Memphis artist, Young Dolph, who died in November 2021, has just had new details about his murder revealed thanks to autopsy.
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The newest report on the murder of Young Dolph has just come in following his autopsy, showing that the young artist was shot 22 times when he was killed on November 17th, 2021. Dolph was walking into the local bakery Makeda’s Homemade Butter Cookies to get some of their food when he was shot and killed by a car of people who pulled up on the store.
An eyewitness to the murder claims that the musician was killed by a shot fired through the window as he walked into the cookie store. He was reportedly accompanied by one other person at the time of the shooting.
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The two suspects who were wanted for the murder of Young Dolph were taken into police custody months ago. Justin Johnson (23), who also goes by the alias Straight Dropp, was taken into custody on January 11th. Cornelius Smith (32), the second suspect, was already in custody at Desoto Count Jail in Desoto, Mississippi for a previous arrest from the 9th of December.
Young Dolph was previously shot several times outside a trainer shop in Hollywood in 2017. The incident left him needing surgery.
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The rapper released several mixtapes in the early 2010s, before unveiling his debut record King of Memphis in 2016. He went on to release four more albums, 2017’s Bulletproof and Thinking Out Loud, 2018’s Role Model, and 2020’s Rich Slave, which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. He has collaborated with the likes of Megan Thee Stallion, 2 Chainz and Gucci Mane.
Young Dolph, whose real name is Adolph Thorton Jr., is a graduate of Hamilton High School in Memphis. The rapper made headlines last year after donating $25,000 to the school for new sports equipment and supplies. He is survived by two children.
