NBA Youngboy is one of the most talented rappers in hip hop right now.
The 19 year old Baton Rouge rapper has gained a massive following online with almost every
single song NBA Youngboy released getting tens of millions of plays online.
What makes NBA Youngboy so unique is his ability to make a melodic type of song bouncy and
catchy, you can listen to a NBA Youngboy song in just about any situation.
But in my opinion, the thing that makes NBA Youngboy such an iconic artist is the emotional
aspect of his songs.
Even though a majority of his fans may not completely relate to Youngboy and the struggles
he went through, he still has this ability to make a connection with his fans with his
music that a lot of other artists struggle to do.
What exactly are these hard to relate struggles that NBA Youngboy tends to rap about in his
music?
Well we have an idea that some of it may involve his past criminal experiences while growing
up in Baton Rouge.
So without further adieu, here is an exclusive inside look at the criminal history of NBA
Youngboy.
NBA Youngboy’s first documented arrest happened on November 28, 2016.
According to authorities, NBA Youngboy was arrested by U.S. Marshalls in Austin, Texas
for two counts of attempted first degree murder from a past incident that occurred on November
2, 2016 in Louisiana.
Sources claim that Youngboy and another man allegedly got out of a car and opened fire
at a group of people on the 2000 block of Kentucky Street in South Baton Rouge.
Shortly after being officially charged and booked, NBA Youngboy was extradited to another
jurisdiction and was held on a $200,000 bond.
After spending almost 7 months behind bars, NBA Youngboy had a court hearing where Youngboy
ended up confessing to firing a gun multiple times during the drive-by shooting that happened
on the 2000 block of Kentucky St. on November 2, 2016.
Moments after Youngboy’s confession, the prosecutor offered a plea deal to NBA Youngboy
for a lesser charge in exchange for a guilty plea.
The deal was that if NBA Youngboy pled guilty, the current charges would be reduced to one
count of aggravated assault with a firearm rather than two counts of attempted second
degree murder.
After already confessing to his crimes, NBA Youngboy obviously took this generous plea
deal.
At the end of the hearing, Judge Bonnie Jackson granted Youngboy a post-conviction bond of
$50,000 which allowed NBA Youngboy to leave jail that day.
Once home, NBA Youngboy recorded and released his song “Untouchable” which is one of
his most popular songs to date.
Several months later, NBA Youngboy was due back into court on August 22, 2017 for sentencing.
At the beginning of sentencing, the judge gave NBA Youngboy an emotional lecture that
lasted for quite some time according to people present in the courtroom.
After this lecture, the judge handed down a 10 year suspended prison term to NBA Youngboy
as well as three years of active supervised probation.
While NBA Youngboy is most likely going to be heavily monitored for the next decade or
so, he still came out with a W on this one.
On top of all of that, the judge also ordered Youngboy to perform 250 hours of community
service, which includes an anti-violence public service announcement as well as a $5,000 fine.
At the end of sentencing, NBA Youngboy apologized for his crimes and said he made a mistake
and has learned from it.
The last words said by the judge was “failure is not an option” to Youngboy as he was
about to get up and leave the courtroom.
For the next 7 months, NBA Youngboy focused on furthering his music career and stayed
out of trouble while doing so, but that came to an end on February 24, 2018 after NBA Youngboy
was arrested in Tallahassee, Florida before stepping onstage for his scheduled performance.
Authorities claim that they arrested NBA Youngboy for allegedly committing acts of assault,
kidnapping, and for a weapons violation.
These charges stem from an alleged altercation with his girlfriend Jania Jackson.
According to hotel surveillance footage, NBA Youngboy and his girlfriend allegedly engaged
in a heated tussle that included Youngboy throwing Jania Jackson down to the ground.
After the surveillance footage surfaced online, Jackson went on social media to address the
charges against Youngboy and said “Kidnapped?
F**k no.
Has he ever put his hands on me?
F**k no.”
A few days later, NBA Youngboy was transferred to Ware County Jail in Georgia on multiple
charges, two of them being felonies for kidnapping and aggravated assault.
On March 16, 2018, NBA Youngboy was released from jail on a $75,000 bail and quickly took
to social media to address these claims and said “That’s just us, that’s how we
like to play.”
There were very few details on the outcome of this case so the only information I can
really give you guys is that the Judge revoked his ability to travel out of state for the
next nine of his twelve scheduled shows.
NBA Youngboy’s next arrest occurred on February 11, 2019 at the Hyatt House hotel on Marietta
Street in downtown Atlanta.
Sources say that around 12:15 p.m. a hotel housekeeper was assigned to clean the room
NBA Youngboy and female friend Starr Thigpen were staying in at the time.
With the hotel room supposed to be empty, the housekeeper entered the room after knocking
several times.
After entering, NBA Youngboy told Starr Thigpen to get the housekeeper out of the room and
according to police, Thigpen did so by assaulting the housekeeper by striking her in the face.
This physical altercation continued into the hallway of the hotel before another employee
of the Hyatt ran to the lobby to get help.
Shortly after, Youngboy and Thigpen were both arrested but with different charges.
Youngboy was booked with disorderly conduct with use of fighting words, discorderly conduct
with physical obstruction of another and possession of marijuana.
Thigpen on the other hand was booked with disorderly conduct with acts of violence towards
another, disorderly conduct with physical obstruction of another and possession of marijuana.
After being booked, they were released just moments later but it wasn't until a month
later that the Atlanta police department officially pressed charges on the two with the final
charges being 2 misdemeanors which were possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and disorderly
conduct.
This case is still ongoing and NBA Youngboy does have a upcoming court date in the near
future.
NBA Youngboy’s latest arrest happened on May 17, 2019.
According to multiple news outlets, NBA Youngboy and his entourage were leaving the Trump International
Beach Resort in Sunny Isles Beach Florida to perform at the Rolling Loud festival in
Miami.
Reports say that around 1:30 p.m. gunfire erupted outside the hotel after NBA Youngboy’s
entourage and Tee Grizzley’s entourage got into a heated argument.
Both parties exchanged gunfire and a total of 3 people were hit during the comotion.
One of those individuals was 43 year old Mohamad Jradri who was an innocent bystander who sadly
passed away after getting caught in the crossfire.
A 5-year-old boy was also “grazed” by a bullet but was able to be treated at the
scene by paramedics.
The last person hit was NBA Youngboy’s girlfriend Kaylyn Long.
Kaylyn was apparently hit in the arm and was taken to Aventura hospital in stable condition
where she was treated and later released.
Police detained and questioned four people during this incident but all four were later
released without any charges being filed.
Florida has a stand your ground law, and since NBA Youngboy claimed this was an “assassination
attempt” against him, his team did nothing illegal by firing back at the other shooters.
Despite being in a shootout just moments before, NBA Youngboy still made it in time to perform
at Rolling Loud.
But just days later, a judge ordered NBA Youngboy to be arrested immediately claiming that the
shooting constituted a probation violation despite the fact that Youngboy was the target
and not the one pulling the trigger.
The judge requested that Youngboy remains behind bars for at least 30 days while they
figure out what to do moving forward.
This is a very scary situation for NBA Youngboy since the judge has been very lenient with
him and even denied the prosecutors request of revoking his probation after claiming Youngboy
is a “threat to society”.
It's pretty clear that the judge see’s the good in NBA Youngboy but it does seem like
she's getting pretty fed up with Youngboys antics and has the ability to put him in jail
for years.
Whether or not she will is up to her, but hopefully it all plays out in Youngboys favor.
As of now he is still behind bars but has a court hearing coming up in a few weeks so
I guess we will find out the outcome of all this then.
Well there you have it, the entire criminal history of NBA Youngboy!
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