YoungBoy Never Broke Again (also known as NBA YoungBoy or simply YoungBoy), is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Between 2015 and 2017, Gaulden released eight independent mixtapes, and steadily garnered a cult following through his work. In late 2017, Gaulden was signed to Atlantic Records, whom distributed two additional mixtapes before releasing his highest charting solo single, "Outside Today" in January 2018, which peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was the lead single for his debut studio album Until Death Call My Name, released in April of that year. His follow up singles include "Valuable Pain", "Slime Belief", and "Genie". In 2019, he released AI YoungBoy 2, which became his first chart-topper, peaking at number one on the Billboard 200 in 2019., and includes the singles "Self Control", "Slime Mentality" and "Make No Sense". Gaulden also worked with late rapper Juice Wrld on "Bandit", which peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his highest-charting single and his first top ten song. In April 2020, NBA YoungBoy released his second studio album 38 Baby 2, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200. NBA Youngboy is known for his consistency of releasing music regularly.