Former Cash Money rapper Lil’ Turk is an old head in the rap game. During his teen years, he and his Hot Boy comrades took the rap game by storm with their bad boy personas.

At age 31, the “Young & Thuggin” rapper has experienced a lot and isn’t shy to admit his battle with drugs.

“I used to be in a circle where I was caught up in some drugs,” he said during an interview with G14 radio. “And couldn’t nobody tell me nothing. I used to do heroin and cocaine. I used to shoot heroin and cocaine like a old nigga when I was 15, 16 years old.”

Turk, born Tab Virgil, discussed his thoughts on the Lil’ Wayne’s drug use and actions that has sparked controversy in the rap game.

Referring to Weezy as his “little brother,” Turk said the current Young Money frontman isn’t the Lil’ Wayne he came up with.

“…when you under the influence on anything that’s altering your mind anything can come out of your mouth,” Turk explained. “It doesn’t necessarily mean that that’s the type of person that you is, it’s that drugs that’s overpowering you. It’s them spirits that’s overpowering you.”

Listen to Turk’s G14 Radio Interview Below

Lil’ Wayne has been in the news as of late for his controversial actions.

Lil’ Wayne raised eye brows with a particular rap line in his latest single off his tenth studio album “I Am Not A Human Being II.”

In “B*tches Love Me,” a track produced by producer Mike Will Made It, Lil’ Wayne makes some satanic remarks.

Wayne raps, “Pussy-ass n-ggas stop hatin’/ Lil’ Tunechi got that fire/ And these h*es love me like Satan.”

It is not entirely certain what Wayne meant from the line. But he could possibly be fueling rumors of allegiance to the so-called “illuminati” to spark controversy for album sales.

Lil’ Tunechi also caused a firestorm after disrespecting a fallen Civil Rights icon in Future’s new song ‘Karate Chop.’

Lil’ Wayne, who is featured on the track, raps, “Beat that pu**y up like Emmett Till.” Lil’ Wayne can be heard laughing after uttering the line.

“Karate Chop” is not the first song Lil’ Wayne disrespected the slain Chicago teen.

Lil’ Wayne previously disrespected Emmett Till in 2007 on “Da Drought 3” mixtape in song “Swizzy.”

In “Swizzy,” Lil’ Wayne raps, “Beat up ya block yeah I get my Emmett Till on.”

These lines are highly offensive given the story behind Emmett Till.

Emmett Louis Till was a 14-year-old African American Chicago teen murdered in Mississippi in 1955 after allegedly whistling at a white woman. The teen was in the Mississippi Delta region visiting family members.

The event took place after Till allegedly showed friends a photograph of himself in an integrated school. Till said he had a white girlfriend to the young boys’ disbelief. Till was dared by some of the local boys to talk to a white woman who was running a store.

A few days later after the incident, the woman’s husband Roy Bryant and half brother J.W. Milam arrived at the teen’s great-uncle’s house and took him to a barn, tortured him and gouged out one of his eyes. They shot the Chicago boy in the head, tied a cotton gin fan around his neck with barbwire and threw his body in the Tallahatchie River. His body was recovered three days later.

Till’s mother held an open casket funeral for the world to see the brutal nature of her son’s murder. Bryant and Milam were brought to trial for Till’s death and later acquitted. A few months later, the two boldly admitted to killing the teen in a magazine interview. Bryant and Milam were protected by double jeopardy, which prevents a defendant from being charged with the same crime after being acquitted.

Lil’ Wayne’s disrespect of Till’s legacy is disheartening, especially during Black History Month. But this should be used as an opportunity to educate, rather than vilify.

There will be thousands of young adults rapping the lyrics to Wayne’s verse. Hopefully, someone knowledgeable on the story of Till will pull a young person aside and educate them.

Additionally, we hope someone will pull Lil’ Wayne to the side and educate him also.

What are your thoughts on the Lil’ Wayne line? Is it offensive? Sound off below

Listen to ‘Karate Chop’ below



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