MOK
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| MOK | |
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| Birth name | Tarkan Karaalioglu |
| Born | September 21, 1976 Berlin-Neukölln, Germany |
| Origin | Turkey |
| Genres | Gangsta Rap Hip-Hop & Rap |
| Years active | 1997 to present |
| Labels | Yo!Musix (2006-2009) Sektenmuzik |
| Associated acts | Sido, Automatikk, Die Sekte |
Tarkan Karaalioglu (born 21 September 1976) better known as MOK, is a German rapper of Turkish descent. His name "MOK" means "Muzik oder Knast" (Ger: Music or Jail) was awarded to him by the Berlin hip hop legend Maxim. He is a member of rap crew Die Sekte. He got his own label at Sony BMG called Yo!Musix.
MOK is also well known for his controversies with other German rappers, including Bushido, Kool Savas[1] and Farid Bang.[2] During his career he released many diss tracks, but they does not paid so much attention, so the competitions does not respond on him.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
He was born in Berlin-Neukölln. MOK later joined the crew NHS. In 1994 he came in contact with Berlin Crime and after his first tries he became a member of the crew. 1995 he left the crew ind becan started again with graffiti. The next five years used MOK to expanded his talent. It is believed that Tarkan Karaalioglu stole the name 'MOK' off the Master Of Knowledge. It is unknown how this happened, but it is believed that Cowboy Snr. was involved.
His first rap tries made MOK with ASEK of Kaosloge. At the same time he meets Mach One of Bassboxxx. MOK, Mach One and Tony D decide to record a track together and they formed later the group "Die Echten".
[edit] Musical career
In 2002, released MOK his first official release, an EP entitled Fick M.O.R., were he insults hip hop group M.O.R. throughout every track. The EP features guest parts of Frauenarzt, MC Basstard and Tony D.
When it cames to problems at Bassboxxx, MOK let himself produce by Sido. With Tony D he joined crew Die Sekte.
2006 formed MOK his own label ersböserjunge by Sony BMG. On May 2007 he changed the name first in "Ghetto Kingz" and finally to "Yo!Musix". The reason for this change was, that the lawyers of Bushido threated MOK to sued him, because he had stealed the name of his record label ersguterjunge.
On the 5 March 2007, reached his video for "Big Boss" Top 10 in the MTV TRL charts. It was the first time, that a video of him was seen on TV. On the 25 May he released his second album Hustler, which was later banned, like others releases such as Musik oder Knast and Bad Boys.
[edit] Prison Sentence
During the year 2002, during MOK's records of his first album Neuköln Hustler got searched per arrest warrant. On 12 September, after his last records, he got arrested by the Berlin police and got brought in a custody in Berlin. Three months later he got transfers at Bayern, were he wait during eighteen months for his trail. MOK got accused for gang criminal and bodly arms. He got sentenced to five years and six months and must serves in the JVA Tegel in Berlin, but times later with the help of Aggro Berlin he got transfers into the open prison in Berlin-Plötzensee.
[edit] Discography
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