Rapper Young Buck made a name for himself in the ’00s by adding Southern flavour to 50 Cent’s G-Unit crew. • Buck began rapping for fun when he was 12 and hit the studio for the first time when he turned 14. • In the late '90s, Buck dropped out of school to work for Cash Money. He left the label when the record deal he'd been hoping for never materialized. • While touring with Juvenile in the early 2000s, Young Buck met 50 Cent by chance in NYC. The encounter would change his life forever. • 50 recruited Buck to join G-Unit in 2003 during Tony Yayo’s imprisonment. Buck appeared on 50’s monumental 2003 debut album Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, guesting on “Blood Hound”. • G-Unit followed 50’s solo breakthrough with the menacing Beg For Mercy in November of 2003. The album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and went platinum. • Young Buck stepped into the spotlight with his 2004 major label debut, Straight Outta Cashville, which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200. • He joined fellow Memphis legends Three 6 Mafia and 8Ball & MJG for the swaggy 2005 hit “Stay Fly”. • Buck’s 2007 sophomore album, Buck The World, features T.I., Jeezy, Trick Daddy, Snoop Dogg and more. • After leaving G-Unit in 2008, Buck reunited with the group for a performance at the Hot 97 Summer Jam in 2014. A pair of EPs followed.