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The Young Gunz, composed of Young Chris (born Christopher F. Ries on October 7, 1983) & Young Neef aka Neef Buck (born Haneef Muhammad on December 29, 1983), is a Rap music|Rap duo from Nicetown, North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are former members of Beanie Sigel's State Property collective and are currently signed to the Roc-A-Fella Records Record label|label. Young Gunz' debut Single (music)|single, "Can't Stop, Won't Stop", was one of the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100|Billboard charts of 2003.
Early life
While growing up in the neighborhood that is Nicetown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Haneef "Neef" Muhammad & Christopher "Young Chris" Ries made a promise to their mothers that they would some day "get them out the hood."
To achieve this goal, Chris & Neef apparently decided to sell illegal drugs and narcotics. However Neef was inspired by rap music and started to write rap lyrics and perform at the lunch table during middle school. He later encouraged his childhood friend, Chris (who, according to many critics and even Neef himself, would ironically become a better rapper), to stop selling drugs and form a rap group with him.
By high school the pair had a manager and the interest of major rap labels. This experience soon led to a record deal with Roc-A-Fella records. These events were eventuall... read all
