Young Buck
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | David Darnell Brown | |
| Born | March 15, 1981 | |
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Genre(s) | Rap/Hip-Hop | |
| Occupation(s) | Rap Artist, Producer | |
| Years active | 2003- present | |
| Label(s) | G-Unit Records/Interscope | |
| Website | Official Website | |
Young Buck (born David Darnell Brown) was born March 15, 1981. He refers to his style as "Dirty South rap," as he is from Nashville, Tennessee.
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[edit] Early Years
Young Buck began rapping at the age of 12 with street members including Erik Jacobson, a street friend and was in a studio two years later. He also began selling drugs at age 13. Older hustlers would refer to him as a "young buck," (slang for a rookie), and the name stuck.[1] 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 and Adry Oakley aka Young Pharoah. 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.
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 by 50 Cent. His first major appearance was on 50 Cent's multi-platinum record Get Rich or Die Tryin' on the track "Blood Hound".[2] It should be noted that Young Buck had not yet switched labels when the song was recorded, as UTP is mentioned several times.
Young Buck beat up a radio station deejay in Atlanta for playing The Game's hit single It's Okay (One Blood) whilst Buck was at the venue.Buck is now banned from being played on the station. Buck announced he had some business to handle with the Dj. DJ organisation "Core DJs" is planning to hold a telephone conference where they will discuss Buck's actions and other instances of Rapper-DJ violence, which could possibly lead to a widepsread banning of Young Buck's music.
[edit] 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 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, Lil' Flip, The Game, Stat Quo, 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.[3] 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.[4]
His sophomore album, set to be released in 2007, 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.
[edit] Hip Hop Beefs
[edit] The Game
The feud with The Game was when 50 Cent dissed The Game on the radio station Hot 97 and exiling him from G-Unit stating that The Game wasn't loyal to G-Unit for saying he would work with 50 Cent's rivals Nas and Jadakiss. Young Buck diss The Game on a dissed track called 'Holla My Name' where The Game didn't responded to the track.
[edit] Lil' Wayne
Young Buck also has beef with New Orleans Cash Money Records rapper Lil Wayne,Young Buck was a former member of Cash Money Records Lil Wayne starred on Game's "One Blood" remix. Young Buck has a song out featuring Tony Yayo called "Off Parole" it is a diss track to rapper Lil Wayne. Lil Wayne has responded by saying that Buck is only trying to promote his new album & refuses to send a diss back. It might decided that Buck might work with B.G. to diss Wayne. 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."[5]
[edit] Beef Related Incidents
Young Buck assulted DJ Will from Hot 107.9, a radio station in Atlanta, for playing rival rapper The Game's hit single It's Okay (One Blood) while Buck was at the venue. Buck is now banned from being played on the station. Buck announced he had some business to handle with the DJ. DJ organization, "Core DJs" is planning to hold a telephone conference where they will discuss Buck's actions and other instances of Rapper-DJ violence, which could possibly lead to a widepsread banning of Young Buck's music.[6]
[edit] Style
Buck represents the southern style of rap music, and he uses constant 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, Young Bloodz, Juvenile, Young Dro, T.I., Three 6 Mafia, 8 Ball & MJG, J-Kwon, 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, DJ Whoo Kid, DJ Smallz, DJ Kay Slay, DJ Rukiz, Koncrete Kaos and many more.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio Albums
| Album cover | Album information |
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Straight Outta Cashville
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Buck The World
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[edit] Mixtapes
- 2004 The Best of Young Buck DJ Rukiz
- 2004 G-Unit Radio Pt. 9 (G-Unit City) Young Buck & DJ Whoo Kid[7]
- 2005 More Bank For Your Buck DJ StressInsertformulahere
- 2006 Case Dismissed DJ Drama [8]
- 2006 Southern Soldiers 2 (G-Unit South) DJ Rukiz & DJ Quess [9]
- 2006 Chronic 2006 DJ Whoo Kid (hosted by Jamie Foxx)
- 2006 Gangsta Grillz: Welcome To The Traphouse DJ Drama [10]
- 2006 Ten-A-Key: Young Buck & Wally Sparks
- 2006 Born To Be A Thug
- 2006 Southern Conference III: G-Unit South Edition Young Buck & Wally Sparks [11]
- 2006 Buck Em Down DJ Keyz [12]
- 2007 The Clean-Up Man TBR
[edit] Singles
| Year | Song | U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. R&B | U.S. Rap | UK singles | Ringtones | Album |
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| 2004 | "Stomp" (Featuring The Game and Ludacris, Radio Single Only) | #47 | - | #17 | - | - | Straight Outta Ca$hville |
| 2004 | "Let Me In" (Featuring 50 cent) | #33 | #15 | #11 | - | - | Straight Outta Ca$hville |
| 2004 | "Shorty Wanna Ride" | #17 | #8 | #6 | - | #4 | Straight Outta Ca$hville |
| 2004 | "Look At Me Now" (Featuring Mr. Porter) | #9 | #7 | #2 | - | - | Straight Outta Ca$hville |
| 2005 | "Bonafide Hustler" (Featuring 50 cent and Tony Yayo) | #59 | - | #19 | - | - | Straight Outta Ca$hville |
| 2006 | "Back Outta Ca$hville" | TBR | TBR | TBR | TBR | TBR | Buck The World |
| 2006 | "Do It Myself" 1 | TBR | TBR | TBR | TBR | TBR | Buck The World |
| 2006 | "I Know You Want Me" (Featuring Jazze Pha) | #20 | #11 | #11 | - | - | Buck The World |
| 2006 | "4 Kings" (Featuring T.I., Young Jeezy, Pimp C) | TBR | TBR | TBR | TBR | TBR | Buck The World |
[edit] 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 "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 "Hate It Or Love It (Remix)50 Cent Feat.The Game,Tony Yayo,Young Buck & Lloyd Banks)
- 2005 "Yappin'" (Master P featuring Young Buck)
- 2005 "I'll Whip Ya Head Boy (50 Cent featuring 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 "Straight Up" (Trick Daddy featuring Young Buck)
- 2006 "Sleep" (2Pac featuring Young Buck & Chamillionaire)
[edit] Reference and Notes
- ^ http://www.young-buck.com/about/bio.asp
- ^ http://www.young-buck.com/about/bio.asp
- ^ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1493786/20041116/young_buck.jhtml?headlines=true
- ^ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1517938/20051212/young_buck.jhtml?headlines=true
- ^ http://www.rapbasement.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2176&Itemid=35
- ^ http://www.memphisrap.com/community/article1074.html
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- ^ http://www.mixtapehype.com/product.asp?id=2011
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