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Young Dolph’s collaborators are mourning his death after the rapper wasfatally shot in Memphison Wednesday.
“Bruh we suppose [sic] to be shooting our video this weekend,” Bankroll Freddie wrote on his Instagram Story. “I can’t believe this s— bruh.”
Bankroll Freddie also posted a video on his Instagram Story of himself and Young Dolph spending time together. In the video, the rappers appear to be at an event and are smiling as they walk down a corridor.
“My MF Big Brother,” Bankroll Freddie wrote.
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Young Dolph (né Adolph Robert Thornton Jr.) was fatally shot outside a local business called Makeda’s Butter Cookies on Airways Blvd., the Memphis Police Departmentwrote in a press release. He was 36.
Police said that “preliminary information” indicated that Dolph was the victim, but the information “will be confirmed once the identification process has been completed.”
Maurice Hill, the owner of Makeda’s, told local Fox affiliateWHBQthat the rapper, who was best known for his feature on the 2015 O.T. Genasis hit “Cut It,” had entered his place of business to buy cookies when a vehicle approached and someone fired the fatal shot.
Young Dolph broke onto the scene in 2016 with his debut albumKing of Memphis, and in the years since, continued to churn out at least one album each year.
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His most recent project, a collaboration with his cousin Key Glock calledDum and Dummer 2,was released in March as a follow-up to 2019’sDum and Dummer, which peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
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Ina 2020 storyfocusing on all Young Dolph had accomplished during the pandemic lockdown,GQwrote that his songs “always ring out with gravitas and—either tauntingly, triumphantly, or gratefully—opulence.”
During an interview with the magazine, Dolph said he’d been spending quality time with his family, which was “the number one reason why I’ve been enjoying” lockdown.
“This s— just make me realize how much good times I’ve been missing out on, just around the house,” he said. “It ain’t got nothing to do with money. Your money don’t mean s—… It’s all about your happiness.”
source: people.com
