YoungBoy Never Broke Again

YoungBoy Never Broke Again

Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, known as YoungBoy Never Broke Again, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. His first chart-topping project was AI YoungBoy 2, which debuted and peaked at number one on the Billboard 200. His second studio album Top became his third chart topping album in less than one year. He was arrested in December 2016, on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder in connection with an alleged drive-by shooting.

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Summary YoungBoy Never Broke AgainKentrell DeSean Gaulden, known as YoungBoy Never Broke Again, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. His first chart-topping project was AI YoungBoy 2, which debuted and peaked at number one on the Billboard 200. His second studio album Top became his third chart topping album in less than one year. He was arrested in December 2016, on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder in connection with an alleged drive-by shooting. Despite being arrested in February 2018, YoungBoy announced his debut album, Until Death Call My Name in January 2018. The album was released on April 27, 2018, and is his highest charting song to date, peaking at number 31 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. He is currently on tour with Meek Mill, Young Thug, 21 Savage, Boosie Badazz, and Yo Gotti. He has also collaborated with the late rapper Juice Wrld on his first top-ten single, \”Bandit\”, which became his firstTop-ten hit. He released his sixteenth mixtape 38 Baby 2 in April 2020, which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboards Billboard 200. He also released a video for his song, \”41\”, that included cameos from notable artists including, MeekMill, YoungThug, and 21 Savage.

He currently lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with his mother and two older brothers. His father was sentenced to 55 years in prison, and he was raised mainly by his maternal grandmother due to his father’s prison sentence. He dropped out of ninth grade and told his mom he wanted to focus on his music career and was soon arrested for robbery and sent to a detention center in Tallulah, Louisiana. He moved in with his friend and fellow Baton Rouge rapper, NBA 3Three, to pay for studio time. He began producing music with a microphone he bought from Walmart when he was 14 years old. He first released his first mixtape, Life Before Fame in 2015. A string of other mixtapes followed including Mind of a Menace, Mind of the Menace 2, and Before I Go. In August 2017, he released his mixtape A. YoungBoy which charted at number 24 on the Billboard 200, and at number 95 on the Hot 100. The single I. YoungBoy, from the project, No Smoke, peaked at no 61 on the chart.