LOGAN, Utah — The rap star who goes by the name NBA YoungBoy appeared in a Utah courtroom Thursday where his bail was set after he waived a preliminary hearing for his prescription drug fraud case.
Judge Spencer Walsh set bail of $100,000 for the rapper whose birth name is Kentrell Gaulden.
With Gaulden, 24, waiving the preliminary hearing, he has been bound over for trial with an arraignment now set for July 1, where he will officially enter a plea in the case.
Gaulden faces nearly 50 charges after being arrested on April 16 following a search warrant being executed at his home near Huntsville. The rapper is alleged to have run a prescription drug ring that fraudulently obtained drugs from several state pharmacies.
Court documents claim Gaulden called in a prescription supposedly for a 74-year-old woman to a pharmacy in Hyrum in September, and also claimed to be a physician in the Provo area, using a valid DEA number and other identification for the real doctor.
Other incidents of similar nature involving Gaulden allegedly occurred at Cache County pharmacies.
