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YoungBoy, born Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, was raised by hiis grandmother in north Baton Rouge.
It was hard but fun, he says of his early childhood. We had to make it fun. At age 4, YoungBoy
broke his neck in a wrestling accident, and three deep scars still mark his forehead from wearing
a halo brace. When his grandmother passed away a few years ago, YoungBoy was left to fend for
himself. He dropped out of school in the 9 th grade and, shortly after, was arrested for robbery. I
had been rapping, but I used to hide that , he remembers. I was scared, not for sure bout
myself, playing with my craft. During his six-month sentence in a juvenile detention center in
Tallulah, Louisiana, he wrote song after song for what would later become his first mixtape, Life
Before Fame, released in 2015.

In person, YoungBoy uses words sparingly, saying only whats needed to get his point
across. Im quiet, he explained. My vibe gets killed fast. But in his music, he puts his whole
life out in the open. Like B.G. and Boosie before him,