Who Is NBA YoungBoy?

Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, one of the most popular rappers who goes by the name of YoungBoy Never Broke Again has 4 Billboard #1 albums and 15 Billboard Hot 100 albums. The American rapper is 22 and has been in and out of jail since he was a teenager and is currently on house arrest in one of his many homes in Salt Lake City, Utah on trial for his gun possession charge in Los Angeles on July 15th. He still faces gun charges in his hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Atlantic Records rapper’s lawyers requested his release from house arrest in light of a jury finding him not guilty.  

He is the #1 streamed artist on youtube with 9.4 billion views, 18 music videos that reached over 100 million views, 5 music videos that have over 200 million views and over 10 million subscribers. Youngboy or YB to his most dedicated fans has 1.5 billion streams, 67.7 Million hours, with 48.1 million listeners in 92 different countries around the world. Youngboys music has been streamed more than six billion times since last September, including over one billion video streams. In 2016 he made a deal with Atlantic Records  for $2 million.

Struggling with legal problems in 2017, facing two counts of attempted murder for his role in a drive-by shooting, YB pleaded guilty to a smaller charge of aggravated assault with a fire arm and recieved a suspended 10 year prison sentence, plus probation . After other arrests, including one for domestic violence in 2018, and another shootout in which the rapper’s crew was found to be acting in self-defense, YoungBoy was ordered to spend 90 days in jail and serve the rest of his probation on house arrest. “You have a choice to make,” a judge told him “you can either be Kentrell or NBA ”. The rapper replied “I feel the same way. I can’t be both”.

NBA YoungBoy has an estimated net worth of $4 million USD. He made a song with another popular rapper known as Juice WRLD on bandit, which became his first top ten song and highest charting single and it topped at number ten on Billboard Hot 100. Even though he is a rapper, he is also a father of 10. In 2019, YoungBoy won the award of BET Hip Hop in the category of the best impact track.