YOUNG BUCK

'David Darnell Brown' (born March 15 1981), better known as 'Young Buck', is an American rapper who is a member of the rap group G-Unit.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Shooting

G-Unit

Albums

Debut album

Second album

Controversy

VIBE Awards incident

The Game

Lil' Wayne

DJ Khaled

Discography

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Young Buck started rapping at the age of 12.^[2] It was not until the age of fourteen that he started recording in the studio. Although he was in the studio, recording, he was also well-known on the streets because he used to deal drugs in his neighborhood.
The older drug dealers then gave him the nickname, "Young Buck", due to the fact that although he was dealing drugs at an early age he was also making money. Brian "Baby" Williams spotted Young Buck at the age of sixteen having a rap battle and took on the young rapper. It wasn't long before Buck left high school and was recording along with the rest of the Cash Money Crew. Juvenile and Young Buck left Cash Money at the same time. Young Buck joined UTP Records whilst Juvenile was trying to work out a deal with Suge Knight but Juvenile had legal problems and had to leave before they could finish the deal. Young Buck would later sign with G-Unit. ^[3]

Shooting

After Young Buck helped Juvenile secure cars for his video "Ha", he headed back home. It wasn’t long until he was in a tight situation. One man came through where Young Buck was dealing drugs and shot the rapper two times. Buck recalled:

G-Unit

G-Unit was founded when childhood friends, Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent and Tony Yayo decided to make a group with each other. They met Young Buck when Cash Money Records artists came to New York and 50 Cent heard Young Buck rapping. After 50 Cent signed his contract with Aftermath Entertainment, Young Buck joined the group.
50 Cent gave Young Buck a feature on his successful debut ''Get Rich or Die Tryin''' album on the track "Blood Hound". After this, he appeared on G-Unit's debut album, ''Beg for Mercy'', which went on to be certified 2x Platinum. ^{[4] [5]} Young Buck then released his debut album.

Albums

Debut album

After being with G-Unit for a little over a year, Young Buck released his debut album, ''Straight Outta Ca$hville'' with Ca$hville being a play on the name of Young Buck's home city, Nashville, Tennessee.
Young Buck recalls:
Production included Three 6 Mafia, Lil Jon and Kon Artis. Guest appearances were Stat Quo, Lil Flip, David Banner, Ludacris, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo & Kon Artis.
The album received very little promotion after November because of the VIBE Awards incident after which Young Buck was arrested for assault. Though the case was dropped, it had been four months since Buck himself had promoted the album.
''Straight Outta Ca$hville'' has since gone Platinum and sold over 2 Million copies worldwide.
Buck has also featured on Lloyd Banks' debut and Tony Yayo's debut ''The Hunger For More'' and ''Thoughts of a Predicate Felon'' respectively. Since then, Buck has also appeared on G-Unit radio mixtapes and fellow G-Unit artists' albums.^[6]

Second album

''Buck the World'' is Young Buck's second album. Its title is a play on the expression "Fuck the World". It was released worldwide on March 27 2007.
Production included Dr. Dre, Jazze Pha, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Polow Da Don, and Lil Jon amongst others. Guest appearances include 50 Cent, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, Young Jeezy, Bun B, Trick Daddy, and Lyfe Jennings, T.I., Eightball & MJG amongst others.^[7]
''Buck the World'' debuted at No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' 200, behind Tim McGraw's ''Let It Go'' and ''Now That's What I Call Music! 24'', with sales of 141,083 in the first week.^[8] The album debuted at No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. It has gone on to sell over 400,000 units worldwide so far. 2007 albums to date, U.S. and Worldwide sales. ClickItalian. Accessed 23 July 2007

Controversy

VIBE Awards incident

On November 15 2004, Jimmy James Johnson approached Dr. Dre at the VIBE Awards and reportedly asked for an autograph before Dr. Dre was about to go on stage. After Dr. Dre declined, Johnson began punching him. A brawl ensued with several uniformed police officers attempting to break up the fight. Chairs were thrown, and it was alleged that Young Buck stabbed Johnson in the chest with a knife.^[9]
After video evidence was uncovered from the awards ceremony, the Santa Monica Police Department issued an arrest warrant issued for him. He eventually surrendered himself and faced up to 8 years in prison for felony assault. In a preliminary hearing, it was ruled that there was enough evidence to proceed with a jury trial. However, in December 2005, a deal was reportedly struck that would see Young Buck avoid trial. Scott Leemon, Young Buck's attorney said the charges have been "Favorably Resolved" with the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.^[10]

The Game

After The Game was kicked out of G-Unit for being disloyal to the group, Young Buck introduced Spider Loc to 50 Cent. Spider Loc was later signed to G-Unit Records. The Game then released a diss track towards Spider Loc and Young Buck entitled "240 Bars". Young Buck then released a diss track called "The Real Bitch Boy", which featured Spider Loc and used a beat from The Game's track, "Where I'm From". In the song, Young Buck talks about how he didn't even know The Game when he mentions The Game's name on "Poppin' Them Thangs". Also, Young Buck talks about The Game being a male stripper and also how 50 Cent helped The Game to be successful with his album ''The Documentary''.
The feud has continued to escalate, with there being an exchange of many diss tracks. In February 2007, it was reported that The Game and Young Buck got into a non-physical altercation at a club, during the NBA All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas. The last time that they were seen together was when The Game was part of G-Unit.^[11]
Soon after, there was a rumored reconciliation between G-Unit and The Game. However, this was confirmed to be not true by Young Buck.
He said
In addition, the reconciliation will not happen any time soon because of Tony Yayo's alleged attack on James "Lil' Henchmen" Rosemond, who is the son of Jimmy "Henchmen" Rosemond, The Game’s manager. Tony Yayo was arrested on March 24 2007 and was accused of smacking Lil' Henchmen for wearing the shirt of his father's record label, Czar Entertainment. The Game released a new "diss" entitled "Body Bags", which is aimed at the whole of G-Unit. Spider Loc responded with a song called "Toe Tagz", in which he "disses" The Game.
Young Buck released a new diss song which is aimed at The Game. It is called "Teach 'Em Bout Playin'", featuring C-Bo. In the song, Young Buck talks about his loyalty to 50 Cent and G-Unit and how The Game never showed his loyalty when he was part of G-Unit. He goes on to say how "Hell will freeze before the G-Unit splits up".

Lil' Wayne

Young Buck also had a feud with New Orleans Cash Money Records rapper, Lil Wayne.
The feud initially started when Young Buck witnessed Lil' Wayne kissing another man to say goodbye.
After Young Buck aired his feeling about the situation on local radio stations, Lil' Wayne decided to start a feud, as he thought that Young Buck was trying to discredit him.
Young Buck released a song featuring Tony Yayo called "Off Parole". It was a diss track to rapper Lil Wayne. Young Buck said that Wayne couldn't be mad, because Young Buck spoke the truth. He has recently dropped hints on taking New Orleans rappers B.G. and Juvenile's side in the Cash Money-Juvenile/B.G. "beef" by saying, "You think you got a problem with Juve and B.G.; you'll have a true problem with me."^[12][13] Since then, Young Buck and Lil Wayne have settled their differences. Young Buck explained the situation in an interview and said
Young Buck recently confirmed a diss track towards Lil Wayne and The Game. Due to their recent mixtape (Prequel to 'Blood Brothers') cover, Buck's face is used from the special edition Straight Outta Ca$hville. The track is called "Cranberry Juice" it features Juvenile, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre & Obie Trice, & is produced by Dr. Dre. Dre wanted in on the track because recently Game leaked a song called "My Bitch" produced by Dre and he didn't want The Game to release it. When asked about the new diss track, 50 Cent said "it sounds like some Detox shit. It's just a deadly combination (Young Buck & Dr. Dre), and there's no response to this song". The song will be released September 10, the day before Curtis hits stores.

DJ Khaled

During an interview on ''Rap City'', DJ Khaled was asked to choose three classics out of a total of eight albums. He chose up every album except ''Get Rich or Die Tryin'. DJ Khaled stated
In response, Young Buck released an un-named "diss" track towards DJ Khaled and Terror Squad. In the song, Young Buck refers to many people on DJ Khaled's new album, ''We the Best''. Young Buck says
At the end of the track, Young Buck speaks towards DJ Khaled. He says
In a recent interview, Young Buck made comments on the situation with DJ Khaled. He said:

Discography

Main articles: Young Buck discography


★ 2004: ''Straight Outta Ca$hville''

★ 2007: ''Buck the World''

References

1. . MySpace. Accessed July 25 2007.
2. Young Buck biography and interview. SixShot. Accessed 25 July 2007
3. Young Buck biography. G-UnitWorld. Accessed 25 July 2007
4. Lamy, Jonathan (December 18 2003). 2003 Ends With a Bang!. RIAA. Accessed July 10 2007.
5. 50 Cent Biography: Contemporary Musicians. eNotes. Accessed July 18 2007.
6. Young Buck Bio. young-buck.com. Accessed 27 July 2007
7. Young Buck features on Buck the World. Amazon. Accessed 27 July 2007
8. Buck the World sales. UrbanConnects. Accessed July 27 2007.
9. Young Buck-VIBE Incident. ''Rolling Stone''. Accessed 27 July 2007
10. Young Buck-VIBE Incident. Fradical.com. Accessed July 27 2007.
11. . YouTube. Accessed July 27 2007.
12. Young Buck and Lil Wayne controversy. Rap Basement Accessed July 27 2007.
13. Young Buck & Lil’ Wayne ‘Beef’. SOHH. Accessed July 27 2007.

External links

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★ Young Buck at YouTube

★ Official website