{"id":15252329,"date":"2026-08-12T20:47:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T00:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/nba-youngboy-is-done-with-america-heads-to-south-korea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T01:34:24","slug":"nba-youngboy-is-done-with-america-heads-to-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/nba-youngboy-is-done-with-america-heads-to-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA YoungBoy Is Done With America, Heads To South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/hiphopwired.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/04\/17769662435646.jpg?w=1024&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=85\" alt=\"NBA YoungBoy: MASA TOUR - Atlanta, GA\" class=\"wp-image-3052074\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Julia Beverly \/ Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopwired.com\/3001754\/nba-youngboy-documentary\/\" id=\"3001754\">NBA YoungBoy<\/a><\/strong> has apparently taken his talents to South Korea, for now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a recent interview with <strong>Funny Marco<\/strong> on his\u00a0<em>Open Thoughts<\/em>\u00a0podcast, the <em>MASA<\/em> rapper revealed that he will no longer be living in the United States. Instead, he has decided to plant his roots in, of all places, South Korea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At one point, Funny Marco asked him if he would ever consider moving back. YB responded by saying, \u201cNever in life.\u201d He did add, however, that he is open to visiting as a tourist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, looks like Grave Digger Mountain lost one resident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is no secret that Top has had quite the rocky experience in America, including a prescription drug fraud case in 2024\u00a0and a federal weapons charge that would later result in a pardon from <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-youngboy-pardon-trump-weapons-charges-4e0129e9587c61a317acb4153b2e6f9c\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elsewhere in the interview, YB revealed that he is taking a break from music due to health issues. \u201cMusic is not something I\u2019m focused on,\u201d he said. \u201cThe doctor told me the left side of my heart was swollen. That explains the music, though.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whatever reason he has for stepping back from his career and changing his environment, we definitely hope it is for the best.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"load-later load-later-vendor-wwwyoutubecom\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JYn7fVw5Q-U\" data-content=\"%3Ciframe%20class%3D%22youtube-player%22%20width%3D%22640%22%20height%3D%22360%22%20src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FJYn7fVw5Q-U%3Fversion%3D3%26amp%3Brel%3D1%26amp%3Bshowsearch%3D0%26amp%3Bshowinfo%3D1%26amp%3Biv_load_policy%3D1%26amp%3Bfs%3D1%26amp%3Bhl%3Den-US%26amp%3Bautohide%3D2%26amp%3Bwmode%3Dtransparent%22%20allowfullscreen%3D%22true%22%20style%3D%22border%3A0%3B%22%20sandbox%3D%22allow-scripts%20allow-same-origin%20allow-popups%20allow-presentation%20allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox%22%20title%3D%22Embedded%20video%22%3E%3C%2Fiframe%3E\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopwired.com\/3062193\/nba-youngboy-is-done-with-america-heads-to-south-korea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Entertainment \u2013 Music \u2013 hiphopwired<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBA YoungBoy has apparently taken his talents to South Korea, for now. In a recent interview with Funny Marco on his\u00a0Open Thoughts\u00a0podcast, the MASA rapper revealed that he will no longer be living in the United States. Instead, he has\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15252332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15252329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15252329-17769662435646.jpg",1024,683,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15252329-17769662435646-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15252329-17769662435646-620x414.jpg",620,414,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15252329-17769662435646-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15252329-17769662435646-940x627.jpg",940,627,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15252329-17769662435646.jpg",1024,683,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15252329-17769662435646.jpg",1024,683,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15252329-17769662435646-998x665.jpg",998,665,true],"ignition_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15252329-17769662435646-670x446.jpg",670,446,true],"ignition_item_lg":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15252329-17769662435646.jpg",1024,683,false],"ignition_article_media":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15252329-17769662435646-510x510.jpg",510,510,true],"ignition_minicart_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15252329-17769662435646-160x160.jpg",160,160,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15252329-17769662435646-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15252329-17769662435646-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15252329-17769662435646-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15252329-17769662435646-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15252329-17769662435646-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"news.iNthacity","author_link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/author\/atombo\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/articles\/entertainment\/music\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Music<\/a>","tag_info":"Music","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15252329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15252329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15252329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15252331,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15252329\/revisions\/15252331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15252332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15252329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15252329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15252329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}