The artist made a name for himself with hits like Major and his 2020 album Rich Slave, with which he quickly reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart.
American rapper Young Dolph he was shot and killed on Wednesday, November 17, while inside a cookie store in Memphis, Tennessee, local authorities said.
“On November 17, 2021 at 12:00, Memphis police officers were called to the scene of a shooting” and “a male victim was located and pronounced dead at the scene,” said city police in a statement.
“Preliminary information indicates that the victim is Adolph Robert Thornton Jr.,” better known by his stage name Young Dolph, he added.
Dolph, 36, who was born in Chicago and raised in Memphis, had just walked into the Makeda cookie shop, which he used to frequent, when an armed individual appeared and shot him, local press reported. Police said they have no information about the suspect yet.
The rapper made a name for himself with hits like Major and his album released in 2020, Rich Slave, with which he quickly reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart.
The artist survived two shootings in 2017: one in Charlotte, North Carolina, in which his car received a hundred shots according to US media; and the other in Los Angeles, where he had been hit by three bullets.
Several celebrities from the rap world expressed their condolences on social media. American rapper Gucci Mane acknowledged being “devastated.” (I)
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