Baton Rouge rapper NBA YoungBoy has been released from a federal prison in Alabama and transferred to a residential reentry management office in Phoenix.
Management offices operate halfway houses and manage detainees as they prepare for supervised home confinement or release.
The 25-year-old rapper's full release date is now April 26, according to prison records.
YoungBoy, whose legal name is Kentrell Gaulden, has been in and out of jail, with stints of house arrest, since he was arrested in 2020 for federal gun possession charges while filming a music video in Baton Rouge.
His latest term in jail was being served at a medium-security federal prison in Talladega, Alabama, before he was transferred to Phoenix.
Gaulden was sentenced to serve 23 months behind bars after pleading guilty in December to possession of a firearm while a felon. His case had been transferred to a Utah district court, and Gaulden had been awaiting trial while on house arrest there. As part of the same plea, Gaulden agreed to serve five years of probation following his release, with credit for time already served.
YoungBoy was given credit for time served dating back to May 2024. It is unclear whether Gaulden is now serving his term in home confinement or at a short-term facility managed by RRM Phoenix.
According to DJ Akademics, a rap internet personality and podcaster who allegedly spoke with a member of YoungBoy's label, Gaulden is now with his family and is expected to be released in a month.
Talked to OG 3Three… NBA Youngboy is home spending time w family. Has a curfew for 30 days and has to stay at certain location (NO DOX). Have some patience. TOUR is locked in. YB fans get ready. Give him some time though. Well give u more info when available.
2025. YB.
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) March 25, 2025
Gaulden's attorney could not be reached Tuesday for comment.
Gaulden's weapons case in Baton Rouge dates back to Sept. 28, 2020, when a "reliable source" reported that members of the Never Broke Again and "Bottom Boy Guerrillas" street crews were congregated at an abandoned lot in the 3800 block of Chippewa Street.
The complainant tipped off the BRPD’s now-disbanded Street Crimes Unit, telling them several men on scene were walking down the street brandishing "uzis," pistols and long rifles, according to court documents. Police arrived and detained 16 people.