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Rich Nigga a Youngboy Never Broke Again

American rapper from Louisiana (born 1999)

YoungBoy Never Broke Again

YoungBoy in 2018

YoungBoy in 2018

Background information
Nascency proper noun Kentrell DeSean Gaulden
Too known as
  • NBA YoungBoy
  • Lil Top
  • YoungBoy
Born (1999-10-xx) Oct twenty, 1999 (age 22)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres
  • Hip hop
  • southern hip hop
  • gangsta rap
Occupation(due south)
  • Rapper
  • vocaliser
  • songwriter
Years active 2015–present
Labels
  • Never Bankrupt Over again
  • Atlantic
Associated acts
  • Birdman
  • Boosie Badazz
  • DaBaby
  • Kevin Gates
  • Moneybagg Yo
  • Quando Rondo
  • Rich the Child
Children 9
Website youngboynba.com

Musical creative person

Kentrell DeSean Gaulden (born October 20, 1999), known professionally as YoungBoy Never Broke Again [ane] [ii] (besides known as NBA YoungBoy or simply YoungBoy), is an American rapper. Between 2022 and 2017, he released six independent mixtapes and steadily garnered a cult post-obit through his work. In tardily 2017, Gaulden was signed to Atlantic Records. In January 2018, he released the single "Exterior Today", which peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[iii] The vocal became the lead unmarried for his debut studio album Until Death Call My Name (2018) which peaked at number 7 on the US Billboard 200.

In October 2019, Gaulden released the unmarried "Bandit" (with Juice Wrld), which became his first top-ten single.[4] A week later, he released AI YoungBoy ii (2019), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.[5] In April 2020, he released 38 Baby 2, condign his second chart-topping project on the Billboard 200. Later that year, Gaulden released his second studio anthology Top (2020), which followed accommodate equally his third nautical chart-topping project in less than a year.[half-dozen] In September 2021, Sincerely, Kentrell (2021) was released from prison, topping the charts again, making him the third artist besides 2Pac and Lil Wayne to have a chart-topping album while incarcerated.[vii] [8]

Despite his success, Gaulden'south career has been marked by a long history of legal issues that began in 2016, and has released multiple projects during his incarcerations.[nine] On October 26, 2021, he was released from jail on a $1.5 1000000 bail afterward serving 7 months and was sentenced to pre-trial house arrest in Utah.[10]

Early life

Kentrell Gaulden was born on Oct xx, 1999, in Baton 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 forehead.[11] Gaulden was raised mainly past his maternal grandmother due to his father being sentenced to 55 years in prison.[11] He dropped out of loftier schoolhouse in ninth grade and was arrested for robbery and sent to a detention center in Tallulah, Louisiana. While there, he began writing lyrics for his debut project.[ane]

After he was released from the detention centre, Gaulden'due south grandmother died of heart failure and Gaulden moved in with his friend and fellow Baton Rouge rapper, NBA 3Three (likewise known as OG 3Three). The two then used acts of criminality to begin to pay for studio fourth dimension.[11]

Career

2015–2017: Career ancestry and AI YoungBoy

Gaulden showtime began producing music with a microphone he bought from Walmart when he was xiv years sometime.[11] He released his first mixtape, Life Before Fame in 2015. A string of other mixtapes followed including Mind of a Menace, Mind of a Menace ii, and Before I Become. Gaulden attracted attention with his October 2022 mixtape, 38 Baby [1] [12] which featured fellow Baton Rouge natives, Boosie Badazz, Kevin Gates, and fellow rappers Stroke Tha Don and NBA 3Three.[13] A week after, Gaulden released another mixtape titled Listen of a Menace 3 on November 4, 2016. Gaulden quick rise to popularity could also be attributed to his "song-for-song rap beefiness" with young man Baton Rouge rapper Scotty Cain in Dec 2015, in which songs from both rappers included death threats. Although no real violence e'er occurred betwixt the two Billy Rouge rappers, their feuding attracted a lot of attention.[12] [13]

In Nov 2016, Gaulden was arrested in Austin, Texas on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder in connectedness with an alleged bulldoze-by shooting.[12] [14] While in jail in E Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana,[12] Gaulden re-released his two mixtapes, Earlier I Go and Mind of a Menace 3. Gaulden was released from prison in May 2022 after taking a plea bargain and posting bail.[xv] A calendar week later on leaving prison, Gaulden released the single, "Untouchable".[xvi]

In July 2017, Gaulden released a video for his song, "41", that included cameos from notable artists including, Meek Manufacturing plant, Young Thug, 21 Cruel, 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 unmarried, "Untouchable", peaked at number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[19] The second single from the project, "No Smoke", peaked at number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100.[20]

2018–2019: Until Death Call My Proper name and AI YoungBoy 2

Gaulden released the single "Outside Today" on January 6, 2018.[21] The vocal became Gaulden'south highest charting song, peaking at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100.[xx] He announced his debut studio album, Until Decease Call My Name on January xi, before long after signing a joint venture deal with Atlantic Records.[22] The album was released on April 27, 2018.[23] Despite being arrested in February 2018, Gaulden promised a new mixtape.[24] Gaulden was released from prison house on March 15, and his side by side mixtape Principal The Day Of Judgement was released on May nineteen, 2018.[25] Throughout the summer of 2018, Gaulden released a series of four 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 final function being released, all four EPs were combined into a 16-runway compilation titled 4Respect 4Freedom 4Loyalty 4WhatImportant.[26] On September seven, Gaulden released his mixtape Decided, featuring a sole guest appearance from Trippie Redd.[27] On December twenty, Gaulden released some other mixtape, Realer, featuring invitee appearances from Lil Baby and Plies.[28]

By January 2019, Gaulden was on YouTube'south Peak Music Artists list in the Us for the previous 101 weeks, which made him the most-watched musician across all genres.[29] This was mainly due in role to his consistency of releasing music regularly and exclusively on YouTube. He was also the 9th best selling creative person on the 2019 Billboard Mid-Year Charts and was seventh in the top x artists ranked by on-need audio streams without dropping a project in the get-go six months of 2019.[29]

Gaulden was sentenced to xiv months on firm arrest following a probation violation earlier in 2019. Due to the house arrest, he was unable to tape music from anywhere besides his firm.[thirty] On September 25, 2019, Gaulden released the "aptly titled" single "House Abort Tingz".[31]

On October iv, 2019, Gaulden released the song "Brigand", with rapper Juice Wrld, released equally the final new song by Juice Wrld every bit a lead artist before his death. The song reached number 10 on the USBillboard Hot 100, becoming NBA Youngboy'southward highest charting unmarried.

On October 10, 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 2022 breakout AI Youngboy and features eighteen songs, including the previously released vocal "Slime Mentality".[30] Gaulden was able to get his start number one album on the Billboard 200 because the album had accumulated 144.7 meg on-demand audio streams during its first week, becoming one of the top ten biggest streaming debuts of 2019.[5]

2020-present: 38 Baby 2, Top and Sincerely, Kentrell

In February 2020, Gaulden released his mixtape, Withal Flexin, Nevertheless Steppin. It debuted at number two on the The states Billboard 200, becoming his 2nd-highest charting album afterward his 2022 number-1 album AI YoungBoy 2.[32] On April 24, 2020, Gaulden released his mixtape 38 Baby 2, debuting at number ane on the Billboard 200.[33] On August 20, 2020, Gaulden announced the release of his 2nd studio album titled Meridian, which was released on September 11. Information technology includes the Hot 100 charting singles "All In", "Kacey Talk", and "My Window" featuring Lil Wayne.[34] [35] The anthology debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and became his third number-1 album in under i year.

On November 11, 2020, Gaulden released his fourth solo project of 2020, the mixtape Until I Return. It was released exclusively on YouTube, and was made available three days later to streaming services with 4 boosted songs. The mixtape has no invitee features.[36] On November 20, 2020, Gaulden released a collaborative project with Rich the Kid, titled Nobody Safe.[37]

On September 24, 2021, Gaulden released his 3rd studio anthology, Sincerely, Kentrell from prison. The album debuted at number i on the Billboard 200 making him the third creative person besides 2Pac and Lil Wayne to have a number one album while incarcerated.[7] [8]

Following his release from jail in tardily October 2021, he released a number of singles beginning in Nov, including "Heart and Soul", "Alligator Walk", and "Blackball". The singles led upwards to his collaborative mixtape with Birdman, From the Bayou, which released on December 10, 2022 after being appear in March 2018.[38]

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

Musical mode

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

Legal issues

On November 28, 2016, U.S. Marshals arrested Gaulden before 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 Baronial 2022 for attempted outset caste murder.[45] Speaking on his incarceration, he said "I don't think they really target, but if y'all got a name, they know who you is, you do something, they gonna come get y'all, and whoever you lot're with and whatsoever they do, you're accountable for it just considering yous got the biggest name. That's how that shit go."[46] Facing two counts of attempted first-degree murder, he pleaded guilty to a reduced accuse of aggravated assault with a firearm. On August 23, 2017, he was sentenced to a suspended ten-twelvemonth prison term and 3 years of active probation.[44]

Gaulden was arrested before a concert at The Moon nightclub in Tallahassee on February 25, 2018. Gaulden had a warrant in the Country of Georgia for allegedly committing assail, weapons violations and kidnapping.[47] Hotel surveillance footage leaked presently post-obit 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.[fifty] Though Gaulden'south charges for the shooting itself were dismissed, he was found to exist 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 house arrest with electronic monitoring for the remainder of his probation.[51] On December xiii, 2019, the approximate officially terminated Gaulden's probation for two counts of attempted murder.[52] He was sentenced to a year of probation on December 18, 2022 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 among 16 people arrested in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on various 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 fourth dimension of the arrest".[54] Equally news of his abort 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 pes. Afterward 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 $one.5 million bail.[57]

Personal life

At 22 years old, Gaulden is the begetter of seven children with 6 different women.[58] [59] [threescore] 2 of his sons, Kayden and Kacey, appeared in the video for his single, "Kacey Talk".[34]

In a 2022 profile for The Fader, Gaulden named Kamron equally 1 of his sons. Kamron was built-in in July 2022 to Starr Thigpen simply weeks after Kayden.[61] Still, a Deoxyribonucleic acid examination afterwards confirmed that he was not the biological father.[62]

In Apr 2021, it was reported that he is expecting his eighth child with a 7th woman, Jazlyn Mychelle.[63]

Discography

Studio albums

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

Awards and nominations

Come across too

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

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External links

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

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