NBA YoungBoy Net Worth, Biography, Musical Career

Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, known professionally as YoungBoy Never Broke Again, is an American rapper. Between 2015 and 2017, he released six independent mixtapes and steadily garnered a cult following through his work. In late 2017, Gaulden was signed to Atlantic Records

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Biography

Kentrell Gaulden was born on October 20, 1999, in BatonRouge, Louisiana. He broke his neck while wrestling as a toddler, the injury requiring a head brace until the spine healed. Everyone knows NBA YoungBoy is a proud native of Louisiana. However, with YB’s cult fanbase, it doesn’t come as a surprise that some of his most loyal fans would go to extra lengths to find out where he lives in his hometown of Banton Rouge.

 In January 2021, he and Iyanna Mayweather welcomed their first child together, his sixth son, Kentrell Jr. His brother is named Ken Gaulden.

NBA YoungBoy Net Worth

While many Gen Z rappers are diversifying their investments and building outside businesses, NBA YoungBoy has focused squarely on the music. And, even while he’s incarcerated, his team is still trying to work out a way for him to continue to make music. What’s more, the “Bandit” rapper was reportedly amongst the highest-paid rappers of 2020, according to XXL Magazine.

So dedicated is he to his craft that he actually petitioned a judge to allow him to work from his at-home studio while surrounded by ex-military armed guards, according to Rolling Stone. And though the case is still pending before a federal judge, that move is proof that regardless of what life throws his way, NBA YoungBoy is going to throw his heart and soul into his craft. It’s no wonder his net worth is as high as it is.

As of August 2022, NBA Youngboy’s estimated to be worth $6 Million.

Musical Career

 NBA YoungBoy is one of the only rappers, today, who make the bulk of his money from the actual music. His music career kicked off in late 2017 when he signed to Atlantic Records. Then, in January 2018, he dropped his first single, “Outside Today,” which drove his debut album, “Until Death Call My Name,” to peak at No. 7 on the Billboard charts.

In September 2021, “Sincerely Kentrell” dropped, and almost immediately went to the top of the charts. YoungBoy NBA then became one of only three rappers — the other two being 2Pac and Lil Wayne — to have chart-topping albums while incarcerated.

According to Billboard, NBA YoungBoy has made three studio albums, one compilation album, fifteen mixtapes, three collaborative mixtapes, three extended plays, and twenty-six singles (including six as a featured artist

He first began producing music when he was merely fourteen years of age. In 2014, he released his first mixtape, ‘Life Before Fame’ as NBA YoungBoy. He followed it with a string of mixtapes including ‘Mind of a Menace’, ‘Mind of a Menace 2’, and ‘Mind of a Menace 3’.

In 2016, YoungBoy first came to the limelight with his super hit mixtape ’38 Baby’, which received millions of views on YouTube. He followed it with a ‘song-for-song rap beef’ with fellow Baton Rouge rapper Scotty Cain. 

In May 2017, YoungBoy released the super hit song ‘Untouchable’. The single peaked at number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. He followed it with a video for his song ‘41’. 

YoungBoy’s career took a meteoric rise with his single ‘Outside Today’ in 2018. The song became the highest-charting song of his career, peaking at number 35 on Billboard Hit 100.

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