Young Buck tour dates for 2009

Buck started rapping when he was about 12 or 13, just playing around with it. Around the age of 14, 15, he was in the studio, serious about it. He also began selling drugs at age 14. Older hustlers would refer to him as a "young buck" so the name stuck.[1] When Buck was 16, he got word that New Orleans’ Cash Money rap troupe was recording in his town and scored a chance to perform for the label’s CEO, Brian “Baby” Williams, who had him prove his worth by engaging in verbal combat against Cash Money’s baby gangsters, including future Hot Boy Lil’ Wayne. Buck’s performance was so impressive that Williams offered him the chance to become part of the cash Money stable. Buck accepted, dropping out of high school and relocating to New Orleans for the next four years.

But after about 4 years of waiting on the Cash Money bench, Buck decided to return home.

Buck had also been pushing hard in the studio and, along with childhood friend D-Tay, released an independent LP, Thuggin’ Til The End. Though the record didn’t sell many units, Buck gained invaluable experience—especially when he tried to get out of his one-sided contract.

Buck’s next opportunity came when Baby Williams called him, inviting him back into the Cash Money fold as part of a new group he was putting together. When Buck arrived at the offices, he saw that the label’s fortunes had vastly improved. But after about a week of sitting around the office and not running into any of the recording roster, he felt that he was just sitting on a more comfortable bench. Juvenile, who at the time was having contractual issues with Cash Money’s principals, offered Buck a chance to join up in his new venture, UTP Records.

Buck was living and recording music out of Juvenile’s tour bus when UTP met up with 50 Cent and his G-Unit crew in New York City. A freestyle session led to some group collaborations, most notably the street hit, “A Little Bit of Everything.

Young Buck’s first G-Unit appearance came when 50 Cent took “Bloodhound”, a Buck solo effort he enjoyed from their first meeting, turned it into a duet and placed it on 50’s record breaking debut, Get Rich Or Die Tryin'