Birdman reacts to NBA Youngboy not being found guilty of federal gun charge.
This week has been good for NBA Youngboy as the rapper scored the victory in the ongoing year-long firearm possession charge, and beat a possible 7 year-long prison sentence. “I’m feeling great,” said Youngboy, who hugged his lawyers James Manasseh, André Bélanger, Tanner Woods, Robby Gill, and Andrew Flier. “It’s a relief.”
EXCLUSIVE video of NBA YoungBoy reacting to NOT GUILTY verdict after stepping outside federal courthouse.
“He was not guilty. He was innocent,” lawyer James Manasseh says.
“Never was guilty,” YoungBoy tells @RollingStone. pic.twitter.com/vAuBAzp9G7
— Nancy Dillon (@Nancy__Dillon) July 15, 2022
The rapper, real name Kentrell Gaulden was arrested on March 22, 2021, when he was charged with a firearm possession, as the authorities recovered an FN FNX .45 caliber pistol from the rear passenger floorboard of his Mercedes Maybach. The rapper was out of prison on $1.5 million bail and was on house arrest in Utah since October 26, 2021.
Fans had been celebrating the verdict on social media, and now Birdman also shows love for the rapper. “A real ni**a won NOT GUILTY NBACMRG,” he wrote.
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The Hip-Hop mogul has been showing praise for the Baton Rouge rapper, and previously claimed that he will be the biggest rap artist in upcoming years. “I think NBA YoungBoy might be the biggest rapper,” said Birdman. “Ain’t no ni**a gone be bigger than NBA YoungBoy, numbers don’t lie, he’s the biggest YouTube artist right now in the world and he behind the wall. When that lil’ boy get his mind right and he comes from under this bullsh*t and understands who he is, you know, [Young] Thug and all them, they’re up in age, they’re 30, this ni**a 20. And you put a ni**a behind the wall, they become smart. They ain’t making him nothing but a monster. So when he come out, he’ll know one thing. The sh*t he was doing, he don’t got to do because he can get this lil’ ni**a here. NBA YoungBoy, that sh*t ain’t normal. He nothing normal. He special. Big money right there. I think he’s a billion-dollar ni**a. He gon’ get it in touring, merch, music. We can’t do nothing about it.”
birdman says drake gonna end up being the richest rapper in the game but Nba Youngboy gonna end up being the biggest. Faxxx or fiction?? pic.twitter.com/XkJKHxop19
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) September 22, 2021
The two went on to collaborate on a full-length album called “From The Bayou” which was dropped at the end of last year.
YoungBoy is not yet in the clear, despite the fact that he was not found guilty. After being detained in his hometown during a video shoot in September 2020, he is currently facing a separate firearms accusation in Baton Rouge. According to reports, the case’s status conference is set for August 2. The song “Dear YoungBoy Never Broke Again,” which C-Murder dedicated to YoungBoy, has been released as new music.
The song, which was released on Friday (July 8), is an audio rendition of a letter the former No Limit rapper sent to the budding Baton Rouge rap star encouraging him to keep his head up.
