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YoungBoy Never Broke Again Considering Mormon Baptism

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YoungBoy Never Broke Again says that he’s considering a Mormon baptism after spending time with missionaries in Utah. The 23-year-old rapper explained how he meant the religious group while under house arrest in the snow-covered state during a new cover story for Billboard. Usually, YoungBoy’s security team only permits three pre-approved visitors at a time, leading him to initially turn the missionaries away. However, he eventually let them come inside his home.

“I wanted help very badly. I needed a friend. And it hit me,” he explained, before adding, “It was just cool to see someone with a different mindset that had nothing to do with business or money — just these wonderful souls.” He added that their visits help him “make sure my heart is in the right space.”

NEW ORLEANS, LA – AUGUST 25: NBA YoungBoy performs during Lil WeezyAna at Champions Square on August 25, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images)

“Even when my negative thoughts come back, when I do want to tell them, ‘Not today,’ I just don’t let nothing stop it,” he further said. He then revealed that he intends to officially join the Church of Jesus Christ the Latter-day Saints after he’s off house arrest.

YoungBoy admits that the change in lifestyle may affect the direction of his music. His latest record, Rest My Case, intentionally featured fewer mentions of guns than his previous works. “What if they don’t like me now?” he considered while referring to his fans. “I’m not changing. I will not be provoked, I will not be broken. And I’m not going back to who I used to be. Accept it or not — I ain’t going back.”

Even the music video for YoungBoy’s latest single, “Hi Haters,” opens with a quote from the Latter Day Saints tome. It reads, “Now, as my mind caught hold upon this thought, I cried within my heart: O Jesus, thou Son of God, have mercy on me, who am in the gall of bitterness, and am encircled about by the everlasting chains of death”

Check out YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s cover story for Billboard below.

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NBA YoungBoy Says He “Terrified Of People,” Calls Them “Cruel”

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Very little is known about NBA YoungBoy’s homelife in Utah, but Billboard was given access to the rapper’s private space. The rapper took solace in the Beehive State during his federal trial, where he has remained under house arrest. He currently wears an ankle monitor and reportedly hasn’t left the residence at all.

The Baton Rouge hitmaker confirmed that he married girlfriend Jazlyn Mychelle the first week of January. He also shared that the pair have a 17-month-old daughter, Alice, and a newborn son, Klemenza. The couple reportedly lives at the Utah residence with their mothers, while YoungBoy’s 10 other children reside with their respective mothers.

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Elsewhere, YoungBoy spoke about being reclusive. Specifically, he said, “I’m terrified of people. I’m very scared of people. On my kids. I’m terrified of people, and I’m very shy. But I never know why, once I walk on the stage, I can get it done and leave.”

He reiterated once again his fear of the public, further stating that “people are cruel. Like, we can’t control ourselves. So, you never know if someone will do ya.” With all that has taken place in Hip Hop, including losing rappers to violence, YoungBoy’s fans have understood him steering clear of the public. Still, there has been a call for the star to make a triumphant return once his legal cases clear.

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During the expansive interview, YoungBoy not only invited the publication into his home, but he gave them a tour of his residence He showed off his car collection and the property, itself. The rapper shared that he’s regularly visited by Mormon missionaries, and while he used to turn them away, he now engages in conversations that have broadened his perspective.

“I wanted help very badly. I needed a friend. And it hit me,” YoungBoy also said. “It was just cool to see someone with a different mindset that had nothing to do with business or money — just these wonderful souls.” Check out more from NBA YoungBoy’s exclusive chat with Billboard below.

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