Rapper NBA Youngboy gets prison release date after plea deal

Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, better known as rapper NBA YoungBoy, will walk out of prison in July 2025 thanks to a plea deal related to a federal gun charge in Utah last year. The Context Gaulden, known by his professional name YoungBoy Never Broke Again or NBA YoungBoy, has been releasing music since 2025 with six independent mix tapes over two years before signing a deal with Atlanta Records. Since then, he has faced no shortage of legal problems over the years, including aggravated assault with a firearm in Louisiana and posing as a doctor in order to obtain prescription painkillers. His plea deal last year attempted to resolve both issues. Newsweek reached out to Atlanta attorney Drew Findling, who represented Gaulden, for comment by email on Saturday afternoon. What to Know After much legal wrangling, the Louisiana native agreed to a deal that resolved much of the charges against him. The deal, finalized in September 2024, required Gaulden to acknowledge that while filming a rap video in Baton Rouge, he was illegally in possession of several firearms. The initial agreement resulted in a 23-month sentence with five years’ probation and a $200,000 fine, but that has changed per new information....