BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Baton Rouge rapper NBA YoungBoy, legally known as Kentrell Gaulden, was sentenced to 23 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges of being a felon in ...

Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, better known as rapper NBA YoungBoy, appears to have been granted a July 2025 release from prison as part of a plea deal.

Gaulden, 25, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, reached the agreement with federal prosecutors in September, and he and the attorneys signed the deal Tuesday, court documents show. The rapper acknowledged ...