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By any meaningful measure, the troubled young Baton Rouge rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again is one of the biggest stars in all of rap music. YoungBoy continues to crank out new music at a wild clip — his Colors mixtape came out just last month — and his YouTube numbers are mind-boggling. But YoungBoy still seems like an outsider within the larger rap establishment. Part of that is because YoungBoy seems to be in constant legal trouble; he’s currently, for instance, awaiting federal trial on gun and drug charges. (Last year, the FBI arrested YoungBoy on an outstanding warrant after a brief chase.) But YoungBoy also seemingly has a hard time getting along with his rap-star peers.
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