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Donald Trump has pardoned NBA YoungBoy, born Kentrell Gaulden, among a slew of other pardons today.
“I did not do the pardon application, but can confirm he was pardoned,” Drew Findling, an attorney for Gaulden, tells Rolling Stone.
“I want to thank President Trump for granting me a pardon and giving me the opportunity to keep building — as a man, as a father, and as an artist,” Gaulden wrote in a statement posted today to Instagram stories. “This moment means a lot. It opens the door to a future I’ve worked hard for and I am fully prepared to step into this.”
In December 2024, the rap star pleaded guilty to one count linked to his 2020 gun-possession arrest in Louisiana and a separate count tied to a more recent gun charge filed in Utah. Gaulden was sentenced to 23 months in federal prison with credit for time served dating back to at least May 2024, when he was taken into custody following a raid on his Utah residence.
On April 16, 2024, the 24-year-old Gaulden was arrested in what prosecutors called afraudulent prescription drug ring while he was on house arrestin Huntsville, Utah, for federal weapon charges. Ten days later, additional charges related to the prescription fraud case were filed against him, including a second-degree felony count of possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person and two Class A misdemeanor counts of distributing a controlled substance.
Gaulden admitted in a plea agreement that he was a felon in possession of a Masterpiece Arms 9 mm gun and a .45 caliber Glock Model 21 pistol whenhe was arrestedfilming a music video outside his grandfather’s house in Baton Rouge on Sept. 28, 2020. The artist also said that he “knowingly possessed” the Sig Sauer 9 mm semi-automatic pistol found in his Utah home, where he wasserving house arrest related to the pending Louisiana case.
Last month, local news stationKUTVreported that Gaulden returned to Utah after serving time in federal prison.
The president granted a slew of other pardons today, including reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley, who wereconvictedof conspiracy to defraud banks out of more than $30 million in 2022. He also commuted the federal sentence of Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, who was convicted of murder and then later several federal charges, and was serving a life sentence at a Colorado prison. Hoover will still need to serve his sentence stemming from his state charges.
Trump also granted clemency to former GOP Rep. Michael Grimm, who pleaded guilty to felony tax fraud and served seven months in prison, and former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland, a Republican who was foundguiltyof political corruption charges and was convicted in two separate federal criminal cases.
