NBA YoungBoy has said he was told by a doctor that the left side of his heart was swollen while he was touring, but that he completed the tour without telling anyone. The rapper said the issue has not fully gone away and suggested it has influenced his music, though he gave no further medical details.

Speaking on the Open Thoughts podcast in Korea, where he now lives, the 26-year-old said he believes he has only “one or two” albums and one final tour left. The comments come after a highly prolific career: Billboard credited him in 2025 as hip-hop’s most decorated Billboard 200 artist, while the RIAA said he had earned more Gold and Platinum certifications than any other rapper.