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Back in May, Young Buck revealed that he would be heading back to jail for a couple of months. Unfortunately, he was off by about 16 months. On Friday (July 13th), Young Buck was sentenced to three years in prison for weapons charges.

Fortunately, the judged ruled that the sentences for the two counts against Buck, born David Darnell Brown, for possession of a weapon despite being a convicted felon was found guilty are to run concurrently, so the Nashville rapper will only have to serve a total of 18th months, reports MSNBC.
'With the judge not considering my history to subtract some time, I'm just thankful for what time I do have,' said the former G-Unit rapper.
Buck is also in the middle of a bankruptcy case, he was evicted from his Nashville, TN home, a number of his possessions, including the trademark of the 'Young Buck' name, are up for auction. Check out all the goods being auctioned off-including a Bentley watch, 50 Cent plaques and recording equipment-by Uncle Sam in the gallery, as well as a video of a local news report featuring Buck below.

There will be an open house to 460 Metroplex Drive, Suite 205, Nashville, TN 37211 to check out the available items on July 25th from 12:00pm - 5:00pm and July 26th from 8:00am - 10:00pm. It goes down July 26th at 10am.



Busta Rhymes is easily one of Hip-Hop music's greatest showman and his skills were on full display yesterday (July 14th) as he headlined the 2012 Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. Bussa Buss can easily rock a stage by himself but nevertheless brought out an assortment of his rap superfriends to help him tear down the stage. But the most surprising was a long overdue reunion with the Leaders of the New School.

AllHipHop comes through with an efficient recap of the show in the video below. Slick Rick gets the award for the most audacious jewelry while some of the guest performers include Buckshot, Smif-N-Wessun and Lil Fame. But the highlight was clearly Busta on stage with LONS, with things getting really turnt up when A Tribe Called Quest joins in to perform 'Scenario.'

'You're definitely going to see us again, salute,' said Busta Rhymes.
Word. Also, Brooklyn Nets gears is clearly selling very, very well. Watch the footage below.

http://hiphopwired.com/2012/07/15/busta-rhymes-reunites-with-leaders-of-the-new-school-at-2012-brooklyn-hip-hop-festival-video/