Arrest of Rapper NBA YoungBoy and Girlfriend Starr Thigpen: The Complete Footage (Part I)

On February 11, 2019 Atlanta Police Department Officers Sobocinski and White responded to a fight in progress at Hyatt House Atlanta hotel. Upon arrival, the officers briefly spoke with hotel staff in the lobby who stated that another staff member had been attacked by a guest and that the guest was headed back to their room.

Accompanied by a hotel employee, the officers went up to room 708 and found Kentrell Gaulden, better known as the rapper "NBA YoungBoy," and his girlfriend Starr Thigpen, better known as NBA YoungBoy's girlfriend. The duo were locked out of their room... and their toddler was locked inside.

The footage tells the story far better than I ever could, and I will let it speak for itself here.

Ultimately, officers seized 9.2 grams of marijuana and poured out a cup of “lean,” filing a request for charges of disorderly conduct and marijuana less than an ounce against both Gaulden and Thigpen.

(*The preceding sentence originally read "...seized 9.2 ounces...." It should have read "seized 9.2 grams," and has since been corrected.*)

Oh, and lest you get the wrong impression from the beginning of this footage, the whole police encounter is not seriousness and shouting. Later on, as Gaulden and Thigpen are waiting to be booked into jail the mood lightens up a lot. Gaulden randomly raps under his breath, dances around a bunch, and the four of them joke around about Lil’ Bowow's then-recent arrest... all while Gaulden tries to think up ways to creatively get them out of their predicament.

(And he very well may have figured it out, because charges were eventually dropped against both of them.)

*Part II is available now to all Patreon supporters. It will go live early Monday morning, 7/1.

Update: Part II is now live. Direct link: http://tiny.cc/NBA2

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