Kenney Quarles

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YoungBoy, born Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, was raised by his grandmother in north Baton Rouge. It was hard but
fun, he says of his early childhood. We had to make it fun. At the age of 4, YoungBoy broke his neck in a wrestling
accident, and three deep scars still mark his forehead from wearing a halo brace. When his grandmother passed away a
few years ago, YoungBoy was left to fend for himself. He dropped out of school in the 9th grade and, shortly after, was
arrested for robbery. I had been rapping, but I used to hide that, he remembers. I was scared, not for sure bout
myself, playing with my craft. During his six-month sentence in a juvenile detention center in Tallulah, Louisiana, he
wrote song after song for what would later become his first mix tape, Life before Fame, released in 2015.

In person, Young Boy uses words sparingly, saying only whats needed to get his point across. Im quiet, he
explained. My vibe gets killed fast. But in his music, he puts his whole life out in the open. Like B.G. and Boosie before
him, Youngboy deals in reality rather than elaborate metaphor, treating the sinister piano melodies and pounding bass
patterns that he raps over
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