NBA YoungBoy’s brother Kendell Gaulden is jailed in Houston after allegedly pistol-whipping a woman and trying to shoot her rapper boyfriend.
NBA YoungBoy’s 22-year-old brother, Kendell Gaulden, is sitting in a Houston jail on a $500,000 bond after police say he pistol-whipped a woman and then tried to shoot her boyfriend during a violent April 17 confrontation that could’ve ended far worse than it did.
According to court records, Gaulden got into it with Dedrick Wright, a Baton Rouge rapper who goes by Lil Dump, and at some point during the altercation, Gaulden pulled out a semi-automatic pistol and pistol-whipped Wright’s girlfriend, identified in the police report as Mrs. Jones.
When Wright jumped in to defend her, Gaulden pointed the weapon at him and pulled the trigger, but the magazine had fallen out onto the ground, and it just clicked.
According to The Advocate, Gaulden was booked on April 20 on aggravated assault charges.
What makes this uglier is the fact that Wright and Gaulden had a prior history together, with videos and photos on social media showing them hanging out, and NBA YoungBoy is even featured on one of Wright’s tracks.
This isn’t the first time Gaulden’s name has come up in a Texas courtroom.
He’s racked up charges since 2021, including evading arrest and unlawful carrying of weapons, and just last year, he was indicted after allegedly threatening to kill a woman, breaking into her home, and shooting and killing her dog while she wasn’t there.
He’d posted bail in that case and was still waiting for trial when this latest incident occurred.
The timing of all this lands in the middle of an already volatile stretch for Baton Rouge’s Hip-Hop scene, and for TBG specifically.
Just days before Kendell’s arrest became public, West Clark, known as Cleezy5, the 46-year-old CEO of TBG Records and one of Fredo Bang’s closest confidants, was gunned down outside a gym on Woodcrest Drive in broad daylight by two masked shooters who walked up, opened fire and fled in a waiting vehicle.
Baton Rouge police called it a targeted attack.
Fredo Bang released a statement saying, “West was one of the most genuine people you’ll ever meet. He would do anything for the people he loved. He helped countless people around Baton Rouge, including single mothers, promoters, and radio workers. Anyone who needed him, he was there. Without him, me and Gee Money’s music, and a few more artists, would never have reached as far as it has.”
Police aren’t naming names yet, but they aren’t hiding what they’re looking at either.
Lt. L’Jean McKneely told reporters, “We see and feel that there is some association involving certain groups here in Baton Rouge but it’s nothing we can openly say at this time because it is an ongoing investigation.”
TBG and NBA YoungBoy’s Never Broke Again crew have been rivals for years, a feud that dates back to 2017 and the murder of TBG affiliate Gee Money outside a Baton Rouge recording studio, a case that, according to WBRZ, still has no arrest.
With Cleezy5 gone and Gaulden now behind bars, police say they’re actively monitoring social media for signs that more violence is coming.
Kendell Gaulden remains in custody at the Harris County Jail as the 2025 burglary case, and the April 17 aggravated assault charge both move forward simultaneously.
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