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interview with young buck from g-unit, it's straight
Rap Basement: How did you get the name Young Buck?
Young Buck: I started hustlin on the streets at a young age. I was real young compared to the other dudes that was on the block. But I had a little more heart, to do a little more then the other dudes that were on the block. An OG, his name is Preeze he's in the penitentiary now, he gave me that name.
Rap Basement: How did you hook up with 50 Cent and later join G-Unit?
Young Buck: I'm 22 years old now, back with I was 16 I had met Cash Money, you know Baby from Cash Money? (Yaw) They was looking to sign me back then, but things didn't work out you know. I had dropped out of high school; I dropped out in the 9th grade. After that didn't work out, I was back at square one.
Rap Basement: So you were never signed to Cash Money?
Young Buck: Na, I was never signed. It didn't work out. Mainly because of their career, they took off, the Hot Boys at the time, that was their main focus and I was pushed to the back. It was rough and I went back home for minute. So during the time with Cash Money me and Juvenile had become friends. I was back at home for some 2 years; I was 20 years old then. Juvenile hit me up on the phone and he was ready to start his own label. I was looking for a way off these streets so I was like 'yo lets make it happen'. I went on the road with him from there. This was 2 and half years ago. One of the first places he went was New York. It's kind of a base for hip hop where everyone goes to get their deals and do all the corporate stuff. When he had got there one of the things he said was he wanted to work with 50 and I was always a friend of 50. So when his name got brought up, I really pushed the issue. I was like "come on get in here" and I seen it as a kind of way to keep in touch with him. He ended up coming by the bus later that night, and Juvenile had a studio on the bus at this time. When he came by we played songs for each other. He brought Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo with him and they were playing their songs, and I was playing songs I had done. Well out of the vibe that was going, 50 was really feeling me and I was feeling the whole vibe of his situation. Everything wasn't working out with the whole situation with Juvenile. He had been out on the road for over a year at the time and it was like nothing. You know I’m really hustling and on the road with this dude at the same time, I’m like illegal but legal at the same time. So I was telling 50 I don't know how long I’m going to be doing this before I go all the way back to the streets because things aren't happening for me right now. He was like 'if everything works out, I'll keep it real and come back and work with you'. So through that time I stayed in touch with him you know. I would call like every week to to check with them, come by to see what they was doing. Fly up to New York, fly out to L.A. while he was recording and working on the "Get Rich Or Die Tryin" album. We ended up recording a song "Blood Hound" and that ended up getting on the "Get Rich Or Die Tryin" album. So it took off from there. After I did the song, it was like 'yo I was always in place; I wouldn't say I had to get initiated into G-Unit because I was always a part of G-Unit then without you knowing me. I was just from a different place which made it a little hard for me to be there. It's just Nashville everything became official where I made my decisions, made my moves and being a notorious G-Unit head, in every mag, featured on every film.
Rap Basement: It really looked like when Yayo went to jail that you really stepped up and you became a bigger member. Is there any jealousy between up and Yayo?
Young Buck: Me and Yayo got real real good blood. Make sure you clear that up! I've had a lot of different people asking me that. I just want the world to know now that me and Yayo are good friends, you understand me? We are all good friends and we can never beef amongst each other. We kind of like something different that you haven't seen in your life before man, we kind of like the truth. The real deal. So you really don't, you really won't have to look forward to hear that Lloyd Banks broke up from G-Unit or Young Buck broke up with G-Unit or Yayo got to fighting with Buck and all that. You won't hear those types of things because we respect each other now and ever before this rap thing, you know we friends. Me and Yayo got real good blood and I can't wait till he gets home and we can start giving the world what it needs to see, all of us together.
Rap Basement: So nothing is going to change as far as your participation in G-Unit when Yayo gets out?
Young Buck: I mean there will be cars around here, more diamonds, and more guns in the area. Other then that ain't nothing changing homie.
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