Birdman’s Apparent Onstage Sleeping Addressed By Hot Boys Member: ‘I Be In Turk’s World’

Birdman raised eyebrows after seemingly falling asleep in the middle of a live performance with the Hot Boys last month – and now Turk has offered up his thoughts on the matter.

In an interview with B High ATL published on Tuesday (March 4), the New Orleans rapper brushed off any controversy over the moment and basically said it’s nothing to be worried about.

“I don’t know what be going on, man,” he said. “I be on that muthafucka having Turk fun. I be in Turk’s world doing what I’m doing. They gonna always turn something into something that ain’t, you know what I’m saying? We have different little moments where we have to look down and see what’s going on.”

He continued: “Baby don’t give a fuck. Baby come right back out there the next day and talk some shit again. See, they put what they want to put out there. He came and he talked, and he talked his shit again, you know, the next show.”

You can watch the full interview below.

In the footage of the unsettling moment, which went viral late last month, Birdman can be seen standing on stage behind Turk when his head drops and he stays motionless for over 15 seconds.

The 56-year-old was then nudged by B.G. and appeared to snap out of his apparent daze, before laughing it off and continuing with the performance.

While Birdman has yet to comment on the moment, some fans are concerned that his bizarre behavior is a sign of something serious.

“Bro ain’t sleep he geeked,” one user commented on social media, while another said: “Time to go ahead put the cup down unc. Do it for Ms Gladys.”

Birdman was on the road with Lil Wayne and the rest of the Hot Boys for a mini reunion tour that began in Tampa at the top of February and wrapped on Friday (February 28) in St. Louis.

They previously reunited on stage last November at Wayne’s LilWeezyana Fest in New Orleans, where all four members of the Hot Boys performed several songs for the first time since 2000. They were also joined by Mannie Fresh and Birdman, aka the Big Tymers.

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Things didn’t go as smoothly at Essence Festival months earlier, though. Wayne only came onstage once B.G. and Juvenile, who were joined by Mannie and Birdman, had finished performing. Turk was missing from that show, saying in the leadup to the festival that the “business side of it” was getting in the way.

Weezy performed for 20 minutes without his former bandmates, producer and label head — who then all returned, without Juvenile, for a final song after Wayne left the stage.

During Wayne’s set, the Cash Money logos onscreen were replaced by ones for his label Young Money, and he said he was “here on behalf of Young Money fucking Records.”