| YO! YO! YO! What up? We about to drop the 411 up | | | | Shortly after this, rapper 50 Cent told an interviewer |
| in here! We talkin' 'bout a rapper known by many as | | | | that Young Buck was officially out of the group G-Unit, |
| Young Buck, so stick around for the skinny! | | | | though still a signed act on the label. |
| Well, maybe my street rap isn't THAT good, but I can | | | | Word has it that a new release is impending as we |
| try, right? | | | | speak now. The new work is to be called "The |
| David Darnell Brown was born March 15, 1981. He | | | | Rehab" and release date is yet to be announced. |
| began rapping at the tender age of 12 and made his | | | | As with many rappers, Young Buck has had his share |
| first appearance in the recording studio at 14. He | | | | of controversy. In 2004, at the Vibe Awards, a fight |
| assumed the stage name Young Buck. During a "rap | | | | broke out backstage and he was accused of stabbing |
| battle," producer "Baby" Williams saw him perform and | | | | a man, Jimmy Johnson, in the chest. Video tape |
| signed him almost on the spot. Now he was part of | | | | confirmed this incident and YB was picked up and |
| Williams' "Cash Money Crew" and recorded with the | | | | incarcerated. While there was evidence enough to |
| label. | | | | convict, a deal was struck that allowed him to avoid a |
| Fellow rapper Juvenile (Terius Gray) and Young Buck | | | | trial and go free. |
| left the Cash Money rap label at the same time. He | | | | Young Buck is also involved in a feud with two other |
| signed on at UTP records while Juvenile was having | | | | fellow rap/hip-hop artists, namely The Game and DJ |
| legal troubles that cost him a contract with Suge | | | | Khaled. All have released several singles denouncing |
| Knight. Later, he would step into the well-known G-Unit | | | | the others and ridiculing them. Buck was instrumental in |
| rap group on the label bearing the same name. | | | | getting The Game signed to the G-Unit label, so when |
| As a member of G-Unit Records, Young Buck was | | | | Game released a derogatory track directed at himself |
| given a featured spot on rapper 50 Cent's release of | | | | and 50 Cent, the "rap" feud began and escalates to |
| "Get Rich or Die Tryin' " with the track "Blood Hound." | | | | this day. |
| This was followed by an appearance on G-Unit's | | | | Whatever the case may be, it is certain that Young |
| debut CD "Beg For Mercy" which went double | | | | Buck has been around since the inception of the rap |
| platinum. | | | | and hip-hop movement of the early 1990's. Through his |
| Following close on the heels of this wave of success, | | | | collaboration with such people as 50 Cent and Juvenile, |
| he stepped into the limelight in 2004 with his own solo | | | | he has been vital to the formation of rap music and |
| debut CD "Straight Outta Cashville." In 2007, the | | | | the rap/hip hop scene. |
| release of his second CD came with "Buck the World." | | | | |