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Youngboy Never Broke Again Mind of a Menace Songs

American rapper from Louisiana (born 1999)

YoungBoy Never Bankrupt Again
YoungBoy in 2018

YoungBoy in 2018
Background information
Nascence name Kentrell DeSean Gaulden
Also known as
  • NBA YoungBoy
  • Lil Top
  • YoungBoy
Born (1999-10-20) October 20, 1999 (age 22)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.Southward.
Genres
  • Hip hop
  • southern hip hop
  • gangsta rap
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active 2015–nowadays
Labels
  • Never Broke Once again
  • Atlantic
Associated acts
  • Birdman
  • Boosie Badazz
  • DaBaby
  • Kevin Gates
  • Moneybagg Yo
  • Quando Rondo
  • Rich the Kid
Children 9
Website youngboynba.com

Musical artist

Kentrell DeSean Gaulden (built-in Oct 20, 1999), known professionally as YoungBoy Never Broke Again [one] [two] (also known as NBA YoungBoy or just YoungBoy), is an American rapper. Between 2015 and 2017, he released 6 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.[iii] The song became the lead single for his debut studio album Until Death Telephone call My Name (2018) which peaked at number seven on the US Billboard 200.

In October 2019, Gaulden released the single "Bandit" (with Juice Wrld), which became his showtime top-10 single.[4] A calendar week later on, he released AI YoungBoy 2 (2019), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.[five] In April 2020, he released 38 Baby 2, becoming his second chart-topping project on the Billboard 200. Later that yr, Gaulden released his 2nd studio anthology Summit (2020), which followed suit as his third nautical chart-topping project in less than a year.[six] In September 2021, Sincerely, Kentrell (2021) was released from prison, topping the charts again, making him the third artist as well 2Pac and Lil Wayne to have a chart-topping anthology while incarcerated.[seven] [8]

Despite his success, Gaulden'south career has been marked by a long history of legal problems 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.v meg bail later on serving seven months and was sentenced to pre-trial business firm arrest in Utah.[10]

Early life

Kentrell Gaulden was born on Oct 20, 1999, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He broke his neck while wrestling as a toddler, the injury requiring a caput 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 being sentenced to 55 years in prison.[11] He dropped out of high schoolhouse in ninth grade and was arrested for robbery and sent to a detention eye in Tallulah, Louisiana. While there, he began writing lyrics for his debut project.[i]

After he was released from the detention center, Gaulden'southward grandmother died of eye failure and Gaulden moved in with his friend and fellow Billy Rouge rapper, NBA 3Three (also known as OG 3Three). The two then used acts of misdeed to begin to pay for studio fourth dimension.[eleven]

Career

2015–2017: Career beginnings and AI YoungBoy

Gaulden first began producing music with a microphone he bought from Walmart when he was 14 years old.[11] He released his first mixtape, Life Before Fame in 2015. A cord of other mixtapes followed including Mind of a Menace, Mind of a Menace 2, and Before I Become. Gaulden attracted attention with his October 2016 mixtape, 38 Babe [1] [12] which featured boyfriend Baton Rouge natives, Boosie Badazz, Kevin Gates, and fellow rappers Stroke Tha Don and NBA 3Three.[13] A week later, Gaulden released another mixtape titled Mind of a Menace 3 on November 4, 2016. Gaulden quick rise to popularity could likewise exist attributed to his "song-for-vocal rap beefiness" with fellow Baton Rouge rapper Scotty Cain in December 2015, in which songs from both rappers included expiry threats. Although no real violence e'er occurred betwixt the 2 Billy 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-degree murder in connectedness with an alleged bulldoze-past shooting.[12] [xiv] While in jail in Due east Billy Rouge Parish, Louisiana,[12] Gaulden re-released his two mixtapes, Earlier I Go and Mind of a Menace 3. Gaulden was released from prison house in May 2017 after taking a plea deal and posting bail.[15] A week after leaving prison house, 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, Immature Thug, 21 Vicious, 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 single, "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 noun and AI YoungBoy two

Gaulden released the single "Outside 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 appear his debut studio album, Until Death Telephone call My Name on January 11, soon later on 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 side by side mixtape Master The Day Of Judgement was released on May 19, 2018.[25] Throughout the summer of 2018, Gaulden released a serial of 4 EPs, each containing 4 tracks. The showtime of which, 4Respect, was released on August 24, followed past 4Freedom, 4Loyalty and 4WhatImportant on August 30, September 6 and xiv, respectively. In conjunction with the final part being released, all four EPs were combined into a 16-runway 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 Infant and Plies.[28]

By January 2019, Gaulden was on YouTube's Top 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 part to his consistency of releasing music regularly and exclusively on YouTube. He was likewise the 9th best selling artist on the 2019 Billboard Mid-Year Charts and was 7th in the acme ten artists ranked past on-demand audio streams without dropping a project in the first half-dozen months of 2019.[29]

Gaulden was sentenced to 14 months on house arrest following a probation violation before in 2019. Due to the house abort, he was unable to record music from anywhere likewise his house.[30] On September 25, 2019, Gaulden released the "aptly titled" unmarried "House Arrest Tingz".[31]

On Oct 4, 2019, Gaulden released the song "Bandit", with rapper Juice Wrld, released as the final new song past Juice Wrld every bit a atomic number 82 artist before his death. The song reached number 10 on the USBillboard Hot 100, becoming NBA Youngboy's highest charting single.

On October x, 2019, Gaulden released his mixtape AI YoungBoy 2, and debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard 200.[v] The mixtape is a sequel to his 2017 breakout AI Youngboy and features 18 songs, including the previously released vocal "Slime Mentality".[30] Gaulden was able to get his outset number ane album on the Billboard 200 because the anthology had accumulated 144.7 one thousand thousand on-demand sound streams during its first week, becoming one of the meridian 10 biggest streaming debuts of 2019.[5]

2020-nowadays: 38 Baby 2, Elevation and Sincerely, Kentrell

In February 2020, Gaulden released his mixtape, Nevertheless Flexin, Still Steppin. It debuted at number 2 on the US Billboard 200, becoming his second-highest charting anthology after his 2019 number-ane album AI YoungBoy 2.[32] On Apr 24, 2020, Gaulden released his mixtape 38 Baby 2, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200.[33] On August 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 one on the Billboard 200 and became his third number-one album in under one year.

On November xi, 2020, Gaulden released his fourth solo project of 2020, the mixtape Until I Return. It was released exclusively on YouTube, and was fabricated available 3 days later to streaming services with four additional songs. The mixtape has no invitee features.[36] On Nov twenty, 2020, Gaulden released a collaborative project with Rich the Kid, titled Nobody Safe.[37]

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

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

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

Musical manner

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

Legal issues

On November 28, 2016, U.Due south. 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 2017 for attempted outset degree murder.[45] Speaking on his incarceration, he said "I don't think they really target, but if you got a name, they know who you is, yous do something, they gonna come up get you, and whoever you're with and whatever they do, you're accountable for it but because you got the biggest proper name. That'southward how that shit go."[46] Facing two counts of attempted kickoff-degree murder, he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of aggravated assault with a firearm. On August 23, 2017, he was sentenced to a suspended 10-twelvemonth prison house term and three years of agile probation.[44]

Gaulden was arrested before 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.[47] Hotel surveillance footage leaked shortly 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 burn after a shooter in a black Cadillac Escalade opened fire, injuring Gaulden'south girlfriend and killing a bystander.[50] Though Gaulden'southward 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 fourteen months, and sentenced him to business firm arrest with electronic monitoring for the residue of his probation.[51] On Dec thirteen, 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 xviii, 2019 for the example that he had confronting his ex-girlfriend Jania.[53] He is currently living in Los Angeles.

On September 28, 2020, Gaulden was amidst sixteen 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 whatever guns or drugs on him at the time 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 by federal agents executing a federal warrant. Officers attempted to stop a vehicle with Gaulden in information technology to serve the warrant when Gaulden took off on foot. Afterwards a search that involved using a K9, Gaulden was plant and booked on federal criminal charges.[56] On Oct 26, 2021, he was released from jail on a $ane.5 million bail.[57]

Personal life

At 22 years old, Gaulden is the begetter 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 contour for The Fader, Gaulden named Kamron every bit one of his sons. Kamron was born in July 2016 to Starr Thigpen merely weeks after Kayden.[61] However, a DNA test later on confirmed that he was not the biological father.[62]

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

Discography

Studio albums

  • Until Death Phone call My Proper noun (2018)
  • Top (2020)
  • Sincerely, Kentrell (2021)

Awards and nominations

See also

• List of highest-certified music artists in the Us

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External links

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

Youngboy Never Broke Again Mind of a Menace Songs

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