NBA YoungBoy‘s federal gun case has been moved to Utah after the controversial rapper indicated he would plead guilty.
The case was originally going to be heard in Louisiana, but after YoungBoy (real name Kentrell Gaulden) agreed in writing to plead guilty to firearms possession, the court has moved it to Utah where the rapper faces separate drug fraud charges.
Already in jail on those charges, YoungBoy faces up to a decade in prison on the gun charge due to already being a convicted felon. His guilty plea should bring down the length of his prison stint, though.
The gun possession case dates back to 2020 when YoungBoy was caught carrying a gun while filming a music video in his hometown of Baton Rouge.
According to court records seen by HipHopDX, the 24-year-old was accused of having a Glock .45 caliber pistol and a Masterpiece Arms 9mm firearm with an attached Magpul “RVG Vertical Grip.”
NBA YoungBoy was arrested earlier this year in connection with a prescription drug fraud ring in Utah.
The alleged scheme worked like this, according to the affidavit: “A suspect calls in a prescription, claiming the identity of a real doctor and using a fraudulent patient name and birthday, all for Promethazine with Codeine. Sometime after the prescriptions are called in, they are filled and picked up by [YoungBoy and/or people referred to as ‘Known Associates’ 1 and 2].”
The rapper even allegedly impersonated a doctor during the scheme but raised suspicion when he used the word “axed” instead of “asked.”
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YoungBoy was previously charged with 63 counts relating to identity fraud, forgery, obtaining a prescription under false pretenses, possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, a pattern of unlawful activity and possession of a controlled substance.
The controversial rapper later had more charges added to his sheet including possession of a firearm by a restricted person and two counts of obtaining a prescription without permission, according to KUTV.
YoungBoy was already on house arrest at the time the charges were filed, with the rapper confined to his home in Utah since 2021 in the aforementioned gun case.