⁣Today’s feature was once one of the brightest young stars of the early 2000s. He broke boundaries for not only putting his city of Nashville Tennessee on the map outside of country music, but becoming the first and only rapper from Nashville to ever go platinum. If you’ve only been familiar with young buck within the last 5-10 years, you’d probably either think he was one of 50 cent’s failed flunkies that can’t succeed outside of 50 Cent, or you’d maybe know him from the rumors circulating about his personal relationship preference and make your assumptions that way. But understand, Young Buck was a dope rapper. He probably still is a dope rapper, but for the reasons I’ll explain, his music is seen as past what’s cool, not pushed enough, or hasn’t been consistent. He’s most notable for the time he spent with GUNIT records, the hottest crew in the game from 2003 to about 2007 and if you ask him, he’d tell you he helped build that record label and crew just as much as anyone else. He continued dropping nothing but heat, beginning with the G- unit album “Beg for Mercy” then his debut G-Unit mixtape “Welcome to the Hood” in 2004, leading up to one of my favorite G Unit projects his debut album, “Straight Outta Cashville”. That album sold 361,000 copies in the first week, and eventually went platinum. Buck was on his way to huge success, and it couldn’t have happened to a more deserving person. One that tried many doors into the industry before and finally made it. It wouldn’t last long as he’d latter be embarrassed online, dropped from his group he was so loyal to, and blackballed by a very unexpected source. Did 50 Cent Blackball Young Buck? Stunted Growth Music.