CACHE COUNTY, Utah (WAFB/Gray News) – Rap star NBA YoungBoy has been arrested in Utah on multiple offenses while serving a house arrest sentence.
According to jail records from the Cache County Sheriff’s Office, the 24-year-old, whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden, was booked on several charges including possession of a controlled substance and possession of a dangerous weapon on Tuesday.
The rapper is awaiting trial for federal gun charges, which was paused in March pending the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Second Amendment rights this spring.
The rapper was indicted in March 2021 after allegedly being found with two guns during a September 2020 incident in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sixteen people were arrested on drug and firearm charges while filming a music video in an abandoned lot.
In July 2022, a federal jury in Los Angeles found NBA YoungBoy not guilty of “knowingly” possessing a firearm during an arrest following a brief foot chase in California.
He has been serving house arrest in Utah, under the surveillance of a security firm staffed by military veterans.
Last December, a federal judge lessened the conditions of his house arrest to allow him access to mental health treatments, but denied him more time in the recording studio, despite arguments that his record sales have suffered due to his lockdown.
An attorney representing NBA YoungBoy issued a statement saying in part, “Everyone is presumed innocent, and he has been falsely accused in the past.”
No bail has been set.
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