The FNTS founder’s “Excuse Me” collaboration with Young Buck connects a Nashville influence to a career shaped by family, movement and independent ownership.
From Nothin’ to Stuntin’ is the name Kirk B. chose for his label, but it also captures the progression behind his current work. Before building FNTS with Billy Joee Brown in 2014, the Nashville-born artist was navigating school changes, an abandoned basketball ambition and the challenge of finding a place in music. His single “Excuse Me” featuring Young Buck brings that history into a new setting: a collaboration with a rapper he once looked to as proof that someone from his city could succeed.
The song arrived on January 4, 2026, carrying an FNTS ent. release credit and a running time of 3:12. For Kirk B., sharing a record with Young Buck has significance beyond the guest credit. He recalls Buck offering a direct vote of confidence: “You got now and next.” That encouragement connects the established artist’s experience, from G-Unit to independent releases, with the ambitions of another Nashville rapper building on his own terms.
Kirk B.’s background helps explain why that hometown connection matters. Born Kirk Beaumont Jr. on May 20, 1991, to Jamaican parents Kirk Beaumont Sr. and Mauvette Hannah, he spent much of his childhood in Nashville with his mother while his father lived in Atlanta. He attended Hillsboro High School before moving to Georgia and Campbell High School, then relocated with his mother to West Palm Beach, Florida. Each move formed part of a Southern upbringing that would later connect him with artists outside Tennessee.
His first plans were not limited to music. Baseball gave way to basketball, and he played at school before failing to make the team during his senior year. Rather than keep pursuing the same route, he put more time into recording and released Off The Bench Vol. 1. Working with Ice Billion Berg subsequently gave him another connection in Florida’s rap community, extending an early career already taking shape across several cities.
A formative Atlanta experience came through Shawty Lo and D4L. Kirk B. visited the studio as a teenager and watched Shawty Lo record, seeing the day-to-day work behind a career he hoped to build himself. Shawty Lo later included “Ima Star” on a hosted mixtape, while Kirk B. came to regard the song as a breakthrough in finding his own direction. The lesson was practical as much as inspirational: the artists he admired were people doing the work, not simply distant names.
Creating FNTS gave the rapper, songwriter and producer a structure for that work. His earlier “Kash Doll” collaboration with Kash Doll broadened his circle, and his catalog continued through tracks such as “Mo Money” featuring Pap Chanel and “You’re My Baby” in 2025. “Excuse Me” extends that history of collaborations without erasing the independent foundation beneath it. Young Buck and fellow Nashville artist Starlito had already shown him different ways to pursue a rap career, making the former’s participation especially resonant.
Outside the studio, Kirk B. was also learning how to lead. As the oldest of four children, he helped look after his younger siblings, then became a father at 20 while trying to establish himself professionally. Providing for a family and building a music career were responsibilities he had to manage at the same time. That context gives the FNTS story a more grounded shape than a simple account of a newcomer receiving a veteran’s approval.
Today, “Excuse Me” offers a direct introduction to the partnership between Kirk B. and Young Buck, while the biography behind it explains how the collaboration fits into a longer journey. The single can be heard on Spotify and Apple Music, alongside its official YouTube upload. Kirk B. also maintains his 615kirkb presence on Instagram, Facebook and X, keeping listeners connected to the independent career that brought him to this point.
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