

While there, he began writing lyrics for his debut project. He dropped out of ninth grade and was arrested for robbery and sent to a detention center in Tallulah, Louisiana. Gaulden was raised mainly by his maternal grandmother due to his father being sentenced to 55 years in prison. The brace left permanent scars on his forehead. He broke his neck while wrestling as a toddler, the injury requiring a head brace until the spine healed. Kentrell Gaulden was born on October 20, 1999, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 2.2 2018–2019: Until Death Call My Name and AI YoungBoy 2.2.1 2015–2017: Career beginnings and AI YoungBoy.

In September 2021, Sincerely, Kentrell (2021) was released from prison, topping the charts again, making him the third artist besides 2Pac and Lil Wayne to have a chart-topping album while incarcerated.


Later that year, Gaulden released his second studio album Top (2020), which followed suit as his third chart-topping project in less than a year. In April 2020, he released 38 Baby 2, becoming his second chart-topping project on the Billboard 200. A week later, Gaulden released AI YoungBoy 2 (2019), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. In October 2019, Gaulden released the single " Bandit" with Juice Wrld, which became his first top-ten single. The song became the lead single for his debut studio album Until Death Call My Name (2018) which peaked at number 7 on the US Billboard 200. In January 2018, Gaulden released the single " Outside Today", which peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In late 2017, Gaulden was signed to Atlantic Records. Between 20, Gaulden released six independent mixtapes, and steadily garnered a cult following through his work. Kentrell DeSean Gaulden (born October 20, 1999), known professionally as YoungBoy Never Broke Again (also known as NBA YoungBoy or simply YoungBoy), is an American rapper.
