Young Buck

Young Buck (born David Darnell Brown on March 15, 1981, in Nashville, Tennessee) is a rapper and member of the hip-hop group G-Unit. He is also under contract with Interscope Records. He usually refers to his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee as "Cashville, Ten-a-key" ("Ten-per-kilo") He refers to his style as "Country rap," as he is from the southern part of the United States. Despite his non-commercial image, he has had strong success in sales.

Early Years

Young Buck began rapping at the age of 12 and was in a studio two years later. He also began selling drugs at age 13. Older hustlers would refer to him as "Young Buck," and the name stuck. When Buck was 16, he got a chance to perform for the Cash Money Records CEO, Brian “Baby” Williams. Young Buck engaged in rap battles against younger members of the label, including future rapper Lil Wayne. Williams was so impressed with Buck that he offered him a contract with Cash Money Records. Buck accepted the offer and dropped out of school at the age of 16 and relocated to New Orleans. He met many Cash Money artists while there. He met BG, Juvenile, Mannie Fresh, Lil Wayne, Baby, & Turk. He would remain helping build up the group for the next four years, until he decided to return home and pursue a rap career on his own.

Around this time, Buck partnered with rapper D-Tay signed to Next Level Records, releasing Thuggin' Til The End. Young Buck became unhappy with his record deal, breaking it off and joining ex-Cash Money Records rapper Juvenile and his UTP label. Buck began to tour with them and while on a business trip to New York City, he met Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, and 50 Cent. Shortly thereafter, Buck was signed to G-Unit Records. His first major appearance was on 50 Cent's multi-platinum record Get Rich or Die Tryin' on the track "Blood Hound". It should be noted that Young Buck had not yet switched labels when the song was recorded, as UTP is mentioned several times.

G-Unit

His first solo album Straight Outta Cashville, an allusion to the famous N.W.A. album Straight Outta Compton, was released on August 24, 2004. It debuted at #3 on the Billboard charts and featured artists The Game, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks,Tony Yayo, Lil' Flip,D-Tay, Ludacris. The album would eventually go platinum, selling over 2 million records worldwide.

On November 16, 2004, Santa Monica police released a warrant for Buck's arrest in relation to a stabbing incident at the 2004 Vibe Awards. Dr. Dre was assaulted by Jimmy James Johnson, and Buck jumped in to support Dre. Videos showed Buck lunging at Johnson with what appeared to be a knife in his hand. Buck was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. He surrendered to police on November 20. It was believed that he had stabbed Jimmy James with a knife, but DNA evidence and photographs showed that the knife did not belong to the G-Unit rapper. The weapon that Young Buck brandished was actually a fork. The charge of assault with a deadly weapon was dropped. The verdict was reached on December 12, 2005 and Buck will now only face three years of probation and eighty hours of community service instead of up to eight years in prison. His sophomore album, set to be released in 2006, is called Buck the World. He was interviewed after his court meeting and stated that his sophomore album will not be titled Buck all Y'all or Bad Influence, as was previously thought.

Cashville Records

Young Buck had recently become the president of his newly created label imprint called Cashville Records also known as G-Unit South. There is currently no word on what record label it will be distributed through, he is still looking for a good deal. Artists on the label are D-Tay, Lil' Murda, Hi-C and newly signed C-Bo. Together D-Tay, Lil' Murda and Hi-C make up a group called 615, which is named after the area code of Buck's hometown, Nashville, Tennessee.

Hip hop beef

Buck has not been involved with any personal beefs with any other hip hop artists. Although he has shown his loyalty to G-Unit by siding with them on any of their beefs, especially that of 50 Cent's. On the track 'Black Gloves' he calls out Ja Rule by saying, 'Ja Rule, ya'll lose. I dont even care how it started, fuck me? Fuck you!'

However, he has been more closely engaged in beef with rapper The Game, who was kicked out of G-Unit in the first quarter of 2005 because of his aspiration to work with artists that G-unit was not on good terms with. In The Game's diss song 300 Bars, he calls out Buck and claims that Buck had his chain snatched in Chicago. Buck has since hit back, in a diss track called Holla My Name, in which Buck laments The Game for having a butterfly tatoo on his cheek. Buck also encourages The Game to call him out again, and threatens to 'Put one in his brain' if he does so. This can be seen when he said, "I'm just waitin' to come and put one in your brain so dont bite your tongue nigga, holla my name. I rock a red and blue rag but G-Unit is the gang ain't a damn thang changed, holla my name."

He dissed Buck's labelmate Spider Loc with the 'Spider Joke' 240 bars diss . Loc then returned with Buck with a return diss track, entitled 'Real Bitch Boy' The track plays some of The Game's quotes from when he first joined G-Unit. Saying, 'G-Unit is like your modern-day N.W.A. Young Buck is lyrically amazing.' During the track, Buck criticises The Game for his disloyalty and his change of heart attitude, "You tried to diss Memphis Bleek, throw lines at Jay, had that ass apologizing the very next day". The most significant playback quote comes at the end of the track, when Game says that he considers the G-unit artists to be 'legends.' But then, taken from his album The Documentary, on the track 'The Documentary' Game plays a recording of himself talking to Ed Lover and Monie Love on their radio station . When asked about his subliminal shots at Jay-Z, Game says 'I never take shots at legends, thats just something I don't do.' With that the track comes to an end.

The Game did release 'The Funeral: 100 Bars' a diss track aimed at G-Unit. However he focuses on 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks, instead of Buck. Buck has constantly said he doesn't pay anymore attention to The Game because there is nothing The Game can really say badly on him.

After some silence on The Game's side, he once again came back at G-Unit with a track called 'Sound Scan'[[2]]. On this track he mainly attacks Lloyd Banks and laughs at Banks' album sales of his newest LP 'Rotten Apple'. There is a verse however, on Young Buck, where The Game calls Buck broke and says that Buck hasn't been 'down south' in months. He also laughs at the prospect of Buck's new album even coming out. This diss track came as a suprise to many G-Unit/The Game fans, as Game recently said in an interview with Angie Martinez that he wanted to put the G-Unit beef behind him, and move on [[3]]. It wasn't much of a suprise to Young Buck or 50 Cent, who said in a seperate interview that Game cannot be taken seriously because he can not keep to his own word [[4]].

Style

Buck represents the "Dirty South," a genre of rap music, and he uses Southern slang in order to prove his authenticity. He points this out in the G-Unit song "Betta Ask Somebody" when he says "I'ma country boi, you can hear it when I speak". He collaborated with his fellow G-Unit, Mobb Deep, Kon Artis, as well as Dirty South rappers: Stat Quo, David Banner, Lil Flip, Ludacris, Trick Daddy, Young Jeezy, YoungBloodz, Juvenile, Young Dro, T.I., Three 6 Mafia, 8 Ball & MJG, J-Kwon, and Lil Jon. He has earned the respect of many fans due to the nature of his lyrical content. He has numerous mixtapes out,with the best known dj's like, DJ Drama Whoo Kid, DJ Smallz, DJ Kay Slay, DJ Rukiz, Koncrete Kaos and many more.

Discography

Studio Albums

Album cover	Album information
	Straight Outta Cashville Released: August 24, 2004 Chart position: #3 U.S. Last RIAA certification: Platinum Sales: 2 million Worldwide Singles: "Let Me In", "Shorty Wanna Ride", "Look At Me Now"
[[Image:]]	Buck The World Released: November 28, 2006 Certification: N/A Sales: N/A Billboard 200 chart position: N/A R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: N/A Singles: "Do It Myself", "I Know You Want Me", "4 Kings"

Mixtapes

• 2004 The Best of Young Buck DJ Rukiz
• 2004 G-Unit Radio Pt. 9 (G-Unit City) Young Buck & DJ Whoo Kid
• 2005 More Bank For Your Buck DJ Stress

• 2005 Ski Mask Way Vol. 3 Konkrete Kaos
• 2006 Case Dismissed DJ Drama
• 2006 Southern Soldiers 2 (G-Unit South) DJ Rukiz & DJ Quess
• 2006 Chronic 2006 DJ Whoo Kid (hosted by Jamie Foxx)
• 2006 Gangsta Grillz: Welcome To The Traphouse DJ Drama
• 2006 Ten-A-Key: Young Buck & Wally Sparks
• 2006 Southern Conference III: G-Unit South Edition Young Buck & Wally Sparks
• 2006 Buck Em Down DJ Keyz

Singles

Year	Song	U.S. Hot 100	U.S. R&B	U.S. Rap	UK singles	Album
2004	"Let Me In"	#33	#15	#11	—	Straight Outta Ca$hville
2004	"Shorty Wanna Ride"	#17	#8	#6	—	Straight Outta Ca$hville
2005	"Look at Me Now/Bonafide Hustler" (featuring Mr. Porter, Tony Yayo & 50 Cent)	—	—	—	—	Straight Outta Ca$hville
2005	"Stay Fly" (Three 6 Mafia featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball & MJG )	#13	#9	#3	#33	Most Known Unknown
2006	"Money In The Bank" (Lil Scrappy featuring Young Buck)	#45	#12	#11	—	Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live
2006	"Do It Myself" 1	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	Buck The World
2006	"I Know You Want Me" (featuring Jazze Pha) 1	TBR	#11	#11	TBR	Buck the World
2006	"4 Kings" (featuring Young Jeezy , T.I. & Pimp C) 1	TBR	TBR	TBR	TBR	Buck the World

Appearances

Buck is one of the few G-Unit artists (and perhaps the only one) to work frequently with artists not signed to G-Unit Records.

• 2000 "M.E.M.P.H.I.S. (Three 6 Mafia featuring H.C.P. & Young Buck)
• 2003 "Blood Hound" (50 Cent featuring Young Buck)
• 2003 "Ride Wit U (Remix)" (Joe featuring 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks & Young Buck)
• 2003 "Throw It Up (Remix)" (Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz featuring Young Buck)
• 2004 "Work Magic" (Lloyd Banks featuring Young Buck)
• 2004 "O It's On" (Petey Pablo featuring Young Buck)
• 2004 "Game Over (Remix)" (Lil' Flip featuring Young Buck & Bun B)
• 2004 "Tipsy (Remix)" (J-Kwon featuring Young Buck)
• 2004 "Loyal To The Game" (2Pac featuring Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent & Young Buck)
• 2004 "I'm Bad" (Quanie Cash featuring Young Buck)
• 2005 "Last of a Dying Breed" (Young Jeezy featuring Trick Daddy, Young Buck, & Lil Will)
• 2005 "Stay Fly" (Three 6 Mafia featuring Young Buck & Eightball & MJG)
• 2005 "We Gon' Ride" (Smitty featuring Young Buck & Lil' Flip)
• 2005 "Yappin'" (Master P featuring Young Buck)
• 2005 "Hate It or Love It (Remix)" (50 Cent featuring The Game, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, & Young Buck)
• 2005 "Datz Me" (Youngbloodz featuring Young Buck)
• 2005 "I Know You Don't Love Me" (Tony Yayo featuring 50 Cent, Young Buck, & Lloyd Banks)
• 2006 "I'm Scared of You?" (KB featuring Bohagon, Young Buck, & Khia)
• 2006 "Rompe Remix" (Daddy Yankee featuring Lloyd Banks & Young Buck)
• 2006 "How the Hell" (Ludacris featuring I-20 & Young Buck)
• 2006 "Undertaker" (T.I. featuring Young Buck & Young Dro)
• 2006 "Give It to Me" (Mobb Deep featuring Young Buck)
• 2006 "Money In the Bank" (Lil Scrappy featuring Young Buck)
• 2006 "Like Me" (Joe featuring Young Buck & Tony Yayo)
• 2006 "Slow Down" (Lyfe Jennings featuring Young Buck and Doc)
• 2006 "Iceman" (Lloyd Banks featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball & Scarface)
• 2006 "Skrate Up" (Trick Daddy featuring Young Buck)
• 2007 "Heart Beats" (Chamillionaire featuring Trick Daddy & Young Buck)

Referrence and Notes

External links

• G-Unit Records
• Young Buck Lyrics
• Young Buck's MySpace