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Rapper NBA YoungBoy has been sentenced to 23 months in federal prison and 60 months’ probation for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.
NBA YoungBoy, real name Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, who is also known as YoungBoy Never Broke Again, has been sentenced to 23 months in federal prison. His sentence derives from possession of a firearm as a convicted felon stemming from his arrest in 2020.
The 25-year-old Louisiana native was shooting a music video in Baton Rouge when he and 15 other individuals were detained for knowingly possessing firearms. Over a dozen guns were seized from the set.
In court documents issued December 10, Gaulden has agreed to serve 23 months in prison, followed by 60 months of probation. He has been serving time in Utah since May for six charges of possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person and for a pattern of unlawful activity. His time served could amount to reducing his remaining sentence to approximately 12 months.
Among his lesser charges include identity fraud, forgery, possession of a controlled substance, and procuring or attempting to procure drugs. Gaulden was living in Utah under house arrest for his alleged involved in a Miami shooting in 2019, as part of a plea deal in which his attorneys argued that moving him to Utah would keep him out of trouble.
Gaulden pleaded guilty back in November to his role in the large-scale prescription drug fraud ring operating out of his Utah mansion. He was charged with two counts of third-degree felony identity fraud, two counts of third-degree felony forgery, and six counts of misdemeanor unlawful pharmacy conduct. He entered a “no contest” plea to the remaining charges out of the 46 total related to the crime.
Prior to his slew of legal trouble — and sometimes during — Gaulden was a hit on the Billboard charts, with five out of eight of his full-length releases in 2022 entering the Top 10 on the Billboard 200. His album The Last Slimeto, which peaked at #2 on the chart, was his final obligated project under Atlantic Records, to which he was signed for five years. He signed to Motown in 2022.