Rapper Young Dolph killed in Memphis shooting

Rapper Young Dolph, popularly identified for his 2020 album 'Rich Slave', died in a shooting in Memphis aged 36. "All of us at APA are shocked and deeply saddened by the sudden and tragic loss of our dear friend and client, Young Dolph," an APA consultant mentioned in an announcement to Variety. "The world has lost an icon, a great man and beloved artist who has been taken too soon. His dedication, drive, hard work and loyalty to all those around him always came first and he will be deeply missed. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family at this most difficult time."The shooting occurred at Makeda's Homemade Cookies in South Memphis on Wednesday afternoon, native station FOX News 13 reported, reviews selection.com. The proprietor of the shop instructed the outlet that Young Dolph walked in to purchase cookies when somebody drove up, shot and killed him.Young Dolph, whose actual title was Adolph Robert Thornton, Jr., was born in Chicago however moved to Memphis at a younger age. He was the cousin of rapper Juice Wrld, who died at 21 of a drug overdose at Chicago's Midway International Airport on December 8, 2019. Making his studio album debut, Young Dolph launched 'King of Memphis' in 2016, which reached No. 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.He dropped seven albums from 2016 to 2021, the newest being 'Dum and Dummer 2' with Key Glock, which peaked at quantity 8. He was signed to Paper Route Empire, and his most profitable album was 2020's 'Rich Slave', which debuted at quantity 4 on the Billboard 200 and was his highest-charting launch.From 2008 to 2017, he dropped greater than a dozen mixtapes and EPs. In September 2017, Young Dolph was shot exterior a retail retailer in Hollywood and hospitalized in vital situation.He spent two weeks in the hospital recovering from three gunshot wounds. Released previous to the shooting, his April 2017 album 'Bulletproof' secretly spelled out a message via the observe listings ('100 Shots', 'In Charlotte', 'But I'm Bulletproof', 'So Fuk'em', 'That's How I Feel').