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VIBE: What exactly were you doing before IRS agents ran in your house for the raid?
Young Buck: I was sleep, man. It was like 6:30 am. They were probably thinking I was still living how I was back in the day, because they came with their guns out and everything. My past has already been out there, so maybe they thought I was up to no-good. If you coming just to serve some tax papers and take assets, then you wouldn’t have M-16s, 12 gauges, and glocks all out. They making it seem like it’s a drug raid.
Did they actually kick in your door?
I opened the door and they rushed straight in, man. I didn’t even know what it was about. But I accept all responsibility. They put a nigga against the wall, yelling “who’s in here!?â€, and pulled my kids to the front room, all that.
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The media has been reporting that you still owe $300,000 in back taxes…
I don’t owe no $300,000, they was telling me I only owe them $164,000. And they saying they were trying to create some communication with me for three years. But my accountant was 50 Cent’s accountant, my lawyer was hired through his lawyer, my manager was 50 cent’s best friend. So once I was actually pushed away from that crew—I had to reconstruct my circle of people that was handling my business, and I ended up catching the backlash of that with this whole tax situation. I’m not trying to blame anyone though, I accept full responsibility, but one plus one equals two.
Just hours after the IRS raided your house, Drumma Boy sent you a batch of beats with no explanation, were you surprised?
Drumma is like my brother, so I wasn’t totally surprised. Once I heard the “My Campaign†beat, I started writing in minutes. The song is basically a free-Buck type of record. I’ve never went anywhere and keep myself relevant over the last three years without being able to put a nationwide album out
Is Drumma still producing your next mixtape?
Yup, Back On My Buckshit Vol. 2, the whole mixtape was produced by Drumma Boy. He was the first individual to tell me that “we just going to rock out on the music no matter what you going through.” At this point, we probably have 30 records together. I just make the music and then we’ll pick which ones will make the tape.
Have any other artists reached out to you?
I’ve spoken to Jeezy, as always. Baby. These dudes have always been there since day one. The real ones know, Tip knows. I came up with Lil Wayne, that’s what people don’t know. I came up with a lot of successful individuals.
You recorded “My Campaign” just hours after the raid. Was it hard for you to go in and record right away after going through such an ordeal?
Not at all. That’s basically how I record all my great records. It was easier because I drew out what just went down hours before. I think it was something that happened to me to realize, “enough is enough.†I also got another recorded in the same session
