Why Is NBA YoungBoy In Jail? Police Release Mugshot

Rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again (NBA YoungBoy) and a woman were arrested in Atlanta on Monday afternoon for assaulting a hotel employee.

The incident took place at the Hyatt House in downtown Atlanta when a housekeeping staff entered the rapper's room that "was supposed to be unoccupied." However, YoungBoy and the woman, Starr Thigpen, were hanging out in the hotel room.

TMZ reported that as soon as the staff entered, YoungBoy encouraged Thigpen to punch the housekeeper in the face. The fight continued till the hallway and the staff managed to escape and called police, who came and arrested the duo

YoungBoy, whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden, was locked up at the Atlanta City Detention Center with three misdemeanors charges — possession of weed, use of fighting words and physical obstruction with another. No bond was set for YoungBoy and he was expected to appear before a judge Tuesday morning.

Thigpen, on the other hand, was charged with "disorderly conduct, physical obstruction of another and possession of marijuana less than an ounce." Though no more details of the arrest were available, eyewitnesses told TMZ that both of them were taken into custody together.