YouTube sensation 'blue drug fairy' found dead in 'overdose' while pregnant

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Sharissa Turk, 25, was found unresponsive in her Stated Island home on Tuesday
Turk became Internet celebrity in 2013 after starring in amateur rap video 'My World Is Blue' about painkiller epidemic in Staten Island
The video went viral after she was arrested in a drug sting for selling Oxycodone to undercover cops
Facebook posts suggest Turk and her boyfriend were expecting a baby girl

Published: 13:40 EST, 2 March 2016 | Updated: 17:02 EST, 2 March 2016

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An amateur dancer who became an internet celebrity after starring in a rap video as the 'Blue Fairy' of prescription pill addiction has been found dead from an apparent drug overdose.

Sharissa Turk, 25, who was eight months pregnant, was discovered unresponsive with no visible signs of trauma in her home on Jefferson Boulevard in Staten Island just before 3pm on Tuesday, according to police.

Turk's boyfriend reportedly found her lying in the hallway and called 911.

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Tragic end: Sharissa Turk, 25, who played the 'blue fairy' (pictured) in a viral music video about painkiller addiction in 2012, has been found dead from an apparent drug overdose

Turk was fond unresponsive in her home (pictured) on Jefferson Boulevard in Staten Island on Tuesday

Turk's boyfriend (pictured left and right with Turk) made the sad discovery and called 911. She was pronounced dead on the scene

Paramedics who responded pronounced her dead at the scene, reported Staten Island Advance.

On Facebook, a friend of Turk’s shared a photo of the two of them and mourned the 25-year-old’s untimely passing, writing that she has just received an invitation to her upcoming baby shower.

According to a post left by a friend on her boyfriend's page after her death, Turk was expecting a girl. In October, she shared an ultrasound image of the baby accompanied by the hashtag '#‎cantwaittomeetYOU‬.'

The medical examiner will determine Sharissa Turk's exact cause of death.

Ms Turk’s landlord told the New York Daily News that she moved into 535 Jefferson Boulevard about a month ago and 'smiled a lot'.

In 2012, Turk appeared in an off-beat music video called 'My World Is Blue' by the Staten Island band White Trash Clan.

Mother-to-be: The 25-year-old was reportedly eight months pregnant at the time of her death

Expecting: In October, Turk shared this ultrasound image depicting her unborn baby, said to be a girl

Turk plays a pixie dancing around with blue wings and a wand, and blowing ‘fairy dust’ at the camera as the group raps about prescription pill addiction in Staten Island, which they call 'painkiller paradise'.

Some of the lyrics of ‘My World Is Blue’ include: ‘I can stop when I want to/ I’m not addicted/ I don’t take pills/ crush and sniff it/Blue is my world in the life how I live it/ Come out to Staten Island/ pay a little visit.’

The chorus is sampled from ‘Love Is Blue,’ a song written in 1967 by Andre Popp that was made famous by French orchestra leader Paul Mauriat.

The amateur rap video went viral in early 2013 after Turk was arrested in a massive drug sweep and charged with selling Oxycodone to undercover officers.

The sting operation resulted in 32 arrests across Staten Island and netted hundreds of narcotics, as well as three handguns, a shotgun and $17,000 in cash.

YouTube sensation: In 2012, Turk (center) appeared in an off-beat music video called 'My World Is Blue' by the Staten Island band White Trash Clan

Life imitating art: She was arrested in early 2013 during a massive drug sweep for selling Oxycodone to undercover cops. Her case was sealed and dismissed after she completed a drug treatment program

The raid netted hundreds of narcotics, as well as three handguns, a shotgun and $17,000 in cash (pictured)

Turk pleaded guilty to criminal sale of a controlled drug, but her case was sealed and dismissed after she completed a court-mandated treatment program involving regular drug testing and a 6pm curfew.

She landed in jail again in August 2015 on suspicion of criminal possession of a controlled substance. Turk pleaded guilty to the charge in that case and was sentenced to two days of community service.

Staten Island-based rapper Gerard Kelly, 32, who appeared in the 'My World Is Blue' video alongside Turk, died in August from complications linked to 'probable acute drug intoxication'.