Grab all the details of the net worth and earnings of the American rapper NBA YoungBoy.
Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, widely known by the professional name YoungBoy Never Broke Again, or NBA YoungBoy, is an established rapper, singer, and songwriter. He began his music career in 2014, and between 2015 and 2017, Gaulden released eight independent mixtapes. Additionally, he's also released some studio albums and hit singles so far in his music career.
NBA YoungBoy has gained a lot of popularity in recent years and even garnered a cult following through his work. With the successes he's made in the past few years, NBA YoungBoy has also managed to make quite a lot of money. He boasts an impressive net worth, the details of which we have compiled below.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, rapper NBA YoungBoy holds an estimated net worth of $6 million as of December 2020. He made this amount of fortune solely through his music career, through album sales, earnings from concerts and tours, and YouTube.
NBA YoungBoy holds an estimated net worth of $6 million as of December 2020.
Source: Billboard
In an interview with XXL Mag, NBA YoungBoy said he began to write music at the age of seven. 'I wrote my first song in the first or second grade. I was on and off from there,' he said, as per The Sun. Born on October 20, 1999, NBA YoungBoy began his professional music career in 2014.
From 2015 to 2017, NBA YoungBoy released eight independent mixtapes and grew a lot in popularity. His mixtapes include 'Life Before Fame' and 'Mind of a Menace' in 2015, 'Mind of a Menace 2,' '38 Baby,' 'Mind of a Menace 3,' and 'Before I Go Reloaded in 2016,' and 'Mind of a Menace 3 Reloaded,' 'Al YoungBoy,' 'Ain't Too Long,' and 'Fed's Baby' (with Moneybagg Yo) in 2017.
In late 2017, he was signed to Atlantic Records. The record label distributed two additional mixtapes of the young rapper. Similarly, over a dozen of his music videos have garnered at least 100 million views on YouTube. His rap beef with Scotty Cain and his music video for 'Untouchable' has more than 140 million views on YouTube.
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In January 2018, NBA YoungBoy released the single 'Outside Today,' which came at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was the lead single for his debut studio album 'Until Death Call My Name' (2018), which peaked at number 7 on the US Billboard 200. Similarly, his follow up singles included 'Valuable Pain,' 'Slime Belief,' and 'Genie.'
NBA YoungBoy was born on October 20, 1999, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He had broken his neck while wrestling as a toddler and had to wear a head brace until the spine healed. The brace left permanent scars on his forehead.
NBA YoungBoy was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Source: Pitchfork
NBA YoungBoy's maternal grandmother was responsible for raising him for most of his childhood as his father was sentenced to 55 years in prison. He dropped out of ninth grade to pursue a music career and was soon arrested for robbery. He was sent to a detention center in Tallulah, Louisiana, where he began writing lyrics for his debut project.
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After NBA YoungBoy got released from the detention center, his grandmother died of heart failure. He moved in with his friend and fellow Baton Rouge rapper, NBA 3Three (also known as OG 3Three).
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