YoungBoy Never Broke Again has been sentenced to 23 months in jail in a federal gun case that has run on since 2020. Charged with a number of counts of possessing firearms as a convicted felon, the Louisiana-born rapper, whose authorized identify is Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, reached a worldwide plea deal that additionally reduces 4 different prices to misdemeanors and resolves a separate case involving prices of prescription fraud. He’ll obtain credit score for time served and could possibly be out subsequent yr, earlier than a 60-month probation interval.
“This has been a protracted street that concerned intensive litigation and in the end intensive negotiation,” YoungBoy By no means Broke Once more’s attorneys, Drew Findling, Jeremy M. Delicino, and Jon Williams, mentioned in an announcement shared with Pitchfork. “Kentrell’s protection crew could be very completely happy for Kentrell and we sit up for his many future successes.”
YoungBoy By no means Broke Once more has been residing in Utah since 2021. He spent greater than two years under house arrest, however he was transferred to jail, in Could, after law enforcement officials raided his home and mentioned they discovered proof of a “large-scale prescription drug fraud ring” and a gun. The musician, final month, agreed to plead guilty to prices linked to the alleged drug ring, however he was not sentenced to time in a Utah state jail, because the choose anticipated him to be serving time in federal jail.
