Hot Boys member Turk has been released from prison after spending nine years behind bars.

According to AHH, the New Orleans, Louisiana rapper was freed from the Forrest City, Arkansas Federal Prison earlier this morning. He is in “good spirits on his first day of freedom.

Turk, whose real name is Tab Virgil, Jr., was convicted in 2005 on federal charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, as well as being a fugitive and using a controlled substance while in possession of a firearm.

He is currently working on new music and an autobiography titled The AutoThugography of Turk. He is also penning a screenplay about his life titled Reckless.

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