Amid a wave of pardons in the last two days, President Donald Trump has now issued a pardoned for Louisiana based rapper NBA Youngboy.

The rapper, born Kentrell Gaulden, posted a statement on Instagram to his 11 million followers thanking Trump for the “opportunity to keep building – as a man, as a father and as an artist.”

“This moment means a lot,” the statement read. “It opens the door to a future I’ve worked hard for and I am fully prepared to step into this.”

Gaulden, 25, has had extensive run-ins with the law since rising to fame in the 2010s and is a convicted felon.

In April 2024, Gaulden was arrested in a raid while he was under house arrest in Utah. Gaulden was allegedly involved in a prescription drug fraud scheme and was charged on 63 counts.

Gaulden plead guilty in December to a federal charge of possessing a gun as a felon and was sentenced to 23 months in prison.

Gaulden was released in April for time-served prior to the pardon from Trump. The pardon simply forgives Gaulden of the federal crimes he has been convicted of.

The clemency comes as Trump has also forgiven the crimes of other big names including Todd and Julie Chrisley and gang leader Larry Hoover.

Gaulden also thanked Trump’s Pardon Czar Alice Marie Johnson, a role she was appointed to in February.

Johnson was previously serving a life sentence for drug charges in Alabama’s Aliceville Federal Correctional Institution, until her sentenced was commuted by Trump in 2018.