Nashville Rappers Young Buck, Starlito Fight At Stratford High And In Song

EAST NASHVILLE, TN — Two of Nashville's best known rappers partook in contretemps both physically and musically.

Young Buck and Starlito were both attending the Nashville Pro-Am basketball game at Stratford High School Sunday when Young Buck approached Starlito and engaged him in fisticuffs. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)

LMFAOOOOOO YOUNG BUCK YOKED THAT N---- STARLITO UP pic.twitter.com/mRy9qSjWQI
— Big Boy (@NarcoReus) July 31, 2017

The "yoking" was apparently in response to Starlito's newly released song "You Should Be Proud," which was not officially released until after the fight, though there is some speculation, based on the debate the men were having during the altercation, that Young Buck heard the song before its official release.

In the song, Starlito begins by praising Buck, saying “Nobody ever did it bigger for the ‘Ville than Buck." However, he goes on to argue that his authenticity is greater than that of Buck's and that he cares not for Buck's efforts to elevate Nashville's profile, saying "But I’m realer, and I really don’t even give a f---.”

Young Buck, apparently, disagreed with Starlito's comparison of their respective bona fides, and, perhaps, took issue with Starlito's closing lines, which insinuate Buck is a closeted homosexual.

Buck responded with a song of his own, not unlike Disraeli firing at Gladstone during the Midlothian campaign. While his latest track, "Lawd How Mercy," does not specifically mention Starlito, the cover art features a picture of pro wrestler Kane — whose real name is Glenn Jacobs and is, coincidentally, running for mayor of Knox County — choke-slamming Titus O'Neil in a 2013 match, perhaps an allusion to Buck's initial prise de fer during the Stratford duel.

Though neither man has been charged with a crime for Sunday's incident, Young Buck — whose legal name is David Darnell Brown — is no stranger to legal trouble, having, in fact, turned himself in on an outstanding warrant July 19. In August 2016, he was sentenced to seven months in prison for violating his probation on an earlier conviction for weapons charges. At the 2004 Vibe Awards, he stabbed a 26-year-old man with a butter knife as the man attempted to assault rap legend Dr. Dre.

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