Why Young Buck was kicked out of G-unit
50 Cent has come a long way since his G-unit days, and when he first arrived in hip-hop, he was accompanied by many friends. Alongside artists such as Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, Young Buck, and even Compton rapper The Game, 50 Cent built an empire. However, Young Buck and 50 began butting heads after a few years.
Fifty has always had issues with other rappers in the culture. However, in the mid-2000s, after his success began to dwarf the careers of other G-unit members, minor issues started to arise, some of which had massive consequences.
One problem that emerged between 50 Cent and Young Buck was related to loyalty. Young Buck has alleged he was kicked out of his collective because he remained cordial with some of Fifty’s enemies amid feuds. However, as a rapper, his membership in G-unit was his primary source of income. The Nashville lyricist has since insisted that, due to Fifty dropping him, he could not pay taxes and had to file for bankruptcy.
Buck, an emcee from Tennessee, was initially signed to Cash Money Records by Birdman in the late ‘90s. However, the label had found a star in Lil Wayne, and Buck wanted more power behind him. As such, in 2003, he landed a deal with G-Unit Records.
That said, only a year later, he released his debut album, Straight Outta Cashville, which spawned two popular singles ‘Let Me In’ and ‘Shorty Wanna Ride.’ Not only did the project get oversight from Fifty, but it also featured the likes of Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, and the Game.
The Game was a friend Young Buck had made on the label, and the two collaborated extensively. As such, when 50 Cent began feuding with the Compton lyricist, Young Buck didn’t feel the need to relinquish his entire friendship due to the beef. However, Fifty did.
Fifty and Buck began arguing behind closed doors, culminating in the Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ creator leaking a phone conversation between him and Buck to the public. The call heard Buck crying and asking Fifty for help. This caused a chain reaction and soon Young Buck was releasing diss tracks.
At the time, it was reported that Young Buck wanted to leave, but 50 Cent was holding him ransom with a contract. However, Young Buck clarified what happened during an appearance on Vlad TV with DJ Vlad.
The ‘Bonafide Hustler’ rhymer insisted he didn’t want to leave G-unit and detailed how it was a shock to him when he found out, recalling, “Soon as he kicked me out, I’m like ‘What the f**k is this about?’ He started to say it was because I’m cool with Game and those different things started to happen – I’m cool with the enemies of him.”
He continued to explain that people in the industry liked and respected him, and he wanted to keep his cordial relationships with rappers he regularly bumped into. Detailing how Fifty was alone in his beef, Yung Buck told Vlad, “[I was] active so I would run into these individuals – The Jim Jones, the Dipset individuals, the Jadakisses when we had these beefs or whatever.”
The rapper elaborated, “And you know what I would get from these dudes, ‘Bro, we f*ck with you, we just don’t f*ck with dude.’ It was one of those things where it’s kind of hard for you to have a problem with somebody who genuinely ain’t got a problem with you but may have a problem with your brother.”
Buck admitted that, in the midst of his fallout with 50 Cent, he owed $300,000 to the IRS. Unfortunately, during this period, he and The Massacre creator had the same business manager. As such, Fifty held power over his monetary predicament, and according to Young Buck, 50 Cent forced the business manager to cut ties with Young Buck and not give him financial advice.