Jun 2, 2026 · 20 min · 10 segments
Kenneth “OG Turtle” Johnson rose to prominence during the turbulent 1980s in Los Angeles. The charismatic leader with Southern roots, became a national sensation after becoming the focal point of a…
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Turtle spends his early childhood in Houston, Texas, and in 1971, his father relocates their family to Compton, California.
Every afternoon, he and his siblings clock in at the family's soul food restaurant in Long Beach, then help run the laundromat, carrying a workload far heavier than most kids their age.
Kenny, make sure you clean that chip as properly, boy.
looks up and shakes his head.
Say, man, I don't know why you keep jiving me about these damn chicklings.
I did it right the first time.
Don't back talk me.
Just get it done right.
And after you've done that, you, Diane, and Whiskey head over to the laundromat and collect those quarters.
Dot, for every cola daddy want me to put in this bag, I'm taking one.
He ain't never gonna find out.
Turtle spends his early childhood in Houston, Texas, and in 1971, his father relocates their family to Compton, California.
Every afternoon, he and his siblings clock in at the family's soul food restaurant in Long Beach, then help run the laundromat, carrying a workload far heavier than most kids their age.
Kenny, make sure you clean that chip as properly, boy.
looks up and shakes his head.
Say, man, I don't know why you keep jiving me about these damn chicklings.
I did it right the first time.
Don't back talk me.
Just get it done right.
And after you've done that, you, Diane, and Whiskey head over to the laundromat and collect those quarters.
Dot, for every cola daddy want me to put in this bag, I'm taking one.
He ain't never gonna find out.
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