Rapper who was pardoned had this to say about president in 2017

The Louisiana rapper who was pardoned by President Donald Trump once said "F--- Donald Trump" successful a 2017 song. 

NBA YoungBoy, whose existent sanction is Kentrell Gaulden, has been thanking Trump for the reprieve, penning successful a caller Instagram station that the president is "giving maine the accidental to support gathering -- arsenic a man, arsenic a father, and arsenic an artist." 

However, successful his opus "Red Rum," the 25-year-old Gaulden erstwhile rapped "And f--- Donald Trump b----, that NBA s---." 

Pardon czar Alice Marie Johnson was asked astir the remark during an quality connected "Fox & Friends" earlier this morning. 

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President Donald Trump, left, and rapper NBA YoungBoy. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin/Erika Goldring/Getty Images)

"So a mates of rappers person travel retired oregon let’s accidental 1 successful peculiar -- YoungBoy. One of his lyrics successful 2017 that helium enactment retired is "F Donald Trump" and immoderate much disparaging things to say. He had a convulsive past of battle and battery. Multiple cases of that, and firearm, drug and fraud charges. What sold you connected him getting a 2nd chance?" co-host Brian Kilmeade asked her. 

"I looked astatine the property and however this young antheral grew up. He grew up successful a precise impoverished neighborhood. And the things that helium had to face, NBA YoungBoy increasing up. Most of those were weapon charges without the guns being discharged," she said. 

"But I besides looked astatine what happened to him connected a acceptable wherever helium was filming a video and helium had a prop successful the set. That’s truly wherever this came from. He didn’t travel retired of prison. He was fixed a pardon truthful helium could person a caller beginning. And the officers who successful this peculiar lawsuit they came astatine him arsenic though helium was a violent and helium was connected a set, filming for a video. They gave him a weapon complaint for that... the officers who did this were each investigated and fired. So I look astatine the elements of what happened to this young man," Johnson added. 

Last year, Gaulden was sentenced by a national justice successful Utah aft helium acknowledged possessing weapons contempt being a convicted felon. However, helium reached an statement that resolved Utah authorities charges against him and settled 2 sets of national charges against him -- 1 carried a 23-month condemnation and the different ordered 5 years of probation and a $200,000 fine.  

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Rapper NBA YoungBoy performs successful Atlanta, Georgia, successful November 2018.  (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

"I privation to convey President Trump for granting maine a pardon and for giving maine the accidental to support gathering -- arsenic a man, arsenic a father, and arsenic an artist," Gaulden, whose signifier moniker stands for "Never Broke Again," wrote connected his Instagram. "This infinitesimal means a lot."  

"It opens the doorway to a aboriginal I’ve worked hard for and I americium afloat prepared to measurement into this," Gaulden added.  

Gaulden was released from national situation successful March and sent to location confinement aft receiving recognition for clip served, his lawyer Drew Findling told the Associated Press. With location confinement finished past month, the pardon means helium won't person to travel the presumption of his probation, including cause testing, helium said. 

The rapper has acknowledged that helium possessed a Glock 21 .45-caliber pistol and a Masterpiece Arms MPA30T 9mm handgun portion filming a rap video successful Baton Rouge. He has besides said helium had a Sig Sauer 9mm semi-automatic pistol astatine his location successful Huntsville, Utah. He had agreed to springiness up the guns.  

NBA YoungBoy performs astatine the Lil' WeezyAna Fest astatine Champions Square successful August 2017 successful New Orleans.  (Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

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Gaulden had antecedently been convicted successful Louisiana of aggravated battle with a firearm. He had besides pleaded blameworthy successful November to his relation successful a medicine cause fraud ringing that operated retired of his location successful Utah. He had to wage a $25,000 good and was fixed nary situation time. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.