[3] At USC, he met Michael Ross and Matt Dike from the record company Delicious Vinyl.

[3] Young rapped over the phone for Ross and Dike, who ended up delivering a record contract to his USC dorm room.

In 1989, Young collaborated with Tone Lōc on the songs "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina".

[6] In 2001, Young contributed a song "Deck the Halls" he co-wrote with Kevin Irving, to Disney's TV movie, 'Twas the Night.

He was joined by Rev Run of Run-DMC, DJ Quik, Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat, B-Real of Cypress Hill, Xzibit, and Nate Dogg.

Young also teamed up with Baltimore rapper KNOXX to record "Brotherly Love", the theme song from the film.

Joining Young was Kelly Le Brock, Bruce Vilanch, Tempestt Bledsoe, Countess Vaughn, Chaz Bono, Jeff Conaway, Gunnar Nelson, and Rapper Bizarre of D12.

Young crafted lyrics and performed a sports-themed rap song alongside KRS-One and Kool Moe Dee.

Later that year, Young also landed a cameo role in the Jason Reitman film Up in the Air starring George Clooney.

Young played himself, performing at a software convention which was crashed by Clooney's character and those of his two female co-stars, Anna Kendrick and Vera Farmiga.