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One of the most popular rappers among young people in America indicated recently that he has left the U.S. and has no plans to return.
NBA YoungBoy sat down for a chat with comedian and internet personality Funny Marco as part of the latter’s “Open Thoughts” web series. In less than 24 hours after premiering on YouTube, it garnered more than 1.8 million views.
Marco quickly establishes that the interview is taking place in South Korea, admitting to his guest that it was his first time traveling internationally. YoungBoy – a Baton Rouge, Louisiana native whose real name is Kentrell DeSean Gaulden – also mentioned that it was his first time in South Korea and that he has been enjoying his time there very much.
When asked what was different about Korea, YoungBoy was blunt at first, stating simply that he liked the country because it is “out the way.”
He then elaborated a little bit: “I get the energy too. It’s very safe here and very clean.”
The conversation then progressed to how much the prolific rapper has left in the tank; YoungBoy, also known as “YB” and a slew of other nicknames, has had 34 albums chart in the Billboard 200, which is the most of any rapper in history.
Unfortunately for his notoriously insatiable fanbase, YoungBoy, a 26-year-old father of at least 11 children with eight different women, said he only has one or two albums left and just one more tour.
“I’ll go on tour one more time throughout my whole life and that’s it,” he stated.
At this moment, Marco asked the big question: Does YB ever see himself moving back to the United States?
The answer was simple, yet bold: “Never in life.”
The “Slime Belief” rapper then went on to explain that he always felt that, as a youth, he never had the chance to travel like he is now, so he enjoys the feeling of being somewhere new.
“I don’t have a problem with being away, it’s nothing new for me,” he said. “The most important thing is probably my kids, but that’s what they have planes for.”
Whether YoungBoy is actually telling the truth remains to be seen, although it may be interesting to hear him on a K-pop song.
NBA YoungBoy’s career took off in the late 2010s after he released a string of mixtapes while in and out of juvenile detention in Louisiana.
In 2020, he became the first rapper to top the Billboard 200 chart three times in a single year, and the following year, his “Sincerely, Kentrell” project put him on a list with Tupac Shakur and Lil Wayne as the only artists to have their album debut atop the charts while incarcerated.
On that note, throughout his short but prolific career, YoungBoy has dealt with numerous legal issues but continued to drop music at a rapid pace, which helped him garner his fanbase. While they began in 2016, his most significant run-in with the law came in 2020 when he, along with 16 others, were arrested in Baton Rouge by federal agents conducting an investigation into drug manufacturing and distribution as well as stolen firearms.
In 2021, he was arrested again in Los Angeles by federal agents in connection with the same investigation, which resulted in an additional firearm charge against him. He was eventually found not guilty in the L.A. case but found guilty in the Baton Rouge case and given a sentence of 23 months in prison followed by 60 months of probation.
YoungBoy spent over three years in federal custody, including house arrest, before being released on probation in April 2025. Two months later, he was granted a full presidential pardon by Donald Trump.
