2NR: Three tips for upcoming artists?YB: Read your paperwork. Stay focused through the times and with what's goin' on around you. Don't let anybody know that your shit is not what's up.
2NR: If you wanted to do one thing over again what would it be?YB: Sell dope. Nah. I'd go and win 10Gs from Vegas again. I tore their ass up last year. I never won that much money ever. I won 10, then lost 10 about three or four days later.
2NR: You gave it back?YB: Well I had already done that. I spent theirs then spent ten of my own.
2NR: That must have hurt.YB: Yeah, uh, nah. That didn't hurt.
2NR: Whatever. You know that hurt. It hurts ME hearing it.YB: Hell yeah, that shit hurt. Anything losing hurts. I gotta win Gain, gain, gain.
2NR: What were some of your jobs before you made it?YB: I ain't never really worked a 9 to 5 in my life. I always did something illegal. If I wasn't standin' out on that corner selling "that shit" it was putting that pistol up to somebody talking about "let me get that out you." It's easy to be open about talking about this because I've moved so far away from it. I don't need that anymore.
2NR: What's the key to making it?YB: It's to say grounded with yourself and be yourself. Putting out reality music instead of fiction music. Keep it real.
2NR: Everyone says that but what does it mean to keep it real?YB: To say truthful things, homie. Don't live a lie. I worked with so many people. I just figured out that you have to be truthful and real with your shit. F@$% what everybody else says.
2NR: How are you with Cash Money? Any plans?YB: We good. When we see each other we speak. As long as they're doing the same thing we'll always be good. I'm not really planning anything. If it happens then it happens but I'm not planning on stretching out. Holla at me if they wanna do something.
2NR: You moved from them to G-Unit. Equal in step. Equal in opportunities. What do you think about that?YB: I know. I'm all right with the man upstairs so far. It's like going from boy to man. I experienced the sidelines so I know what it feels like to have nothing and to just be watching someone do their thing and me wanting to do mine but not allowed to get the full chance. This makes me work harder to keep what I got.
2NR: Cash Money said if you see something better go ahead and take. It. Is that still true with G-unit?YB: Hell yeah.
2NR: What's your contribution to G-unit?YB: I bring that real shit. That wild shit. I don't give a f@$%. For real. I know I gotta go one day. I love the money and all this shit but at the end of the day when everything is said and done we gotta go. So I'm gonna do anything.
2NR: Talk about your Southern style?YB: It makes me feel good knowing that I'm comin' from where I'm comin' from. I'm excited to see who's next because I'm only one that made it out of this bubble. As soon as the world sees that there's a thousand other Young Bucks it's gonna be a trip. There's going to be a whole new sound.
2NR: When you took off to work with Cash Money you left high school. Was it worth it to head for New Orleans to do music?YB: Nah. I would have stayed home and stayed in the streets. I would have kept selling dope. Heading out there was a waste of my time. I left school and hung around somebody doing nothing. I'd trade that for a kilo of cocaine any day.
2NR: Do you have any upcoming projects or appearances?YB: Yeah. "Straight Outta Cashville" is droppin July 4th. I'm ready to go out with Banks on his promo tour so you'll see me pop up in certain cities. Just got done with my video for "Let Me In" which is the lead single off the album.
2NR: What is the best way to roll a blunt?YB: Split a swisher sweet down the middle. Roll that motherf@$%er over one time. Don't worry about all that paper-and blow.
2NR: You seem to be real popular with the ladies. A couple want to know what it would take to become your ideal chick.YB: A girl that's independent and can hold her own. A girl that can hold it down whether I'm there or not. Someone that looks good. Someone that will accept me for me and not my motherf@$%in' pockets.
2NR: You could make some serious cash in the next few years.YB: True. You don't go lookin' for those types of people.
2NR: Yeah but you are gonna have big pockets. They WILL come to you.YB: True.
2NR: Anything you want to say?YB: Ya'll got a real-ass magazine. This interview has been real. YOU made this shit real. Make sure you put it in there and tell them I say that personally. At the same time make sure you keep doing your thing cause I'm for damn sure I'm gonna keep doing mine.