Cruve

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"There's that saying, that says 'God gives his toughest battles, to his strongest warriors'. I don't wanna be a warrior anymore..." - after a breakup with fiance, Dancy, in October 2021

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### Born

March 14, 2002, Morganton, North Carolina, United States

### Occupation

* Music Personality (formerly)
* Heating Technician

### Labels

* Young Grown Nation (formerly)

**Clint Holden Lane** (born March 14, 2002) is an American former music personality from Morganton, North Carolina, who was known as '**UppedCruve**' and simply '**Cruve**' during his short reign.

## Role in YGN

Cruve primarily was just a "tagalong friend" and associate to the YGN, rather than a fulltime member, though he did dabble with the music industry briefly, and helped write several songs, primarily involving Dripmasterz. Clint differed from the YGN, as he was a country music type, and rarely partook in rap interests, and although he shared a majority of their beliefs, he was too much of an oddball in the eyes of the members to be coined "one of them" but nevertheless was accepted, and did provide transport for Drip into North Carolina once, having also once given him shelter for a night, and also hanging around with him and Squadz only once as a trio, in October 2021. (Although he and Drip met twice during that month)

## History

### Childhood (2002 - 2016)

Clint Holden Lane was born on March 14, 2002 to parents not publicly disclosed, most likely in Morganton, North Carolina. He has an older sister, and a little brother, Dawson, who was born in 2004.

### Affiliation with YGN (2016 - 2021)

Clint had met YGN Squadz at Wet 'n Wild: Emerald Pointe, in 2016. Initially, it was Squadz who had met Clint's little brother, Dawson, in a swimming pool, and the two got to talking, and he (Dawson) offered Squadz to go down the Dragon's Den slide with him, and the latter accepted, but Dawson also introduced him to his brother, Clint. The trio became close, and hung out for the majority of their visit to the water park, but before leaving, Squadz had asked Clint if he had any social medias, which lead to them becoming friends on Facebook.

After that, the two spoke frequently, and Clint would begin to make sporadic appearances gaming with the YGN (though the YGN had yet to form, this includes the vast majority of its latter roster), though primarily with Squadz; they didn't meet in person for about 5 years, due to the fact that Morganton was an hour and 30 minute drive from the YGN's heartlands in the Burlington - Graham area.

It was only during one of Dripz' returns to North Carolina, that Clint and his girlfriend, Dancy, went to pick him up, only because Drip had offered to pay them heavily for the ride. It is unclear exactly when this happened, but it was sometime in early 2021, sometime after being released from jail, in March, and Drip had spent a night over at Clint's place, where Dancy had been residing. After delivering him to Squadz, and proving the two a ride to the Oneida Mill Lofts (where Drip wanted to get an apartment) he would take him back to the apartment Squadz and his family resided at, where Dripz stayed several nights, and Clint returned home.

Clint would continue to make occasional online and gaming appearances with the YGN, but had his biggest role since 2016, in October 2021, as his place in Morganton was where Drip went to visit upon another return to North Carolina, and the two hung out for a few hours, before Drip returned home and began to affiliate with his YGN peers again, this time officially declaring their new music label project as the 'Young Grown Nation'. Although Clint did not join, he affiliated with the label under the stage-name 'Cruve'.

Throughout his 2018 - 2021 run, he was most close to Dripmasterz, especially since 2020, as he and Drip would constantly game, call and always talk about guns, going to shoot, hang out at the bar, play pool and "have a good life". It is also noted that Drip had frequently called and bugged Clint frequently during their history. Also, Clint was most prominent in late 2020, where he'd frequently game with Dripz, Squadz and Sinnerz, as the four were considered a "quad gang" to play Call of Duty: Warzone for late hours, though GTA V was another game he participated in, after Drip was arrested at the end of November 2020, he would instead help Squadz, Bombz and various fourth additions with the new Cayo Perico heist in GTA.

His online gaming role shrinked in later 2021, and he made very rare appearances after that, notably twice in September, and an unspecified amount in October, with only one confirmed appearance online.

On October 28, 2021, Cruve made his last ever appearance in YGN, in which was the final segment of his biggest role; Dripmasterz had driven Squadz to Cruve's house, where they test-fired several of his guns, then Cruve would drive the two to an unidentified restaurant, where they would all three dine together. This is where Cruve would notice his fiance, Dancy, had blocked him on Facebook, after a long tension since the criminal charges against the pair began, and became depressed that night. Then, he took the two to a corner store that never checked him for an ID, where he would buy alcohol for the pair, and returned home.

Cruve would be shunned by a majority of the YGN, after his criminal charges were publicly noted, something discovered during a period where he turned against Squadz and the other YGN in favor of Dripmasterz, after Drip had betrayed them on November 9, 2021, and then completely cut off. He only made one last online appearance in June 2022, when he briefly spoke to Squadz and Dripmasterz on an Instagram call, and has yet to remerge.

## Controversies

Cruve has had little controversial acts, with the exception of his 2021 Pedophilia Allegations, though up until then, was known to be shady, and only interested in money, leaving him a morally questionable face, but not necessarily a threat.

### Child Exploitation Lawsuit (July 2021 - Present)

On July 23, 2021, it was alleged that Clint Lane and his fiance Dancy Porter had met up with a 6 year old boy, who was (somehow) related to Dancy. On Clint's side of the story, he and Dancy were there to protect the kid from possible rape, and somehow the story was turned around and pinned on him and Dancy, and was visited by police on the 27th to ask them to come to the station, and participate in an interrogation and get "his side of the story".

After doing so, Cruve would be handcuffed and booked with felony counts of statutory sex offense with a child by an adult, indecent liberties with children, and first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, with Dancy facing similar charges. He would later be released on bond, and sometime around September 2021, he made his brief comeback, and would at first tell his associates Dripmasterz and Squadz that he had been arrested for a severe assault, claiming he "beat a man retarted" on his own (Cruve's) property, and shocked both of the two when he said he could be looking at 50 years.

He would later explain the truth, atleast in his way, with them both exclusively, as the pair were of his closest friends and he trusted them with the knowledge of his real charges, and both still accepted him, atleast only as what had happened was "allegations" and both (though arguably, only Squadz was sincere) stated that their friendship would be judged by the end of the trial and the verdict.

Cruve continues to battle the legal complications, and was observed with an ankle monitor in his last physical appearance in YGN history.

## Personality

Cruve was known to have been witty, charming and laidback, a well known associate of the YGN, and their online gaming community outside of their physical lifestyle. He was a strong redneck, fascinated in the confederacy, firearms, amendments and was a strong supporter of Donald Trump, and was usually liked for his humor and professionalism in gaming.

Outside of the charm, though, he was known to be an opportunist and self-centered scumbag, who would often find excuses to not help others, even his own friends, and often went long periods of time without answering them, or leaving them on read. He was only known to have helped Drip once, when money was promised in exchange for his transport service.

## Trivia

* Although extremely harsh for an indirect cause, Cruve is often regarded as a leading blame for the November 10, 2020 deaths of rappers Young Vibez and Lil Foxy, as had he went to Tennessee and provided the transport Dripmasterz needed to get home to NC, those two would not have been out there at the time they had been robbed and fatally shot, although it is crucial to know that Laven Wise was the mole in YRN (not to be confused with YGN) who ordered the robbery attempt whilst falsely pretending to befriend them, in order to successfully steal significant funds from Vibez mostly.
	+ In the situation Cruve helped, it is unclear how the outcome would have turned out, though it is possible that the next robbery attempt would have went more successfully, and Vibez would have survived, albeit been without cash and other valuable assets on his person.
* Cruve is only one of the few known cigarette smokers to have been affiliated with YGN; the other being Dripmasterz.
	+ Coincidentally, both are close friends, and the topic of pedophilic controversies involving little boys.
* It is widely considered that Cruve has never made a song of his own, and his involvement in the music industry has always remained unclear.
* Nobody knows if Cruve ever met Laven Wise or Julz, two other major threats to Young Grown Nation, although unlike the two, Cruve was never a threat to YGN directly, and remained much less destructive than either of them.