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American rapper from Louisiana (built-in 1999)

YoungBoy Never Broke Once more
YoungBoy in 2018

YoungBoy in 2018
Background information
Birth name Kentrell DeSean Gaulden
Also known as
  • NBA YoungBoy
  • Lil Top
  • YoungBoy
Born (1999-10-20) October 20, 1999 (age 22)
Billy Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres
  • Hip hop
  • southern hip hop
  • gangsta rap
Occupation(southward)
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active 2015–present
Labels
  • Never Broke Over again
  • Atlantic
Associated acts
  • Birdman
  • Boosie Badazz
  • DaBaby
  • Kevin Gates
  • Moneybagg Yo
  • Quando Rondo
  • Rich the Kid
Children 9
Website youngboynba.com

Musical creative person

Kentrell DeSean Gaulden (born October 20, 1999), known professionally as YoungBoy Never Broke Once again [1] [2] (likewise known as NBA YoungBoy or just YoungBoy), is an American rapper. Between 2015 and 2017, he released six independent mixtapes and steadily garnered a cult following through his work. In belatedly 2017, Gaulden was signed to Atlantic Records. In Jan 2018, he released the single "Outside Today", which peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 nautical chart.[three] The vocal became the lead single for his debut studio album Until Death Call My Name (2018) which peaked at number 7 on the Usa Billboard 200.

In October 2019, Gaulden released the unmarried "Brigand" (with Juice Wrld), which became his first top-x single.[4] A calendar week later, he released AI YoungBoy two (2019), which debuted at number i on the Billboard 200.[5] In April 2020, he released 38 Baby 2, becoming his second chart-topping project on the Billboard 200. Later that yr, Gaulden released his second studio anthology Elevation (2020), which followed adjust as his third chart-topping project in less than a twelvemonth.[6] In September 2021, Sincerely, Kentrell (2021) was released from prison, topping the charts again, making him the 3rd artist besides 2Pac and Lil Wayne to have a chart-topping album while incarcerated.[vii] [viii]

Despite his success, Gaulden'south career has been marked past a long history of legal problems that began in 2016, and has released multiple projects during his incarcerations.[9] On October 26, 2021, he was released from jail on a $1.five million bail after serving vii months and was sentenced to pre-trial business firm arrest in Utah.[x]

Early life

Kentrell Gaulden was born on October 20, 1999, in Billy Rouge, Louisiana. He broke his neck while wrestling as a toddler, the injury requiring a head caryatid until the spine healed. The brace left permanent scars on his brow.[xi] Gaulden was raised mainly past his maternal grandmother due to his father being sentenced to 55 years in prison.[xi] He dropped out of high school in ninth class and was arrested for robbery and sent to a detention center in Tallulah, Louisiana. While there, he began writing lyrics for his debut project.[i]

Subsequently he was released from the detention center, Gaulden's grandmother died of heart failure and Gaulden moved in with his friend and fellow Baton Rouge rapper, NBA 3Three (as well known as OG 3Three). The ii then used acts of misdeed to brainstorm to pay for studio time.[11]

Career

2015–2017: Career beginnings and AI YoungBoy

Gaulden get-go began producing music with a microphone he bought from Walmart when he was fourteen years old.[11] He released his first mixtape, Life Before Fame in 2015. A cord of other mixtapes followed including Mind of a Menace, Mind of a Menace two, and Earlier I Get. Gaulden attracted attention with his October 2016 mixtape, 38 Babe [ane] [12] which featured swain Baton Rouge natives, Boosie Badazz, Kevin Gates, and fellow rappers Stroke Tha Don and NBA 3Three.[13] A week later, Gaulden released another mixtape titled Mind of a Menace 3 on Nov 4, 2016. Gaulden quick ascension to popularity could also be attributed to his "song-for-song rap beef" with fellow Baton Rouge rapper Scotty Cain in Dec 2015, in which songs from both rappers included death threats. Although no real violence e'er occurred between the ii Baton Rouge rappers, their feuding attracted a lot of attention.[12] [thirteen]

In November 2016, Gaulden was arrested in Austin, Texas on suspicion of attempted starting time-degree murder in connection with an alleged drive-by shooting.[12] [14] While in jail in Due east Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana,[12] Gaulden re-released his two mixtapes, Before I Get and Mind of a Menace 3. Gaulden was released from prison house in May 2017 after taking a plea deal and posting bail.[15] A week after leaving prison, Gaulden released the single, "Untouchable".[sixteen]

In July 2017, Gaulden released a video for his song, "41", that included cameos from notable artists including, Meek Mill, Young Thug, 21 Roughshod, Boosie Badazz, and Yo Gotti.[17] On August 3, 2017, he released his mixtape, AI YoungBoy which charted at 24 on the Billboard 200.[18] The single, "Untouchable", peaked at number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[nineteen] The 2nd single from the project, "No Smoke", peaked at number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100.[twenty]

2018–2019: Until Expiry Call My Proper noun and AI YoungBoy 2

Gaulden released the unmarried "Outside Today" on January 6, 2018.[21] The song became Gaulden'south highest charting song, peaking at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100.[twenty] He appear his debut studio anthology, Until Death Phone call My Proper name on January 11, shortly after signing a joint venture deal with Atlantic Records.[22] The anthology was released on Apr 27, 2018.[23] Despite being arrested in February 2018, Gaulden promised a new mixtape.[24] Gaulden was released from prison on March fifteen, and his adjacent mixtape Chief The 24-hour interval Of Sentence was released on May 19, 2018.[25] Throughout the summer of 2018, Gaulden released a series of iv EPs, each containing four tracks. The first of which, 4Respect, was released on Baronial 24, followed by 4Freedom, 4Loyalty and 4WhatImportant on Baronial 30, September 6 and 14, respectively. In conjunction with the terminal role being released, all four EPs were combined into a sixteen-track compilation titled 4Respect 4Freedom 4Loyalty 4WhatImportant.[26] On September 7, Gaulden released his mixtape Decided, featuring a sole guest appearance from Trippie Redd.[27] On December 20, Gaulden released another mixtape, Realer, featuring guest appearances from Lil Baby and Plies.[28]

By January 2019, Gaulden was on YouTube's Meridian Music Artists list in the U.s. for the previous 101 weeks, which made him the most-watched musician across all genres.[29] This was mainly due in part to his consistency of releasing music regularly and exclusively on YouTube. He was also the 9th best selling artist on the 2019 Billboard Mid-Yr Charts and was seventh in the meridian ten artists ranked past on-demand audio streams without dropping a project in the get-go six months of 2019.[29]

Gaulden was sentenced to 14 months on house arrest post-obit a probation violation earlier in 2019. Due to the firm abort, he was unable to record music from anywhere likewise his house.[30] On September 25, 2019, Gaulden released the "aptly titled" single "House Arrest Tingz".[31]

On October 4, 2019, Gaulden released the song "Brigand", with rapper Juice Wrld, released as the terminal new song past Juice Wrld as a lead artist earlier his death. The song reached number x on the USBillboard Hot 100, becoming NBA Youngboy'southward highest charting single.

On October x, 2019, Gaulden released his mixtape AI YoungBoy 2, and debuted at number one on the Us Billboard 200.[5] The mixtape is a sequel to his 2017 breakout AI Youngboy and features 18 songs, including the previously released vocal "Slime Mentality".[30] Gaulden was able to get his commencement number 1 album on the Billboard 200 because the anthology had accumulated 144.7 million on-demand sound streams during its outset week, condign one of the meridian ten biggest streaming debuts of 2019.[5]

2020-nowadays: 38 Babe 2, Height and Sincerely, Kentrell

In February 2020, Gaulden released his mixtape, Notwithstanding Flexin, All the same Steppin. Information technology debuted at number ii on the U.s. Billboard 200, condign his 2nd-highest charting anthology after his 2019 number-one album AI YoungBoy ii.[32] On April 24, 2020, Gaulden released his mixtape 38 Baby ii, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200.[33] On August 20, 2020, Gaulden announced the release of his 2nd studio album titled Top, which was released on September xi. It includes the Hot 100 charting singles "All In", "Kacey Talk", and "My Window" featuring Lil Wayne.[34] [35] The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and became his third number-one anthology in under one year.

On November eleven, 2020, Gaulden released his fourth solo projection of 2020, the mixtape Until I Render. Information technology was released exclusively on YouTube, and was fabricated available three days later to streaming services with iv additional songs. The mixtape has no guest features.[36] On November 20, 2020, Gaulden released a collaborative project with Rich the Child, titled Nobody Prophylactic.[37]

On September 24, 2021, Gaulden released his tertiary studio album, Sincerely, Kentrell from prison. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 making him the third artist as well 2Pac and Lil Wayne to take a number one album while incarcerated.[seven] [eight]

Following his release from jail in late October 2021, he released a number of singles starting time in November, including "Heart and Soul", "Alligator Walk", and "Banish". The singles led upwardly to his collaborative mixtape with Birdman, From the Bayou, which released on December 10, 2021 after being announced in March 2018.[38]

Gaulden released some other mixtape, titled Colors, on January 21, 2022.[39] This mixtape garnered attending due to the singles released previously, in which he dissed rappers King Von and NLE Choppa on the tracks "Bring the Hook" and "Know Similar I Know", respectively.[40]

Musical style

NBA YoungBoy has been noted for his melodic vocals and "signature aggressive punch and high energy".[41] He is known for his consistency in releasing music, with his work ethic described as being of a "rapid burn down pace".[42] YoungBoy has released a total of twenty-half-dozen studio albums, EP'south, and mixtapes since 2015.

Legal issues

On November 28, 2016, U.South. Marshals arrested Gaulden earlier a concert in Austin, Texas, accusing him of jumping out of a vehicle and opening burn on a group of people on a South Baton Rouge street. Gaulden was charged with two counts of attempted murder.[43] [44] Gaulden was in jail until August 2017 for attempted first degree murder.[45] Speaking on his incarceration, he said "I don't think they really target, but if y'all got a proper noun, they know who you is, you practice something, they gonna come get you, and whoever you lot're with and whatsoever they do, y'all're accountable for it just because you got the biggest proper noun. That'south how that shit go."[46] Facing two counts of attempted kickoff-degree murder, he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of aggravated set on with a firearm. On August 23, 2017, he was sentenced to a suspended x-year prison term and 3 years of active probation.[44]

Gaulden was arrested before a concert at The Moon nightclub in Tallahassee on Feb 25, 2018. Gaulden had a warrant in the State of Georgia for allegedly committing set on, weapons violations and kidnapping.[47] Hotel surveillance footage leaked shortly following his arrest showing Gaulden assaulting someone.[48] On March 15, 2018, he was released from prison on $75,000 bail.[49]

While Gaulden was on probation, on May 12, 2019, he was involved in a shooting in Miami in which he returned fire after a shooter in a black Cadillac Escalade opened fire, injuring Gaulden's girlfriend and killing a bystander.[50] Though Gaulden's charges for the shooting itself were dismissed, he was institute to be in the company of Ben Fields and Trulondrick "Boomer" Norman, which violated a special condition of his probation; for this violation, the judge ordered him to spend 90 days in jail, banned him from performing for the next 14 months, and sentenced him to business firm arrest with electronic monitoring for the residue of his probation.[51] On Dec xiii, 2019, the judge officially terminated Gaulden's probation for two counts of attempted murder.[52] He was sentenced to a yr of probation on December 18, 2019 for the case that he had against his ex-girlfriend Jania.[53] He is currently living in Los Angeles.

On September 28, 2020, Gaulden was amongst 16 people arrested in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on diverse charges, including distribution and manufacturing of drugs and possession of stolen firearms. His lawyer denied any guilt, stating "There was no indication that he had any guns or drugs on him at the time of the abort".[54] As news of his arrest surfaced, Gaulden deleted all of his social media, including his Instagram and Twitter accounts.[55]

On March 22, 2021, Gaulden was arrested by federal agents executing a federal warrant. Officers attempted to finish a vehicle with Gaulden in it to serve the warrant when Gaulden took off on foot. After a search that involved using a K9, Gaulden was found and booked on federal criminal charges.[56] On October 26, 2021, he was released from jail on a $1.5 million bail.[57]

Personal life

At 22 years onetime, Gaulden is the father of seven children with six different women.[58] [59] [lx] Ii of his sons, Kayden and Kacey, appeared in the video for his unmarried, "Kacey Talk".[34]

In a 2017 profile for The Fader, Gaulden named Kamron equally ane of his sons. Kamron was born in July 2016 to Starr Thigpen simply weeks after Kayden.[61] However, a DNA examination later confirmed that he was not the biological father.[62]

In April 2021, it was reported that he is expecting his 8th child with a seventh woman, Jazlyn Mychelle.[63]

Discography

Studio albums

  • Until Death Call My Proper noun (2018)
  • Top (2020)
  • Sincerely, Kentrell (2021)

Awards and nominations

See also

• List of highest-certified music artists in the United States

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External links

  • YoungBoy Never Broke Again on SoundCloud
  • YoungBoy Never Broke Once again on YouTube

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