Whether you’re a music industry insider or a fan, listen up: rapper Young Buck’s intellectual property, including song compositions and royalties, can be yours.

The IP is going up for sale as part of Young Buck’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation, which a judge ordered the rapper into last year after he couldn’t come up with a viable business plan. Now, bankruptcy trustee Jeanne Burton is in charge of selling off Young Buck’s assets, including all of the rapper’s IP.

According to court papers, that includes “trademarks and copyrights, all masters, compositions, royalties, rights and licenses owned by debtor and all rights of publicity owned by debtor.” Burton couldn’t be reached to elaborate.

Intellectual property expert Gabe Fried told Bankruptcy Beat that buyers, particularly music industry folks, are interested in masters because they give the owner the ability to re-release songs and license the content for third-party use (like for advertising). And royalties entitle the owner to specified revenue from distribution or airplay of the songs.

That doesn’t mean a portfolio of music-related IP is an instant money-maker, however.

“It needs some continued investment to maintain its performance and grow,” said Fried, chief executive of Hilco Streambank, which specializes in liquidating such intangible assets as intellectual property.

The best buyer may be someone in the music industry who knows how to squeeze every bit of value possible from the assets, he said.

“Strategic buyers will know their business and will understand the synergy that this portfolio of products can provide for them,” he said.

Burton is proposing to sell the intellectual property at a May 14 auction at the Nashville law firm of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner. First, though, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Nashville, Tenn., must sign off on the auction proposal.

The move will free up David Darnell Brown—the rapper’s real name—for a fresh start. That fresh start could come with none other than G-Unit, the record label he’s still tied to but hasn’t recorded for due to a failing out with label founder 50 Cent. Young Buck recently said he’s negotiating a possible return with the label, according to BET.

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When 50 first blew up,was he trying to join forces with every other rapper,no. So why should he care who don't wont to work with him now?
You bringing up Sheek Louch qoutes lol,that nugga got to keep rapping another 10 years.
50 don't have to say another line ever again,he set.
You cry about this same situation every week,give it a break already.
Sheek Louch gets more respect than 50 Cent, thats for sure. u people always think 50 having a big bank account makes him get respect, uhhh NOPE not at all. remember when 50 was named Curtis "Interscope" Jackson? why isn't he naming himself that anymore? because he ain't the big shot over there. he was playing second fiddle to Jimmy Iovine but in the end he got played like the puppet he is.

*sigh*
50's explained several times in different interviews why he doesn't call himself Curtis "Interscope" Jackson anymore. You were just too busy hatin' him, so I guess you've missed them.
And you can blame 50 for Buck's situation, cause Fif' told him to:
- be a drug addict
- blow your money on b****** and drugs
- be bipolar
- stab me in the back and diss me!

"Sheek Louch gets more respect than 50 Cent"
And? Respect doesn't pay his bills, nor make hits.

Sheek Louch isn't broke tho, and he ripped apart G-Unit just like Jada, Styles & Game

"Sheek Louch isn't broke tho" *sigh*
Seriously... I haven't typed anything like that. I said "respect doesn't pay his bills, nor make hits".
Ripped apart? LMAOOO! D-Block went hard at G-Unit, no doubt about that; and everybody knows it. But Game?! SMH! I don't know have you realized it or not, but he always lies. Even if he's asking anything.

Game is part of the reason why G-Unit isn't hot anymore, everybody outside of this site knows this

Part of the reason? Yeah, maybe. Main reason? No.

the main reason is 50's music as for G-Unit's whole formula. their whole style is outdated and nobody outside of this site f*cks with them.
I thought today was Easter Sunday,not Cry baby Sunday?
who's crying? all these guys acting very bitter because of my facts.
Wow I can't believe flash just wrote that smfh
if that was the case then how come they were at 50 cent festivel on goveners island

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