MOK

{{About|the rapper|other uses|Mok (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = MOK

| image = Porno Mafia-Tour Lichterfelde.jpg

| caption = MOK (right) rapping with {{ill|Bass Sultan Hengzt|de|Bass Sultan Hengzt}} (left) in 2006

| background = solo_singer

| birth_name = Tarkan Karaalioğlu

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|9|21}}

|birth_place =Berlin-Neukölln, Germany

| death_date =

| origin = Turkey

| genre = Gangsta rap
Hip-hop & rap

| occupation =

| years_active = 1997–present

| label = Yo!Musix (2006-2009)
Sektenmuzik

| associated_acts = Sido, Automatikk, Die Sekte

| website =

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Tarkan Karaalioğlu (born 21 September 1976), better known as MOK, is a German rapper of Turkish descent. His name "MOK" means "Muzik oder Knast" ("Music or jail"). It was given to him by Berlin hip hopper Maxim. He is a member of rap crew Die Sekte. He got his own label at Sony BMG called Yo!Musix.

MOK is well known for his controversies with other German rappers, including Bushido, Kool Savas,{{cite web|url=http://blog.hiphop.de/RAPresenting/14882/ |title=Deutschrap Vom Feinsten - MOK disst Kool Savas und M.O.R. + spricht u.a. über sein Verhältnis zu Staiger [VIDEO] |accessdate=2010-06-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719041453/http://blog.hiphop.de/RAPresenting/14882/ |archivedate=2011-07-19 }} and Farid Bang.{{cite web|url=http://blog.hiphop.de/spit-tv/32742/ |title=Spit-TV.de - Spit-TV: MOK vs. Farid Bang - Feature auf Bad Boys 2? [News & Statement] |accessdate=2010-06-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719041503/http://blog.hiphop.de/spit-tv/32742/ |archivedate=2011-07-19 }} During his career he released many diss tracks, but they did not receive much attention, so the others did not respond.