In April 2008 he was expelled from the rap group G Unit, remaining with G Unit Records as a solo artist. He joined the rest of the label's roster on the 2005 collaboration album Get Rich or Die Tryin'. His second solo album Buck The World followed in 2007. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and has since been certified Platinum by the RIAA. Young Buck was arrested for assault after the VIBE award incident and wasn't able to promote the album for four months until the case was dropped. The album received little promotion after November. The album produced three singles: " Let Me In", " Shorty Wanna Ride", and "Look at Me Now". The album's title alludes to the N.W.A album Straight Outta Compton and is a neologism for Nashville (his hometown). His G-Unit Records debut album Straight Outta Cashville was released on August 24, 2004. He replaced G-Unit member Tony Yayo who had been jailed on gun possession charges after recording only two songs for the album. He also appeared heavily on rap group G-Unit's 2003 album Beg for Mercy. His first recording with G-Unit Records was on 50 cents debut studio album get rich or die trying on the song “blood hound”. He released two albums with UTP, Born to Be a Thug and The Compilation, before leaving the label in 2003 to join 50 Cent's record label G-Unit. Young Buck joined Cash Money in 1997 but left for Juvenile's UTP in 2000. A few years later, he performed for Brian "Baby" Williams, co-founder of Cash Money.
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