Trustee to Question Young Buck Over Concert Fees

Young Buck has an important gig on July 1. But the Nashville rapper won’t be performing before his adoring fans. Instead, he’ll be answering questions about the whereabouts of performance and appearance fees he’s supposed to turn over as part of his bankruptcy.

A Tennessee bankruptcy judge on Wednesday signed an order granting bankruptcy trustee Jeanne Burton’s request to question Brown as to whether he’s followed the agreement requiring him to hand over net proceeds of concerts and appearances. It’s her duty, she said, to investigate whether Young Buck “accurately represented his financial situation” and has fully disclosed all income since filing for bankruptcy protection last year.

“On or about June 11, the trustee became aware that debtor and/or one or more of his acquaintances arranged for performance or appearance fees to be wired directly into an unauthorized bank account…from which unauthorized payments were made prior to turning over such funds to the trustee,” Burton’s attorney wrote in court papers filed Monday.

In addition to showing up for questioning, Young Buck—whose real name is David Darnell Brown—must turn over such documents as a list of all of his bank accounts, copies of all bank statements and canceled checks and “detailed accounting” of all tour income and other compensation received from January on.

The trustee isn’t the only one who wants to subject Young Buck to an examination. The rapper was due before a U.S. district court Wednesday to discuss two speeding tickets he’s received since he was charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. (Bankruptcy Beat previously reported the federal criminal charges in March, when Young Buck was arrested. The rapper pleaded not guilty and is free on $100,000 bond.)

According to the Tennessean, Young Buck said he didn’t realize he was supposed to report the speeding tickets he received in Georgia and Indiana to probation officers. Prosecutors are homing in on the Indiana stop, where a second vehicle associated with Young Buck sped off and evaded arrest. The rapper said he only knew a passenger in that car, not the driver; prosecutors don’t necessarily buy it and want to ask him more about what went down.