YoungBoy Never Broke Again has released his new album Slime Cry today, adding another staggering chapter to a career that has already bent the modern rap timeline out of shape. The project arrives as the Baton Rouge native quietly cements his place in the history books: with 126 RIAA certifications totaling 140.5 million units, YoungBoy now stands as the most certified rapper of all time, trailing only Elvis Presley across all genres.
The numbers underscore just how compressed his rise has been. In less than a decade, YoungBoy has surpassed certification totals that took legacy superstars decades to accumulate, eclipsing the likes of Drake, Kanye West, Eminem, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna in the process. The RIAA has also recognized him as the most successful rapper of the past decade, citing his record-setting run of Platinum-certified albums between 2015 and 2025 — all achieved before his mid-20s. That dominance has been fueled by an unusually direct relationship with his audience. Largely sidestepping traditional radio and industry pipelines, YoungBoy has built a catalog that translates into obsessive engagement: more than 30 billion global streams, over 16 billion YouTube views, and the most Gold-certified songs in music history. At comparable ages, peers like Drake and Taylor Swift were operating at a fraction of those certification totals, a disparity that highlights just how singular YoungBoy’s output and consumption have been.
The momentum extends beyond streaming. His Make America Slime Again Tour ranks among the highest-grossing hip-hop tours in U.S. history, selling over half a million tickets across 42 dates and grossing upwards of $75 million. With Slime Cry, YoungBoy Never Broke Again isn’t positioning himself as rap’s next great outlier — he’s reinforcing the reality that he’s already operating on a historic scale, rewriting the benchmarks in real time. Watch the trailer below and then listen to Slime Cry here .
