The 21-track project successfully dethroned Drake’s three-week Certified Lover Boy run on the Billboard 200 but even more historic, it puts NBA YoungBoy in the same class of the late Tupac Shakur and Lil Wayne as the only rappers who released No. 1 albums while incarcerated.
The Baton Rouge rapper was taken into federal custody in March after a sensationalized police chase played out on social media for all his fans to see. Consequently, NBA YoungBoy was charged with a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing a firearm not registered to him. Sincerely, Kentrell was supported by five singles: “Toxic Punk”, “White Teeth“, “Nevada“, “Life Support” and “On My Side”. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics and was a commercial success. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 137,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.
