Nationwide — President Donald Trump has granted rapper NBA YoungBoy a full pardon, weeks earlier than his scheduled launch from jail in July 2025. The choice clears his document and permits him to maneuver ahead together with his first headlining tour this September. NBA YoungBoy, whose actual title is Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, had been serving time for a gun possession case in Utah. He reached a plea deal that set his launch for July subsequent yr, however Trump’s clemency means he’s now free.
The White Home confirmed the pardon on Could 29, in keeping with Fox 8 Live. Eight others additionally obtained clemency, together with former Congressman Michael Grimm.
In an announcement posted to Instagram, NBA YoungBoy thanked Trump, felony justice reform advocate Alice Marie Johnson, and his lawyer Brittany Ok. Barnett.
“I need to thank President Trump for granting me a pardon and giving me the chance to maintain constructing — as a person, as a father, and as an artist,” he wrote in an Instagram submit. “This second means loads. It opens the door to a future I’ve labored laborious for and I’m totally ready to step into this.”
Generally known as probably the most streamed rappers worldwide, NBA YoungBoy has constructed an enormous fan base regardless of restricted mainstream publicity. He’s set to kick off his first headlining tour, the MASA Tour, on September 2. The tour contains two back-to-back reveals at New Orleans’ Smoothie King Middle on October 19 and 20.
