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1.1 State Property

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1.3 Disputes with other rap artists

1.4 Young Chris solo work

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The Young Gunz are a rap duo from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are composed of Young Chris (born Chris Ries in 1984) and Neef Buck (born Hanif Muhammad in 1984). They are members of Beanie Sigel's State Property collective and are formely signed to Roc-A-Fella Records. Young Gunz' debut single, "Can't Stop, Won't Stop", was one of the top 20 on the Billboard charts of 2003.

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History

State Property

Ries and Muhammad had been friends since they were in middle school. ^[1] On "Takeover", a track from his 2001 album The Blueprint , Jay-Z announced the duo as "Chris & Neef". ^[2]

In 2001, the duo performed on the State Property soundtrack album. Chris and Neef starred in the titular movie. Also during this period of their career, Young Chris appeared throughout Dame Dash's Dream Team compilation, and Beanie Sigel's The Reason . The duo performed together on guest appearances for albums like Jay-Z's The Blueprint 2 , Freeway's Philadelphia Freeway , State Property's The Chain Gang Vol. 2 , and Memphis Bleek's M.A.D.E. ; all while recording their album.

The Young Gunz scored their first hit with "Can't Stop, Won't Stop", the lead-off single from the Chain Gang, Vol. 2 album. Its song and video received major airplay on hip-hop radio, MTV2, and BET ^[3] and reached #14 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and #6 on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart.

As a group

After the success of their single, "Can't Stop, Won't Stop", the label jumped and was ready to release their debut album, Tough Luv . It included the remix to "Can't Stop, Won't Stop", which featured St. Louis rapper Chingy. Singles included "No Better Love" featuring former Roc-A-Fella Records crooner Relland the Just Blaze-produced "Friday Night". Tough Luv debuted on the Billboard 200 at #3 after selling 128,000 copies in its first week. That week, the album at #2 was labelmate Kanye West's debut album The College Dropout , which was released just two weeks earlier. ^[4]

After a brief hiatus, the duo returned with Swizz Beatz produced "Set It Off" from their second album, Brothers from Another . This albums, which was released May, 24th 2005, sales were somewhat of a disappointment compared to the first, despite the decent exposure of the lead single, promotion from Jay-Z himself, TV, radio & magazine appearances. It was the second release from the "new" Roc-A-Fella Records, referencing when Jay-Z became president of Def Jam Records, the first being Memphis Bleek's 534. The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at #15, and included guest features from Kanye West, Swizz Beatz, Slim of 112 (Marvin Scandrick III) and John Legend. ^[5]

Disputes with other rap artists

The Young Gunz were part of a public beef and a war of words with West Coast rapper, The Game. The feud stems from The Game's beef with Memphis Bleek, which escalated into a beef with the entire Roc-A-Fella camp with the exception of Kanye West, Jay-Z and Just Blaze. The Game dissed Bleek and The Young Gunz on his 15-minute freestyle track "300 Bars and Runnin'". ^[6] The Young Gunz, along with Pooda Brown, responded with a freestyle of their own. Surprisingly, Chris & Neef also beefed with actor, comedian and now rapper, Katt "Money Mike" Wiliams. This beef stemmed from "Set It Off" by the Young Gunz, in which they called a character from a movie that Katt Williams played as, a "fake ass pimp." This beef was encouraged by The Game as he and Katt dissed the two on a Freestyle over their own "Set It Off" beat. ^[7]

Young Chris solo work

As early as March 2006, Young Chris thought about recording a solo album. He initially titled it Now or Never . ^[8] He stated to XXL magazine that he wanted to release a solo album by the end of 2008 and had been "95 percent done" by June 2008. ^[9]

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Peak chart positions ^[10]
Year	Title	U.S.	U.S. R&B	U.S. Rap
2004	*Tough Luv* Released: February 24, 2004 Label: Roc-A-Fella Format: CD, digital download, LP	3	1	—
2005	*Brothers from Another* Released: May 24, 2005 Label: Roc-A-Fella Format: CD, digital download, LP	15	4	2

Mixtapes

Year	Title
2004	*Get In Where You Fit In* Released: November 30, 2004 Label: Young Gunz Format: CD
2005	*Get In Where U Fit In, Pt. 2* Released: August 30, 2005 Label: Traffic Format: CD
2008	*Rapid Fire* Released: January 29, 2008 Label: Young Gunz Format: CD

Singles

Year	Song	Peak chart positions ^[11]			Album
Year	Song	U.S.	U.S. R&B	U.S. Rap	Album
2003	"Can't Stop, Won't Stop"	14	10	6	The Chain Gang Vol. 2
2004	"No Better Love" (featuring Rell)	36	15	11	Tough Luv
2004	"Friday Night"	115 ^[12]	44	21	Tough Luv
2005	"Set It Off" (featuring Swizz Beatz)	—	52	—	Brothers from Another
2005	"Don't Keep Me Waiting (Come Back Soon)" (featuring Slim)	—	—	—	Brothers from Another