NBA YoungBoy signs record contract with Motown
NBA YoungBoy is bringing his talent to Universal Music Group-owned Motown!
Billboard announced today that the 23-year-old rapper will be leaving Warner Music Group’s Atlantic Records, where he has recorded all four studio albums and even more mixtape, and is planning to release music with Motown in 2023.
NBA YoungBoy hints at releasing more albums in 2022
Just last week, YoungBoy hinted at releasing more projects and has already started working on his sixth album.
I’m on 6 do you think I can do it?
YoungBoy has been with Motown since last year after signing a “global joint venture contract with the label and his Never Broke Again collective,” according to Billboard, and has since released two ‘Never Broke Again’ projects. : The Compilation Volume 1′ and ‘Green Flag Activity’ and is currently preparing to release his third project ‘Nightmare on 38th Street’ three days before Halloween.
Most Streamed Artists of 2022
This year, YoungBoy was named the Most Streamed Artist of 2022 alongside Drake with a total of over 12 billion US streams to date.
This year’s top 10 streaming artists ️
10. Lil Durk – 3.01B
9. Future – 3.42B
8. Kanye West – 3.55B
7. Morgan Wallen – 3.72B
6. WRLD Juice – 3.74B
5. The Weeknd – 3.75B
4. Bad Bunny – 4.15B
3. Taylor Swift – 4.80B
2. NBA Youngboy – 5.41B
1. Drake – 6.71B– RapTV (@Rap) October 18, 2022
Year YB
Despite his legal issues earlier this year, YoungBoy continues to show us how 2022 is ‘YB’s Year’ by welcoming his 10th child with girlfriend, Jazlyn Mychelle, took proof of his gun case and released 5 projects this year so far: ‘Colors’, ‘The Last Slimeto’, ‘Realer 2’, ‘3800 Degrees’, and most recently ‘Ma’ ‘I Got A Family’ dropped this month and features the single ‘I Admit’ featuring Nicki Minaj.
He’s clearly feeling himself this year and so are the fans!
Roommate, do you think YoungBoy can release 10 albums by the end of 2022?