YoungBoy Never Broke Again

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**Kentrell DeSean Gaulden** (born October 20, 1999), known professionally as **YoungBoy Never Broke Again** (also known as **NBA YoungBoy** or simply **YoungBoy**), is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Between 2015 and 2017, Gaulden released eight independent mixtapes, and steadily garnered a cult following through his work. In late 2017, Gaulden was signed to Atlantic Records, who distributed two additional mixtapes. In January 2018, Gaulden released the single "Outside Today", which peaked at number 31 on the *Billboard* Hot 100 chart. The song was the lead single for his debut studio album *Until Death Call My Name* (2018) which peaked at number 7 on the US *Billboard* 200. His follow up singles included "Valuable Pain", "Slime Belief", and "Genie".

Gaulden's first chart-topping project was *AI YoungBoy 2* (2019), which debuted and peaked at number one on the *Billboard* 200. It included the singles "Self Control", "Slime Mentality" and "Make No Sense". Gaulden also collaborated with the late rapper Juice Wrld on "Bandit", which became his first top-ten single. In April 2020, he released his sixteenth mixtape *38 Baby 2*, which debuted at number one on the *Billboard* 200. Later that year, Gaulden released his second studio album *Top* (2020) which became his third chart topping album in less than one year.

## Early Life

Kentrell Gaulden was born on October 20, 1999, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Gaulden broke his neck while wrestling as a toddler, the injury requiring a head brace until the spine healed. The brace left permanent scars on his forehead. Gaulden was raised mainly by his maternal grandmother due to his father being sentenced to 55 years in prison. He dropped out of ninth grade and told his mom he wanted to focus on his music career and was soon arrested in 2015 for robbery and sent to a detention center in Tallulah, Louisiana. While there, he began writing lyrics for his debut project.

After 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 (also known as OG 3Three). The two then used acts of criminality to begin to pay for studio time.

## Good Qualities

1. He has nice melodic vocals.
2. He has good energy.
3. His rapping voice is really tough, gritty. grimy and powerful.
4. He's a good lyrist as he tends to rap about the struggles went through and how he rose up to fame. He also tends to rap about dead friends, depression, family issues, gang life, drug abuse, and love issues.
5. He collaborated with great artists like Juice WRLD, Lil Baby and Kevin Gates.
6. He can flow really well and he's great at switching it up.
7. He has amazing production. It can have awesome heavy basses, relaxed instruments, adventurous synths or melodic and catchy bassas.
8. He has some great songs like "Untouchable", "No Smoke", "Solar Eclipse" and "Outside Today", "Genie" and "Love is Poison".
9. His feature on "Bandit" by the late Juice WRLD was great.
10. His feature on "NBAYOUNGBOAT" by Lil Yacthy was also great.
11. He does great a feature and often outshines the main artist like on "NBAYOUNGBOAT" by Lil Yachty and "Bankroll" by Rich The Kid.
12. His songs having good meaning.
13. His rapping is really cool.
14. His 2018 studio album *Until Death Call My Name* is great. His mixtapes Ain't Too Long, *AI YoungBoy* and AI YoungBoy 2 are really good as well.
15. Pretty much every song he drops gain millions of views in such a short time.
16. He can use autotune really well.
17. He can switch his style up to angry and aggressive gangsta rap and even calm, soothing, autotuned style.
18. He has good chemistry with Quando Rondo and Kevin Gates.
19. He cares about his fans as his some songs send messages that he appreciates them and that they shouldn't ever worry about him.
20. Most of his albums only have a small amount of bad songs.
21. He is very diverse.
22. He make inspiring music.
23. He shows love to fans and supporters.
24. He signed p yungin to his label.
25. He pay Tribute to juice wrld at his concert after his death.

## Bad Qualities

1. He drops too much music.
2. Due to his Baton Rouge accent, it sounds like he said something different from what he really said and its commonly mistaken for Mumble rap. A good example would be his song "Bout My Business" he says "I watched my Grandpa save pennies", but when you listen to the hook it sounds like he said "I watched my Grandpa say penis".
3. He had a page on Horrible Music & Songs Wiki, however it was soon deleted due to YoungBoy's reception being too good to be there.
4. He once had a page on Best Music Wiki, but it was taken down due to his reception being mixed.
5. He worked with terrible artists like Birdman and Rich The Kid.
6. For only being 21, he has a criminal record.
7. Some of his music isn't good.
	* He has bad songs like "Around", "Ten Talk" and "Red Rum".
	* His screaming voice can be annoying sometimes.
	* His hooks can ruin a song.
	* He was accused of predicting King Von's death.
	* He fought with his mom online at one point.
	* His singing voice is sometimes high, whiny and annoying.
	* In some of his songs he has at least one corny line.
	* A lot of people stated that he ruined "TRAGIC" by THE KID LAROI.
	* Sometimes he ruins his songs by his high-pitched singing voice. On top of that, at the beginning of his song "Freeddawg" he's doing nothing but making noise.
	* On his song "Red Rum" there are terrible lines like "I'm tryna get my son some head while he one years old".
	* He had one bad album 38 baby 2 because it was more Rnb than Hip hop.
	* He had several beefs with Moneybagg yo, Kevin gates, Fredo bang,jaydayoungan.

## Criminal Record

* In November 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 group of people on a South Baton Rouge street. Gaulden was charged with two counts of attempted murder. Gaulden was in jail from December 2016 to August 2017 for attempted first degree murder.
* On February 25, 2018. Gaulden had a warrant in the State of Georgia for allegedly committing assault, weapons violations and kidnapping. He was then released from prison on a $75,000 bail. He and his girlfriend both went online to confirm that it was nothing but play fighting, but it's unknown if they're telling the truth or not.
* Gaulden was out on probation due to a shooting that happened in Miami that involved him and his girlfriend, killing an innocent man, which violated his probation and was incarcerated for three months. He was required to do probation for 14 months. On December 13, 2019, the judge officially terminated Gaulden's probation for two counts of attempted murder. He is currently living in Los Angeles, and is on a plea deal for the case that he has against his ex-girlfriend Jania
* 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 time of the arrest". As news of his arrest surfaced, Gaulden deleted all of his social media, including his Instagram and Twitter accounts.
* On March 22, 2021, Gaulden was arrested by 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. After a search that involved using a K9, Gaulden was found and booked on federal criminal charges.

## Discography

#### Studio Albums

* *Until Death Call My Name (2018)*
* *Top (2020)*
* *Sincerely, Kentrell (TBA)*

#### Compliation albums

* *4Respect 4Freedom 4Loyalty 4WhatImportant (2018)*
* *Never Broke Again, Vol. 1: Ain't Too Long 2 (2020)*

#### Commercial mixtapes

* *AI YoungBoy 2 (2019)*
* *Still Flexin, Still Steppin (2020)*
* *38 Baby 2 (2020)*

#### Mixtapes

* *Life Before Fame (2015)*
* *Mind of a Menace (2015)*
* *Mind of a Menace 2 (2016)*
* *Before I Go (2016)*
* *38 Baby (2016)*
* *Mind of a Menace 3 (2016)*
* *Before I Go: Reloaded (2016)*
* *Mind of a Menace 3: Reloaded (2017)*
* *A.I. YoungBoy (2017)*
* *Ain't Too Long (2017)*
* *Master the Day of Judgement (2018)*
* *Decided (2018)*
* *Realer (2018)*
* *Until I Return (2020)*

#### Collaborative Mixtapes

* *Fed Baby's* (with Moneybagg Yo) (2017)
* *Kane & O-Dog* (with VL Deck) (2018)
* *Nobody Safe (*with Rich The Kid) (2020)