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Nascence name | Kentrell DeSean Gaulden |
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Born | (1999-10-twenty) October twenty, 1999 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
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Years active | 2015–present |
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Children | 8 |
Website | youngboynba |
Kentrell DeSean Gaulden (born October 20, 1999), known professionally as YoungBoy Never Broke Again [1] [2] (as well known equally NBA YoungBoy or simply YoungBoy), is an American rapper. Between 2022 and 2017, he released six contained mixtapes and steadily garnered a cult following through his work. In late 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 chart.[3] The vocal became the pb single for his debut studio album Until Death Telephone call My Name (2018) which peaked at number seven on the Usa Billboard 200.
In Oct 2019, Gaulden released the single "Bandit" (with Juice WRLD), which became his first meridian-ten single.[4] A calendar week afterward, he released AI YoungBoy 2 (2019), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.[5] In April 2020, he released 38 Baby 2, becoming his second chart-topping project on the Billboard 200. Later on that year, Gaulden released his second studio album Top (2020), which followed suit as his third chart-topping project in less than a yr.[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.[7] [8]
Despite his success, Gaulden'due south career has been marked past a long history of legal issues that began in 2016, and has released multiple projects during his incarcerations.[9] On Oct 26, 2021, he was released from jail on a $one.five meg bail after serving 7 months and was sentenced to pre-trial house arrest in Utah.[10]
Early life
Kentrell Gaulden was born on October 20, 1999, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He broke his neck while wrestling every bit a toddler, the injury requiring a head brace until the spine healed. The brace left permanent scars on his forehead.[11] Gaulden was raised mainly by his maternal grandmother due to his father existence sentenced to 55 years in prison.[11] He dropped out of loftier school in 9th course 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 middle, Gaulden's grandmother died of eye failure and Gaulden moved in with his friend and fellow Baton Rouge rapper, NBA 3Three (also known as OG 3Three). The two then used acts of criminality to begin to pay for studio time.[eleven]
Career
2015–2017: Career beginnings and AI YoungBoy
Gaulden kickoff began producing music with a microphone he bought from Walmart when he was 14 years quondam.[11] He released his starting time mixtape, Life Before Fame in 2015. A string of other mixtapes followed including Mind of a Menace, Mind of a Menace two, and Before I Go. Gaulden attracted attention with his October 2022 mixtape, 38 Baby [ane] [12] which featured fellow Baton Rouge natives, Boosie Badazz, Kevin Gates, and boyfriend rappers Stroke Tha Don and NBA 3Three.[thirteen] A week later, Gaulden released another mixtape titled Mind of a Menace 3 on November 4, 2016. Gaulden's quick rise to popularity could besides be attributed to his "song-for-song rap beefiness" with fellow Baton Rouge rapper Scotty Cain in December 2015, in which songs from both rappers included death threats. Although no real violence e'er occurred between the two Baton Rouge rappers, their feuding attracted a lot of attention.[12] [xiii]
In Nov 2016, Gaulden was arrested in Austin, Texas on suspicion of attempted start-degree murder in connectedness with an alleged drive-by shooting.[12] [fourteen] While in jail in East Billy Rouge Parish, Louisiana,[12] Gaulden re-released his two mixtapes, Before I Go and Mind of a Menace 3. Gaulden was released from prison in May 2022 subsequently taking a plea bargain and posting bail.[xv] A week afterwards leaving prison, Gaulden released the single, "Untouchable".[16]
In July 2017, Gaulden released a video for his song, "41", that included cameos from notable artists including, Meek Mill, Young Thug, 21 Savage, Boosie Badazz, and Yo Gotti.[17] On Baronial 3, 2017, he released his mixtape, AI YoungBoy which charted at 24 on the Billboard 200.[xviii] The single, "Untouchable", peaked at number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[nineteen] 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 unmarried "Exterior Today" on January 6, 2018.[21] The song became Gaulden's highest charting song, peaking at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100.[20] He announced his debut studio anthology, Until Death Call My Proper name on January 11, before long after signing a joint venture deal with Atlantic Records.[22] The album was released on April 27, 2018.[23] Despite beingness arrested in Feb 2018, Gaulden promised a new mixtape.[24] Gaulden was released from prison on March xv, and his next mixtape Master The Twenty-four hours Of Judgement was released on May xix, 2018.[25] Throughout the summertime of 2018, Gaulden released a series of four EPs, each containing iv tracks. The first of which, 4Respect, was released on August 24, followed by 4Freedom, 4Loyalty and 4WhatImportant on August 30, September 6 and xiv, respectively. In conjunction with the concluding part beingness released, all 4 EPs were combined into a xvi-rails 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 Top Music Artists list in the United States for the previous 101 weeks, which made him the most-watched musician beyond 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-Year Charts and was seventh in the meridian ten artists ranked by on-demand audio streams without dropping a projection in the start six months of 2019.[29]
Gaulden was sentenced to 14 months on house arrest following a probation violation earlier in 2019. Due to the house arrest, he was unable to tape music from anywhere besides his business firm.[thirty] On September 25, 2019, Gaulden released the "aptly titled" unmarried "Business firm Arrest Tingz".[31]
On October 4, 2019, Gaulden released the song "Bandit", with rapper Juice WRLD, released every bit the final new song past Juice WRLD as a lead artist before his death. The song reached number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming NBA Youngboy'due south highest charting single.
On October x, 2019, Gaulden released his mixtape AI YoungBoy ii, and debuted at number one on the Us Billboard 200.[five] The mixtape is a sequel to his 2022 breakout AI Youngboy and features 18 songs, including the previously released song "Slime Mentality".[30] Gaulden was able to get his start number one album on the Billboard 200 because the album had accumulated 144.vii million on-demand sound streams during its first week, becoming one of the summit 10 biggest streaming debuts of 2019.[5]
2020–nowadays: 38 Baby 2, Acme, Sincerely, Kentrell, Colors, and The Last Slimeto
In February 2020, Gaulden released his mixtape, Still Flexin, Still Steppin. It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, becoming his second-highest charting album after his 2022 number-i album AI YoungBoy ii.[32] On April 24, 2020, Gaulden released his mixtape 38 Infant ii, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200.[33] On August 20, 2020, Gaulden announced the release of his 2nd studio album titled Height, which was released on September 11. 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 tertiary number-one album in under one yr.
On November eleven, 2020, Gaulden released his fourth solo project of 2020, the mixtape Until I Render. It was released exclusively on YouTube, and was made bachelor three days later to streaming services with four additional songs. The mixtape has no invitee features.[36] On November 20, 2020, Gaulden released a collaborative projection with Rich the Kid, titled Nobody Prophylactic.[37]
On September 24, 2021, Gaulden released his third studio anthology, Sincerely, Kentrell from prison. The album debuted at number i on the Billboard 200 making him the 3rd artist besides 2Pac and Lil Wayne to have a number one album while incarcerated.[7] [eight]
Post-obit his release from jail in late Oct 2021, he released a number of singles get-go in November, including "Middle and Soul", "Alligator Walk", and "Banish". The singles led up to his collaborative mixtape with Birdman, From the Bayou, which was released on Dec 10, 2021, after initially being announced in March 2018.[38]
Gaulden released another mixtape, titled Colors, on Jan 21, 2022.[39] This mixtape garnered attention due to the singles released previously, in which he dissed rappers Male monarch Von and NLE Choppa on the tracks "Bring the Hook" and "Know Similar I Know", respectively.[40]
On April 1, 2022, YoungBoy Never Broke Again released the Last Slimeto Sampler [41] This is leading upwards to his fourth studio album, The Concluding Slimeto which is likewise hisfinal album with Atlantic Records - This is set to release on August 5, 2022.
Musical style
NBA YoungBoy has been noted for his melodic vocals and "signature ambitious punch and high energy".[42] He is known for his consistency in releasing music, with his piece of work ethic described as beingness of a "rapid fire pace".[43] YoungBoy has released a full 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 fire on a grouping of people on a S Baton Rouge street. Gaulden was charged with ii counts of attempted murder.[44] [45] Gaulden was in jail until May 2022 for attempted first degree murder.[46] Speaking on his incarceration, he said "I don't remember they really target, but if you got a name, they know who you is, you do something, they gonna come get you, and whoever yous're with and whatsoever they do, you're accountable for it just considering y'all got the biggest name. That's how that shit go."[47] Facing ii counts of attempted beginning-degree murder, he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of aggravated assault with a firearm. On August 22, 2017, he was sentenced to a suspended x-twelvemonth prison term and 3 years of active probation.[45]
Gaulden was arrested earlier a concert at The Moon nightclub in Tallahassee on February 25, 2018. Gaulden had a warrant in the State of Georgia for allegedly committing assault, weapons violations and kidnapping.[48] Hotel surveillance footage leaked shortly post-obit his arrest showing Gaulden assaulting someone.[49] On March fifteen, 2018, he was released from prison house on $75,000 bail.[50]
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 burn, injuring Gaulden'south girlfriend and killing a eyewitness.[51] 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 gauge ordered him to spend ninety days in jail, banned him from performing for the next 14 months, and sentenced him to house arrest with electronic monitoring for the residuum of his probation.[52] On December 13, 2019, the judge officially terminated Gaulden's probation for two counts of attempted murder.[53] He was sentenced to a year of probation on December 18, 2022 for the case that he had against his ex-girlfriend Jania.[54] 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 whatever guilt, stating "There was no indication that he had any guns or drugs on him at the time of the abort".[55] Every bit news of his arrest surfaced, Gaulden deleted all of his social media, including his Instagram and Twitter accounts.[56]
On March 22, 2021, Gaulden was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles executing a federal warrant stemming from his September 2022 arrest in Baton Rouge. Officers attempted to finish a vehicle with Gaulden in information technology to serve the warrant when Gaulden took off on pes. After a search that involved using a K9, Gaulden was institute and booked on federal firearms charges.[57] On October 26, 2021, he was released from jail on a $1.v million bail.[58] [59]
Personal life
At 22 years old, Gaulden is the father of 7 children with half-dozen unlike women.[60] [61] [62] Two of his sons, Kayden and Kacey, appeared in the video for his single, "Kacey Talk".[34]
In a 2022 contour for The Fader, Gaulden named Kamron as i of his sons. Kamron was born in July 2022 to Starr Thigpen just weeks after Kayden.[63] However, a DNA test afterward confirmed that he was not the biological father.[64]
In April 2021, it was reported that he is expecting his eighth kid with a seventh woman, Jazlyn Mychelle.[65]
Discography
Studio albums
- Until Decease Call My Proper name (2018)
- Elevation (2020)
- Sincerely, Kentrell (2021)
- The Last Slimeto (2022)
Awards and nominations
See also
• Listing of highest-certified music artists in the Us
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External links
- YoungBoy Never Broke Over again on SoundCloud
- YoungBoy Never Broke Once again on YouTube
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