Rapper Young Dolph Shot & Killed in Memphis

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Rapper Young Dolph Shot & Killed in Memphis

Young Dolph died after a shooting in Memphis.

According to reports, the Chicago, Illinois born rapper Young Dolph, 36 has been shot and killed in his hometown Memphis, Tennessee. The shooting happened in Memphis on Wednesday afternoon outside a cookie store. Maurice Hill, the owner of the shop where the shooting happened, Makeda’s Butter Cookies, told FOX13 his employees said Young Dolph walked into the store to buy cookies. Someone then drove up and then shot and killed him.

“From what I’m hearing, Young Dolph went to pick up food and got ambushed, he returned fire but got hit several times and succumbed to the injuries he sustained,” wrote DJ Akademiks. Memphis Police Department states that, “Officers are on the scene of a shooting at 2370 Airways. One male victim was located and was pronounced dead.”

According to TMZ, the shooter opened fire “through a front window,” and Dolph is survived by his daughter and son. Dolph’s “attorney and buddy Scott Hall tells us [Young Dolph] was in town for his annual Thanksgiving giveaway—he’d been living in Atlanta for the majority of the time,” according to the report. The rapper’s intention, according to his lawyer, was to give away “a truckload of turkeys to individuals in his former neighborhood” after dropping by Makeda’s.

Several artists took to social media and reacts to the shocking news about passing of Young Dolph. “Damn @YoungDolph can’t believe this sh*t prayers to his family and love ones,” wrote Morray. “damn..RIP Young Dolph,” tweets Russ.

Young Dolph got his first top 40 success on the Billboard Hot 100 with a feature on O.T. Genasis’ 2015 single “Cut It,” after releasing multiple mixtapes in the first half of the decade. Following that, Dolph released five studio albums in five years: King of Memphis in 2016, Bulletproof and Thinking Out Loud in 2017, Role Model in 2018, and Rich Slave in 2020, which reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200.

Rich Slave opened at fourth place on the US Billboard 200 chart in its first week, earning 65,000 album-equivalent units (including 32,000 copies in pure album sales). This was Young Dolph’s second top-ten debut in the United States, as well as his best first-week sales to date.

Long Live Young Dolph was the title of a posthumous tribute album that Paper Route Empire unveiled on January 10, 2022, and which was formally published on January 21, 2022. The track “LLD (Long Live Dolph)” was made available before it. PRE affiliates Key Glock, Big Moochie Grape, Kenny Muney, Jay Fizzle, Joddy Badass, Snupe Bandz, Paper Route Woo, and Chitana make cameo performances on the compilation album.

Dolph also worked on a pair of joint projects with Memphis rapper Key Glock, Dum and Dummer and Dum and Dummer 2, which were released in March and soared to No. 8 on Billboard’s albums list. Dolph’s Paper Route Empire label recently released Paper Route Illuminati, its first-ever collection mixtape.

 

Back in 2018, Dolph made history by displaying his benevolence in response to the firing of two coffee shops employees for playing his music at a cafe near Duke University. He flew them to Rolling Loud in Miami to see his performance, and then gave them a cool $20,000.

So check this out, this what we gon do. I know for a fact that the VP at that school get money, but he don’t get money like Dolph.” He continued, “So until y’all get a new job, I got $20,000 for y’all right now.”

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