YoungBoy Never Broke Again is back full throttle with his new album MASA.
The release caps off a tumultuous legal period for the Baton Rouge lyricist, who up until April was embroiled in multiple criminal cases. He pleaded guilty in November to his role in a prescription drug fraud ring, and in December was sentenced by a federal judge in Utah on gun charges. With his career and future on the line, YB was then unexpectedly pardoned by President Donald Trump in April. The rapper thanked the president profusely, promising to use this second chance to reconfigure his life.
“This moment means a lot. It opens the door to a future I’ve worked hard for and I am fully prepared to step into this,” the rapper said in a statement.
As these criminal trials unfolded, YoungBoy surprisingly didn’t pump the breaks on his historic output. In 2024, he still dropped off new music with I Just Got a Lot on My Shoulders, and returned again in 2025 with More Leaks, making MASA his second release this year. By May, YoungBoy was a completely free man, and across MASA’s whopping 30 tracks, the 25-year-old makes good on turning over a new leaf. There are a handful of records on this album where YoungBoy reflects on his past transgressions with a heartfelt amount of candor and honesty. In classic YoungBoy fashion, there are also plenty of rambunctious songs about sex, money, drugs and violence, meaning there are plenty of gems to suit any and every type of YoungBoy supporter.
So how do all these songs hold up? Check out Billboard‘s ranking of YoungBoy’s MASA tracks below.
