Young Dolph Killed at Age 36 in Memphis Shooting

Young Dolph Killed

On Wednesday afternoon (November 17), rapper and music executive Young Dolph was shot dead outside a store in Memphis, a source told Billboard.

According to FOX13 Memphis, the shooting took place outside Makida's cookies, where police found Dolph and pronounced him dead at the scene. He was 36 years old.

Born Adolf Robert Thornton Jr., Dolph achieved great success as an independent star on the Memphis Rap Scene after releasing his debut album, King of Memphis in 2016. Since then, Young Dolph has scored three top 10 albums on the Billboard 200, at number 4 on his 2020 Rich Slave project chart. According to MRC data, her albums grossed a total of 2.6 million albums and sold 221,000 copies. According to MRC data, its catalog calculated 3.9 billion on-demand US streams.

Young Dolph also has two Billboard Hot 100 entries in his name: O.T. Genasis' "Cut It", which includes Dolph (No. 35, No. 3 on rap airplay) in 2016 and Gucci Mane's "Stunting Ain't Nuthin", which includes Slim Jxmmi and Dolph in 2017 (No. 95). . Last year, she scored in the top 20 rap airplay hits with "RNB", including Megan Thee Stallion.

Dolph also shined as an executive with the success of his paper root empire and the rise of his prot kli g kli. The duo released several projects, reaching the top 10 on the 2019 Dum & Dummer and 2021 Dum & Dummer 2 Billboard 200. Just this week, Glock debuted at number 7 on the Billboard 200 with Yellow Tape 2.

Despite his victory over the artist and the executive, Dolph has almost lost his life in the past due to multiple shootings. In February 2017, more than 100 shots were fired at his SUV in Charlotte, North Carolina. He went out unscathed and later released a song called "100 Shots" which described the incident. Later this year, Dolph was shot in Los Angeles, where he recovered from three gunshot wounds.