"Between 2015 and 2017, YoungBoy NBA released six independent mixtapes and steadily gathered a cult following through his work. But it wasn’t always peaches and cream for him."--MACCELL DRUMGOOLE, 10th grade
Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, known professionally as YoungBoy Never Broke Again, NBA YoungBoy or simply YoungBoy, is an American rapper. Between 2015 and 2017, he released six independent mixtapes and steadily gathered 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 surprisingly hit number thirty-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song became the lead single for his debut studio album, Until Death Call My Name, in 2018, which also hit number seven on the US Billboard 100. And from that point forward, it has been nothing, but the American Dream for YoungBoy.
In late 2017, Gaulden was signed to Atlantic Records. In January 2018, he released the single "Outside Today," which surprisingly hit number thirty-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song became the lead single for his debut studio album, Until Death Call My Name, in 2018, which also hit number seven on the US Billboard 100. And from that point forward, it has been nothing, but the American Dream for YoungBoy.
But it wasn’t always peaches and cream for Kentrell DeSean Gaulden. He was born on the 20th of October 1999, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He mainly grew up with his grandmother, due to the fact of his father being sentenced to 55 years in prison, in which he explained “It was hard but fun.” Unfortunately for him, Gaulden broke his neck as a toddler, with the injury meaning he had to wear a head brace until his spine healed leaving scars that he still carries today on his forehead. Youngboy eventually ended up dropping out of school in ninth grade to attempt to pursue a music career. However, shortly after departing from school, he was arrested for robbery. This would kick off his music career, as during his six-month sentence in a juvenile detention center, Kentrell wrote a song which ended up being on his first mixtape, “Life Before Fame,” which was released in 2015. Presently, he is an amazing artist within the music industry and a great father to his children.
As of 2022, NBA Youngboy's net worth is approximately $6 million. Since being released from prison and placed on house arrest, he has been dropping nothing but banger after banger. His new hit single “Fish Scale” is going crazy, as well as releasing a new album called Colors. This man does not miss.
But one song on the album is causing a lot of trouble headed YoungBoy’s way. A song on the album called Bring the Hook is what kicked it off. One bar that got just about everyone in Chicago talking was when he took a shot at the famed O Block neighborhood in the Chi’s Southside, where rappers such as Lil Durk, King Von, Chief Keef and more once called home. YB sang “...this that Squid Game, O Block pack get rolled up/murder what they told us, Atlanta boy get rolled up,” much to the outrage of Chicago natives.
The menacing lyrics caught the attention of Lil Durk and Von’s sister, Kayla B, who both responded in subliminal fashion on social media on Wednesday, January 12. “Don’t claim it if you ain’t do it you still a b***,” Durko captioned his Instagram photo, which shows him flexing stacks of cash, chains and posing next to a canvas of King Von from his Welcome To O’Block album photoshoot.
The menacing lyrics caught the attention of Lil Durk and Von’s sister, Kayla B, who both responded in subliminal fashion on social media on Wednesday, January 12. “Don’t claim it if you ain’t do it you still a b***,” Durko captioned his Instagram photo, which shows him flexing stacks of cash, chains and posing next to a canvas of King Von from his Welcome To O’Block album photoshoot.
“On demon time in the house on house arrest? get in these streets” — KAYLAB
Fellow Chicago rapper Lil Reese also went after NBA YoungBoy, claiming he’s just copying the flow that’s trending in Hop Hop right now.
“That ain’t no demon time he just rapping like the rest of these rappers all rap” — Lil Reese
The day before his death, King Von revealed during an interview with Akademiks that he had no real issues with NBA Youngboy, and there wasn’t any actual beef. “They be saying that a lot,” he said. “It’s like, we got the same issues…and then you know how the internet will try to make it.”
Hopefully this situation dies down so it won’t negatively affect both artists careers and futures, so Youngboy can proceed with blessing us with some more of them bangers.
Fellow Chicago rapper Lil Reese also went after NBA YoungBoy, claiming he’s just copying the flow that’s trending in Hop Hop right now.
“That ain’t no demon time he just rapping like the rest of these rappers all rap” — Lil Reese
The day before his death, King Von revealed during an interview with Akademiks that he had no real issues with NBA Youngboy, and there wasn’t any actual beef. “They be saying that a lot,” he said. “It’s like, we got the same issues…and then you know how the internet will try to make it.”
Hopefully this situation dies down so it won’t negatively affect both artists careers and futures, so Youngboy can proceed with blessing us with some more of them bangers.
