BATON ROUGE, La.: Rap artist NBA YoungBoy is among 16 people arrested Monday on drug and firearm charges in Louisiana’s capital city.
The rapper whose given name is Kentrell Gaulden, 20, faces multiple drug charges following a gathering Monday night in Baton Rouge, city police told news outlets.
He was being held Tuesday in the parish jail, the online roster showed. Bond had not yet been set. It was not clear whether he has an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Police said the other people arrested face similar charges.
The circumstances and details that led to Gaulden’s arrest were not immediately available.
Gaulden rose to national acclaim as a teenager in Baton Rouge, but his success has been fraught with violence and drama. He served 90 days in jail last year after state District Judge Bonnie Jackson handed down a temporary probation hold in a 2016 nonfatal shooting case….