Financial problems īrown filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection in August 2010, shortly after an IRS raid on his home. Buck required a blood transfusion at Vanderbilt hospital as a result of the life-threatening injuries. The assailants were in search of narcotics. In 2000, Young Buck was shot multiple times during a home invasion at his home in Nashville. After releasing the mixtape, he released G-unit's second EP The Beast Is G-Unit, which sold approximately 20,000 copies in its first week. Young Buck is again making new music with G-Unit and released his mixtape Before The Beast which contains seven songs featuring Kidd Kidd, Lil Boosie, Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks and additional artists. The group released their debut EP The Beauty of Independence on August 25, 2014. It was confirmed later that the group had reformed, adding Kidd Kidd as a new member. On June 1, 2014, Young Buck was seen at the Summer Jam Concert with 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo.
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In August 2012, Buck stated in an interview with XXL he was no longer signed to G-Unit Records and he would be a free agent when he is released from prison. Cash Money Records CEO Birdman though denied that any deal was in the works. He claimed he was close to signing with Cash Money The Tennessean confirmed a proposed deal that would release him from his G-Unit contract and leave him signed to Cash Money. In December 2011 he was still under contract to G-Unit Records and about to lose his assets including his stage name in bankruptcy court, having been unable to record since 2008. In 2009 he said he still owed one album, The Rehab was released independently in 2010. In October he wished to leave G Unit Records but still owed the label two albums and his third album The Rehab was still unreleased. Young Buck released a "dis" track insulting 50 Cent and G Unit, 50 Cent responded by releasing a taped phone call in which an emotional Buck was heard crying and asking 50 Cent for help and advice, Buck replied with another "dis" track. 50 Cent faulted him for making provocative public statements he would later retract in private, for missing recording sessions, and for drug abuse. 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. His first recording with G-Unit Records was on rap group G-Unit's 2003 album Beg for Mercy. 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 Records.
Young Buck joined Cash Money Records in 1997 but left for Juvenile's UTP Records in 2000. A few years later, he performed for Brian "Baby" Williams, co-founder of Cash Money.