While details were initially scarce, WAFB in Baton Rouge, Louisiana has learned the reason behind NBA YoungBoy’s release from prison Monday (May 22). The Southern rapper was reportedly set free after pleading guilty to a lesser charge. Judge Bonnie Jackson granted a $50,000 post-conviction bond after the plea, according to his lawyer.
Although he was initially charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder after a drive-by shooting last November, YoungBoy entered a guilty plea to just one count of aggravated assault with a firearm Monday morning.
Investigators believe the 2016 shooting was retaliation for the shooting death of 18-year-old Keondrae Ricks, who was found shot to death in the 2000 block of Nebraska Street less than eight hours before the drive-by shooting incident.
YoungBoy was arrested November 28, 2016 in Austin, Texas and extradited to Louisiana, where he was booked.
He will remain out of jail until his sentence hearing. No date has been set as of yet.
(The original article was published May 23 at 7:57 a.m. PST and can be found below.)
The moment that rapper NBA YoungBoy walked out of prison, he did the rounds on social media Monday (May 22), picking up almost 350,000 views on Instagram in less than a day.
The 17-year-old rapper had been arrested last November while performing in Austin, Texas. The arrest followed a drive-by shooting on November 2, for which NBA YoungBoy was charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder.
YoungBoy, whose real name is Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, was confirmed released by several videos of him leaving the prison.
Boosie BadAzz chipped in with his two cents on the young man’s freedom, offering some advice in an Instagram post. The caption of the image first welcomed YoungBoy home, before it went on to say “Leave BR ASAP.” Boosie is referring to their shared home city of Baton Rouge.
Upon his release from prison in 2014, Boosie spoke about his own reasons for wanting to get out of the city.
“It’s always gon’ be home, but I don’t wanna live there anymore … I’mma always give back to Baton Rouge, but as far as living there? As far as laying my head there? Nah, nah. I got to go to a city where I ain’t the only one driving a Bentley Coup,” Boosie told Complex. “Getting pulled over every day. So, it’s not about that. It’s just about — It’s about your future. You can’t stay in one place.”
YoungBoy has spent the last few months sat in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, so it’s entirely possible he will want to see more of the world now that he’s out.
NBA YoungBoy originally started to pick up attention as a result of his 38 Baby mixtape, and judging by the social media reaction to his release there’s still a lot of hype around the young man’s career.
YoungBoy offered his own somewhat cryptic take on the events of the last few months by writing to Twitter: “I go threw shit too but me being bigger Im gone say “sorry for the hurt & pain.”
Young Dolph also celebrated NBA YoungBoy’s freedom with a tweet.
Who in the FUCK is this guy?
its jus somebody damn
I’m tired of you fucc niccas using my name.
SotheNBAhas ayoung boy that raps ?? Wtf is going on here..who he play for?
nba youngboy is his rap name
No shit retard, I guess that one went over ya head
Bwahahahahahahahaahahahaha how retarded you have to be to name yourself “NBA YoungBoy”
Can we send him back to prison ? Please ?
dont worry…
somebody does have to stand trail for gang -murder..
Hate when this generation celebrate ignorance
NBA is the name of the gang he is in “Never Broke Again” and his nickname is youngboy. Seems pretty right to me.
I fucc with YoungBoy’s music. Mainly his songs “Homicide” and “38 Baby”. Them sh*ts fire.
……….wtf is a “nba youngboy”???
This dude best take Lil Boopsie advice or else going to continue getting that nightstick up his ass like Boopsie did.
I’m FUKK’N WITH HOMIE SHOW THIS BITXHES WHAT YOU MADE OF BLOOD . RUN THAT XHEXK ON EM.#GANG
he was actually released wow
Yayyyy let’s celebrate a kid getting out who did a drive by shooting to get in there in the first place. He won’t do it again /s
Fuck NBA young boy
kys
catch and release deals for murderers… just as bad as muslim refugees in sweden raping children and getting a slap on the wrist. one muslim refugee rapist was sentenced to 3 months in jail and forced to pay a little over $2,000 in damages for anally raping a 15 year old girl for example… it seems like the end times are upon us.
Who is this? I got a rapper cousin coming out of jail too HHDX you guys need to get at him.
Shut up bitch your cousin ain’t shit if you ever went to a club or party your lame ass would know of youngboy eat dick hoe
bein a snitch’ll do that
Poster boy for ignorance sad our youth all want to rap most are garbage and want make a dime some are well known broke and fronting like they got money ,never heard of this dude and im sure this clown has nothing to rap about I would want to hear
Bruh have you even listened to his music? He speaks about real shit. But its whatever, listen what you want to listen to.
oh yea. forgot before. prison and jail are two different things. try using fact check next time. or common knowledge. the more you know!
This kid looks like he got Down syndrome
Who?
Let me guess..he went straight into the studio all night. lol at these nobody rappers thinking they are Tupac getting bailed out by Suge to go on to make hit records and be a major success. In reality, nobody gives a sh*t or heard about u except a couple local dummies
?? u a bitch
This nba fuckboy idiot won’t be out for long
?? u A mad bitch for what
Hell im like u .. is u big or large mad shii ..
WELCOME HOME YOUNGBOY??
Would love to catch this skinny pussy by himself and cripple him
You won’t do shit
Y’all ass mad ?? fuck Nba younboy do to y’all