Young Buck (Born David Darell Brown) began rapping when he was twelve or thirteen, but became serious when he was around fourteen or fifteen and entered the studio. Around this age, he also began to sell drugs. 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’ Ca$h 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.
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