⁠50 Cent and Young Buck’s legal battle explored as the rapper wins $200K victory against his former G-Unit member

Following a lengthy bankruptcy trial, 50 Cent has won a $200K victory against his former G-Unit member, Young Buck.

As reported by Vice, the latest court documents indicate that the two have finally reached a settlement in their reported $250,000 debt, which 50 Cent said he gave as a personal loan to Young Buck.

However, the latter was insistent that the sum was simply an advance for whenever he decided to drop music. At one point, he reportedly argued that he never got the money at all, and that there was no evidence indicating otherwise.

Per AllHipHop, Young Buck said,

“[50 Cent] never proved that he gave me the money,"

Ultimately, 50 Cent came out on top, and Nashville rapper Young Buck, whose legal name is David Darnell Brown, has now agreed to pay up $200K of the quarter million dollars he allegedly owed 50 Cent as the court decided to uphold the latter's claims under federal bankruptcy law.

50 Cent and Young Buck's legal struggles explored

Per the records obtained by AllHipHop, the figure Brown now owes 50 Cent is part of:

"a group of unsecured creditor claims estimated between $192,000 and $207,000."

He will shell out the payment once his estate is completely liquidated, the outlet has reported.

Erica R. Johnson, a court-appointed trustee, has reported that Brown's estate is worth roughly $1.05 million after being liquidated. According to Vice, this includes assets like his music catalog and studio supplies, as well as cars and jewelry. Young Buck also spent about $445,000 on legal fees and administrative bills.

Vibe has reported that the feud between the two began a decade ago in 2014, when the G-Unit members disbanded, but Brown was still signed to the label. At the time, the latter claimed that they loaned him the quarter million dollars, and while Brown was tackling bankruptcy, 50 Cent filed his claim for what he was allegedly owed.

Young Buck eventually sold the rights to all his music and the rest of his estate, raising $1 million. Per the outlet, he gave 50 Cent the money he owed and paid the IRS $190,000 in debt, atop the child support that was due. This, in turn, prompted him to argue that he had no proof that he was ever paid any money.

“G-Unit would have this court accept that no bank records, business records, or tax filings exist to substantiate these payments,” Young Buck’s attorney, Keith Slocum, said in court, per Hot 97.

Back in 2022, during an appearance on It’s Tricky With Raquel Harper, Young Buck blamed 50 Cent for his financial struggles:

“Once he stopped me from being able to make money, I filed another bankruptcy,” he said at the time. “They stopped him from being able to cease-and-desist in regards to me being able to. I included what he claimed that I owed him in the bankruptcy to be able to say, ‘Well hey, if you’re owed this and present whatever receipts or whatever… You will be paid type of situation.’ But that was the only way I was able to go forward with working.”

Despite all their qualms, however, Young Buck said he is still willing to reunite with 50 Cent and the rest of the G-Unit gang.

“I don’t got nothing negative to say in regards to us at this point. I had a great run,” he said on The Ed Clay Show. “Could I come back to G-Unit and tour and get money together? Yeah. I’m open to that.”

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