Rapper NBA YoungBoy was moved to an Arizona halfway house after serving less than a year in prison for operating a large-scale prescription drug fraud ring while on house arrest in Utah.
YoungBoy, real name Kentrell Gaulden, was on house arrest in Utah on an unrelated charge when federal prosecutors say he orchestrated a fake prescription scheme to obtain codeine and promethazine — drugs commonly used to make his favorite beverage called “lean.”
He was arrested on April 16, 2024 and locked up without bond.
YoungBoy was initially booked on 63 federal counts and was charged with 46, but he accepted a plea deal that reduced his charges to just 10.
He pled guilty on November 18, 2024 to two counts of third-degree felony identity fraud, two counts of felony forgery, and six counts of misdemeanor unlawful pharmacy conduct.
Logan District Judge Spencer Walsh further reduced his charges to Class A felony misdemeanors, fined him $25,000, and sentenced him to 27 months in federal custody followed by five years of federal probation.
The rapper has a history of drug addiction. “The image that I got is that I do a lot of drugs,” YoungBoy said during a podcast in 2023. “So I kind of get that thrown in my face, like, ‘Oh, this is taking over his mind’ or something like that.”
YoungBoy must submit to random drug testing during his stay at the halfway house in Arizona.
