NBA YoungBoy, now in Korea, talks heart condition and how many albums his future holds

Multiplatinum American rapper NBA YoungBoy has revealed that helium has a bosom information — and apt “one oregon two” albums near successful his creator career.

While a impermanent connected an “Open Thoughts” podcast occurrence uploaded connected Tuesday, the 26-year-old singer-songwriter from Baton Rouge, La., was asked by big Funny Marco if helium ever felt similar pulling backmost aft performing back-to-back shows. In response, the “Bandit” vocalist recalled the infinitesimal erstwhile a doc told him the near broadside of his bosom was swollen.

“I ne'er told nobody, I conscionable kept doing each show,” said YoungBoy, who besides goes by YoungBoy Never Broke Again and whose fixed sanction is Kentrell DeSean Gaulden. “I finished my circuit retired similar that.”

The rapper did not disclose the specifics of this wellness information but shared that a broadside of his bosom is “still enlarged.”

“That explains the music, though, right?” YoungBoy followed up, grabbing his chest. “She’s hurting.”

The rapper has released a full of 9 workplace albums successful his career, gaining aboriginal co-signs from Louisiana legends including Boosie Badazz and Kevin Gates. His archetypal 4 LPs — including “Until Death Call My Name” (2018), “Top” (2020), “Sincerely, Kentrell” (2021) and “The Last Slimeto” (2022) — went platinum.

But NBA YoungBoy fans should brace themselves for what is to travel — oregon not. The vocalist revealed connected the podcast that helium lone has 1 oregon 2 albums near successful his career. “I’m going to circuit 1 much clip passim my full life,” the rapper said, “and that’s it.”

The podcast — which has much than 2 cardinal views since Tuesday — was filmed successful South Korea, wherever YoungBoy moved successful an evident effort to commencement implicit with a cleanable slate aft a bid of run-ins with the instrumentality successful the U.S.

In his youth, the hitmaker spent six months successful juvenile detention aft committing a robbery, an acquisition that inspired his 2015 debut mixtape “Life Before Fame.”

By 2016, the Louisiana autochthonal would beryllium connected to a bid of shootings successful Baton Rouge. He served clip for attempted second-degree murder, yet pleading blameworthy to a lesser complaint of aggravated battle with a firearm, for which helium was sentenced to a suspended 10-year situation word and 3 years of progressive probation.

Following his merchandise from situation successful 2017, helium released the Southern hip-hop way “Untouchable,” which marked his archetypal introduction connected the Billboard Hot 100 and acceptable the people for his popular-music career. By 2023, YoungBoy would go the youngest creator ever to scope 100 entries connected the philharmonic chart.

However, superior ineligible troubles person formed a shadiness connected the rap prodigy’s career, including successful 2018 erstwhile helium was charged with a kidnapping and battle involving his girlfriend. She aboriginal denied the allegations, contempt surveillance footage that showed the creator throwing her to the ground.

In December 2024, a national justice successful Utah sentenced the rapper to a 23-month condemnation connected gun-related charges aft helium pleaded blameworthy to firearm possession arsenic a convicted felon. The charges stemmed from a 2020 apprehension during a euphony video sprout successful Baton Rouge wherever constabulary recovered aggregate firearms and drugs connected the scene. A period earlier his sentence, the rap prima besides pleaded blameworthy to his engagement successful a years-long medicine cause fraud strategy successful Utah, avoiding situation clip successful speech for a $25,000 fine.

In May 2025, President Trump pardoned YoungBoy, clearing his condemnation and different progressive probation restrictions and cause investigating requirements. The creator reacted to the pardon connected his Instagram story, saying that it “opens the doorway to a aboriginal I’ve worked hard for and I americium afloat prepared to measurement into this.”

When YoungBoy was asked by Marco if helium would see a determination backmost to the United States, the vocalist replied, “Never successful my life.”

Later on, the “Make No Sense” vocalist hinted astatine immoderate different ineligible roadblocks up successful his modulation crossed the globe: “It can’t beryllium my location until they springiness maine my visa, right?”

Times unit writer Alexandra Del Rosario contributed to this report.