A 25-year-old Staten Island woman who appeared in a bizarre rap video about prescription drug abuse was found dead by her boyfriend in her Staten Island home yesterday afternoon. The NYPD said officers responding to a 911 call found Sharissa Turk "unconscious and unresponsive with no apparent trauma" inside the house at 535 Jefferson Boulevard in Annadale. The Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death, but police sources tell the tabloids Turk's death is being investigated as a drug overdose.When Turk was 22 she portrayed a blue drug fairy in a widely-viewed YouTube music video by Staten Island's White Trash Clan. Shortly after the video went viral in 2013, Turk was arrested for selling oxycodone to an undercover investigator. Turk, who was employed by Edible Arrangements at the time, avoided prison time by agreeing to participate in a drug-treatment program.
Incite DaRiot, Turk's fiance at the time and the producer of the "My World Is Blue" video, told Gothamist shortly after Turk's arrest that "the video was made to show the downfall of drug users, and bring attention to the epidemic that every Staten Islander is fully aware of. We thought, 'Let's take a risk, let's address something that's really serious.' We know people have family members that have died because of this shit, so we didn't want to make fun of it."
Turk is the second person who participated in the video to wind up dead. Last August, Gerard Kelly, a rapper in the video, died of “probable acute drug intoxication,” according to the city Medical Examiner’s office.
Via: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/s-woman-played-blue-fairy-drug-video-found-dead-article-1.2549764
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