incident, and was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. While incarcerated Ke'Noe released two albums of unreleased Turk verses called Still A Hot Boy and Convicted Felons. The albums profits of the last two releases were put on Turk's prison books. Turk was released from prison in October 2012 after almost nine years of incarceration. In December 2012, Turk made a hit single titled 'Zip It' featuring.

Weeks later, a remix with was made and released. In February 2013, a version with Turk,, Juvenile and was made, making an official reunion song. Turk released a mixtape under SoundCloud called 'Blame It On The System'. Legal issues [ ] On January 26, 2004 at around 2:00pm local time, dozens of Shelby County Narcotics Officers and officers served a search warrant for drugs believed to be inside Turk's apartment in the Hickory Pointe Community in Southeast. After knocking on the door and identifying themselves led to no response, the officers entered and began searching the apartment. Turk then allegedly shot at them with a 9mm handgun. The officers and SWAT returned fire, engaging in a 15-minute shootout with Turk.

Switching it to 9600 baud fixed it. NOTE: D11 and H20 boxes require baud rate = 115200 (May 25, 2007) NOTE: If baud rate = 115200 does not work with the H20 box using the CablesToGo usb->serial adapters, try 9600 (Oct 22, 2007) NOTE: For Mac OS X connecting to a D11 or H20 use directv.pl ver 1.8 which supports baud rates (for Mac and Linux) >38400. My theory is that DirecTV sent down a firmware upgrade to change the all the D-11 boxes to 9600. One is connected as described above, the other uses the exact same scenario except with an extra USB to Serial adaptor to plug the cable into the motherboard's USB port. A usb to serial adapter on both ends connected by a null modem cable works fine.(May 25, 2007) NOTE: I have 2 D11 boxes hooked up to my motherboard that has only 1 serial port connection.

Turk finally surrendered to Shelby County officers and the SWAT Team. Turk was charged Wednesday, January 28, 2004 with first-degree attempted murder for allegedly shooting two Memphis, Tennessee Police Officers. In February 2015, Turk filed lawsuit against Cash Money Records for $1.3 million, over unpaid royalties for recordings dating back to 1999, including solo work from his debut Young & Thuggin' and group, the.

The rapper eventually won the suit by default, when Cash Money failed to respond. However, in June 2015, Turk requested that the lawsuit be dismissed after both parties reached an amicable settlement. Discography [ ].