Rapper NBA Youngboy to plead guilty to Louisiana gun charge

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Rapper NBA YoungBoy has agreed to plead responsible to a federal weapons cost as soon as the case is transferred from Louisiana to Utah, the place he faces unrelated expenses accusing him of working a prescription drug fraud ring.

In court docket paperwork filed final week, the rapper, whose actual title is Kentrell Gaulden, waived his proper to a trial in Baton Rouge, information retailers reported. U.S. District Decide Shelly Dick then closed the Louisiana case and moved jurisdiction to the federal court docket in Salt Lake Metropolis. Gaulden additionally signed discover of his intent to enter his responsible plea as soon as the case is transferred to Utah.

Prosecutors allege Gaulden, a convicted felon, had a handgun whereas capturing a music video in Baton Rouge in 2020. He was amongst 15 folks arrested after greater than a dozen weapons had been seized from the video set. Gaulden, 24, of Baton Rouge, faces as much as 10 years in jail within the weapons’ case, federal prosecutors have mentioned.

The transfer offers the federal authorities jurisdiction to prosecute Gaulden in Utah the place he was charged earlier this yr with greater than 60 felony counts tied to a “giant scale prescription fraud ring.”

Gaulden had been residing in Utah on home arrest whereas awaiting his Louisiana trial. Since Might 10, he’s been held with out bond on the Weber County Jail, north of Salt Lake Metropolis, awaiting trial within the drug case.

NBA YoungBoy, who additionally is named YoungBoy By no means Broke Once more, has achieved 4 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 and one Prime-10 hit on the Billboard Sizzling 100. His music consists of “38 Child,” “Exterior At this time” and Tyler, The Creator’s track, “Wusyaname,” on which he’s featured with Ty Dolla $ign. That collaboration earned them a Grammy nomination in 2022 for Finest Melodic Rap Efficiency.