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\n\tYoungBoy Never Broke Again (aka NBA YoungBoy) will plead guilty to a federal gun charge that saw him held under house arrest for more than two years while awaiting trial, according to new court filings.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a notice lodged in court Wednesday (Aug. 14), the rapper (real name Kentrell Gaulden) told a federal judge that \u201cI wish to plead guilty to the offense charged\u201d \u2014 referring to a single count of possession of firearms by a convicted felon.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s unclear whether the guilty plea is the result of an agreement with prosecutors or will result in a more lenient sentence. YoungBoy\u2019s attorney did not immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe rapper was indicted by federal prosecutors in 2021 after he was allegedly found with two guns during a September 2020 incident in Baton Rouge, La. He was charged with violating a long-standing federal law that bans convicted felons from possessing guns \u2014 a rule that applied to him because he had previously been convicted in 2017 of aggravated assault with a firearm.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe rapper had finally been set for a trial on that charge this July. But in a March ruling, a federal judge paused the case to await a Supreme Court ruling on a major gun-control case that could play a key role in YoungBoy\u2019s efforts to avoid a conviction. That ruling came out in June, but the case had yet to fully resume when Wednesday\u2019s notice was filed.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile awaiting trial, YoungBoy has been confined to his Salt Lake City mansion \u2014 a house arrest that\u2019s lasted more than two full years. In October, his attorneys pleaded that the \u201clong period of social isolation\u201d was harming his mental health and asked that the judge loosen restrictions, including allowing him to travel to a recording studio to create new music. But that request was largely denied in November.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile Wednesday\u2019s plea will resolve the federal gun charge, YoungBoy is facing dozens of newer state charges in Utah after he was arrested in April for allegedly running a \u201clarge scale prescription fraud ring\u201d while living under house arrest.<\/p>\n

\n\tThose charges include identity fraud, obtaining a prescription under false pretenses, forgery, possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, engaging in a pattern of unlawful activity and possession of a controlled substance.<\/p>\n

\n\tYoungBoy was granted release on bond<\/a> in May; it\u2019s unclear when he might ultimately face trial on the prescription drug charges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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