The supposed war between Cash Money and No Limit has been a topic of debate for decades, but Hot Boy Turk is finally setting the record straight.
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Stopping by The Baller Alert Show, the NOLA icon broke down why the two biggest empires in the South never officially joined forces, and it wasn’t for the reasons people think. When Ferrari Simmons asked point-blank, “Was there really a beef with No Limit Records?” Turk kept it real about the tension between Birdman and Master P.
“Nah, it wasn’t no beef. It was more ego-type, you know, ego thing. But never with the artists themselves. You know, Birdman and P, and you know, we had people from the Magnolia with us, and P had people from the Calliope with them who had some things going on in the street,” Turk explained.
While fans were waiting for a label war, the actual “blockage” was coming from the streets. Turk revealed that the artists actually wanted to work together, but the neighborhood politics between the Magnolia and Calliope projects made it a logistical nightmare to even be in the same room.
“So it was more like, you know, if we wanted to do a song with No Limit, we couldn’t have No Limit artists in the studio because we was gonna have people from the Magnolia, they gonna bring people from the Calliope, and these stories have happened,” Turk said.
The host noted that fans were specifically robbed of seeing a Turk and Soulja Slim collab, which Turk admitted was strictly due to the street climate: “Yeah, it was always a blockage because of the politics in the streets, man. You know what I’m saying? Never with the artists, man.”
Even though the city’s lines were drawn deep in the 90s, Turk said that those barriers didn’t stop the mutual respect behind closed doors. He took the time to shout out the No Limit soldiers he’s still locked in with, proving that the bond between NOLA legends is bigger than any label war.
We all to this day, I talk with Mac all the time. One time for Mac, man. Mia X, you know, KLC, Fiend, you feel me? Like Silkk, you know, I met Silkk for the first time, man, and Silkk was pretty cool, bro. You feel me? And I did a record with Master P called ‘Wodey,’ so, you know, everything cool, bro. I don’t have no problem,” Turk concluded.
Ultimately, the rivalry was less about rap and more about two moguls protecting their territory, leaving fans to wonder what kind of hits could have been made if the streets had just stayed out of the studio.
