Kentrell DeSean Gaulden (born October 20, 1999), known professionally as YoungBoy Never Broke Again(also known as NBA YoungBoy[a] or simply YoungBoy), is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Between 2015 and 2017, Gaulden released eight independent mixtapes, and steadily garnered a cult following through his work.In late 2017, Gaulden was signed to Atlantic Records, who distributed two additional mixtapes.
Gaulden's first chart-topping project was AI YoungBoy 2 (2019), which debuted and peaked at number one on the Billboard 200.In April 2020, he released his sixteenth mixtape 38 Baby 2, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Later that year, Gaulden released his second studio album Top (2020) which became his third chart topping album in less than one year.