Cousins!
It is with an extremely heavy heart that we inform you all of the passing of beloved rapper Young Dolph !
Young Dolph killed in Memphis 🪦😔 pic.twitter.com/BQP3DPVH3C
— GoodtimesJackson ™ #SHIBARMY 💎 (@officialhotrod) November 17, 2021
Trending reports from officials confirm that Dolph was shot and killed this afternoon around 1 O’Clock within his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.
The incident took place at the local cookie shop of Makeda’s Butter Cookies located within the South Memphis area, reports Fox News.
The store’s manager Maurice Hill says that as Dolph walked in to make his purchase an unidentified person drove up and shot him.
On the scene of a shooting on Airways. I’m hearing Memphis rapper Young Dolph may be a victim in the shooting. Shooting happened at Makeda’s Cookies. pic.twitter.com/Dw1nTcKV3C
— Jeremy Pierre FOX13 (@JeremypierreFOX) November 17, 2021
Also known as Adolph Robert Thornton Jr, 36 he served as an artist, business man, father and husband. Dolph entered the music scene in 2016 with the release of his studio album King of Memphis.
Sources confirm that he often gave back to the people of Memphis by handing out turkeys around the holidays though the Memphis Athletic Ministries charity, speaking to school children and donating money to his former high school Hamilton High School.
R. I.P. to my friend Dolph this broke my heart
— Gucci Mane (@gucci1017) November 17, 2021