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Youngboy Never Broke Again - Hypnotized

American rapper from Louisiana (born 1999)

YoungBoy Never Broke Over again

YoungBoy in 2018

YoungBoy in 2018

Groundwork data
Nativity name Kentrell DeSean Gaulden
Likewise known as
  • NBA YoungBoy
  • Lil Elevation
  • YoungBoy
Born (1999-10-20) October 20, 1999 (age 22)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.Due south.
Genres
  • Hip hop
  • southern hip hop
  • gangsta rap
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • vocalizer
  • songwriter
Years active 2015–nowadays
Labels
  • Never Broke Once more
  • Atlantic
Associated acts
  • Birdman
  • Boosie Badazz
  • DaBaby
  • Kevin Gates
  • Moneybagg Yo
  • Quando Rondo
  • Rich the Kid
Children nine
Website youngboynba.com

Musical artist

Kentrell DeSean Gaulden (built-in October 20, 1999), known professionally as YoungBoy Never Broke Again [1] [2] (also known equally NBA YoungBoy or simply YoungBoy), is an American rapper. Between 2015 and 2017, he released six independent mixtapes and steadily garnered a cult following through his work. In late 2017, Gaulden was signed to Atlantic Records. In January 2018, he released the single "Outside Today", which peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[3] The song became the lead single for his debut studio album Until Death Call My Name (2018) which peaked at number 7 on the US Billboard 200.

In Oct 2019, Gaulden released the single "Brigand" (with Juice Wrld), which became his showtime meridian-ten single.[four] A week later, 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 2d nautical chart-topping projection on the Billboard 200. Later that year, Gaulden released his second studio album Top (2020), which followed suit as his third chart-topping project in less than a year.[6] In September 2021, Sincerely, Kentrell (2021) was released from prison, topping the charts once again, making him the 3rd artist besides 2Pac and Lil Wayne to have a chart-topping album while incarcerated.[seven] [viii]

Despite his success, Gaulden'southward career has been marked by a long history of legal bug 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.v meg bail after serving 7 months and was sentenced to pre-trial business firm arrest in Utah.[ten]

Early life

Kentrell Gaulden was born on Oct 20, 1999, in Billy Rouge, Louisiana. He bankrupt his neck while wrestling every bit a toddler, the injury requiring a head brace until the spine healed. The caryatid left permanent scars on his forehead.[11] Gaulden was raised mainly by his maternal grandmother due to his male parent being sentenced to 55 years in prison.[xi] He dropped out of loftier schoolhouse in ninth grade and was arrested for robbery and sent to a detention heart in Tallulah, Louisiana. While there, he began writing lyrics for his debut project.[1]

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

Career

2015–2017: Career beginnings and AI YoungBoy

Gaulden start began producing music with a microphone he bought from Walmart when he was fourteen years old.[11] He released his first mixtape, Life Earlier Fame in 2015. A cord of other mixtapes followed including Mind of a Menace, Heed of a Menace 2, and Before I Become. Gaulden attracted attention with his October 2016 mixtape, 38 Baby [i] [12] which featured fellow Baton Rouge natives, Boosie Badazz, Kevin Gates, and fellow rappers Stroke Tha Don and NBA 3Three.[13] A calendar week later, Gaulden released another mixtape titled Mind of a Menace 3 on November iv, 2016. Gaulden quick rise to popularity could also be attributed to his "song-for-song rap beef" with fellow Billy Rouge rapper Scotty Cain in December 2015, in which songs from both rappers included death threats. Although no real violence e'er occurred betwixt the ii Baton Rouge rappers, their feuding attracted a lot of attention.[12] [13]

In November 2016, Gaulden was arrested in Austin, Texas on suspicion of attempted first-caste murder in connection with an alleged drive-past shooting.[12] [14] While in jail in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana,[12] Gaulden re-released his 2 mixtapes, Earlier I Go and Mind of a Menace 3. Gaulden was released from prison in May 2017 after taking a plea deal and posting bail.[15] A week after leaving prison, Gaulden released the single, "Untouchable".[16]

In July 2017, Gaulden released a video for his vocal, "41", that included cameos from notable artists including, Meek Mill, Young Thug, 21 Roughshod, Boosie Badazz, and Yo Gotti.[17] On August iii, 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.[19] The 2d single from the project, "No Fume", peaked at number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100.[twenty]

2018–2019: Until Decease Phone call My Name and AI YoungBoy 2

Gaulden released the single "Outside Today" on Jan 6, 2018.[21] The song became Gaulden's highest charting vocal, peaking at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100.[xx] He announced his debut studio anthology, Until Decease Call My Proper name on January 11, shortly after signing a joint venture deal with Atlantic Records.[22] The album was released on April 27, 2018.[23] Despite being arrested in Feb 2018, Gaulden promised a new mixtape.[24] Gaulden was released from prison on March 15, and his next mixtape Main The Mean solar day Of Judgement was released on May nineteen, 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 August 24, followed by 4Freedom, 4Loyalty and 4WhatImportant on Baronial 30, September 6 and fourteen, respectively. In conjunction with the final role being released, all four EPs were combined into a 16-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'southward Top Music Artists list in the Us 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 as well the ninth best selling artist on the 2019 Billboard Mid-Year Charts and was seventh in the top x artists ranked by on-demand sound streams without dropping a project in the commencement vi months of 2019.[29]

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

On Oct four, 2019, Gaulden released the song "Bandit", with rapper Juice Wrld, released as the final new song by Juice Wrld as a lead artist earlier his death. The song reached number 10 on the USBillboard Hot 100, becoming NBA Youngboy's highest charting single.

On October 10, 2019, Gaulden released his mixtape AI YoungBoy 2, and debuted at number one on the United states Billboard 200.[5] The mixtape is a sequel to his 2017 breakout AI Youngboy and features 18 songs, including the previously released song "Slime Mentality".[30] Gaulden was able to get his first number i album on the Billboard 200 because the album had accumulated 144.vii one thousand thousand on-demand audio streams during its starting time week, becoming one of the top ten biggest streaming debuts of 2019.[v]

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

In February 2020, Gaulden released his mixtape, Still Flexin, Yet Steppin. It debuted at number two on the United states of america Billboard 200, becoming his second-highest charting album after his 2019 number-one album AI YoungBoy two.[32] On April 24, 2020, Gaulden released his mixtape 38 Baby 2, debuting at number i on the Billboard 200.[33] On Baronial 20, 2020, Gaulden announced the release of his second studio album titled Elevation, 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 ane on the Billboard 200 and became his third number-one anthology in under one year.

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 available three days afterward to streaming services with 4 additional songs. The mixtape has no guest features.[36] On November twenty, 2020, Gaulden released a collaborative project with Rich the Kid, titled Nobody Condom.[37]

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

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

Gaulden released some other mixtape, titled Colors, on Jan 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 fashion

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 piece of work ethic described as being of a "rapid fire pace".[42] YoungBoy has released a total of twenty-half-dozen studio albums, EP'southward, and mixtapes since 2015.

Legal problems

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 down 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 2017 for attempted first degree murder.[45] Speaking on his incarceration, he said "I don't think they really target, but if you lot got a proper name, they know who you is, you do something, they gonna come get you, and whoever yous're with and any they do, you're accountable for information technology but because you got the biggest name. That's how that shit become."[46] Facing 2 counts of attempted first-degree murder, he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of aggravated assail with a firearm. On Baronial 23, 2017, he was sentenced to a suspended x-year prison term and three years of active probation.[44]

Gaulden was arrested earlier a concert at The Moon nightclub in Tallahassee on February 25, 2018. Gaulden had a warrant in the Land of Georgia for allegedly committing assault, weapons violations and kidnapping.[47] Hotel surveillance footage leaked presently post-obit his arrest showing Gaulden assaulting someone.[48] On March fifteen, 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 burn after a shooter in a black Cadillac Escalade opened burn, injuring Gaulden's girlfriend and killing a bystander.[50] Though Gaulden'south charges for the shooting itself were dismissed, he was constitute to exist in the visitor of Ben Fields and Trulondrick "Boomer" Norman, which violated a special condition of his probation; for this violation, the judge ordered him to spend xc days in jail, banned him from performing for the next 14 months, and sentenced him to business firm arrest with electronic monitoring for the residual of his probation.[51] On December 13, 2019, the judge officially terminated Gaulden's probation for 2 counts of attempted murder.[52] He was sentenced to a twelvemonth 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 amidst 16 people arrested in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on diverse charges, including distribution and manufacturing of drugs and possession of stolen firearms. His lawyer denied whatsoever guilt, stating "There was no indication that he had whatsoever guns or drugs on him at the fourth dimension 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 past federal agents executing a federal warrant. Officers attempted to stop a vehicle with Gaulden in it to serve the warrant when Gaulden took off on foot. Subsequently 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.five million bail.[57]

Personal life

At 22 years old, Gaulden is the father of seven children with six different women.[58] [59] [60] Two of his sons, Kayden and Kacey, appeared in the video for his single, "Kacey Talk".[34]

In a 2017 profile for The Fader, Gaulden named Kamron every bit ane of his sons. Kamron was born in July 2016 to Starr Thigpen just weeks later on Kayden.[61] All the same, a Dna test later confirmed that he was not the biological father.[62]

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

Discography

Studio albums

  • Until Death Telephone call My Proper noun (2018)
  • Summit (2020)
  • Sincerely, Kentrell (2021)

Awards and nominations

See besides

• List of highest-certified music artists in the U.s.

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External links

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

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