United States rapper Young Dolph was shot and killed inside a store in Memphis, Tennessee on Wednesday.
Was Young Dolph shot and killed? – Here’s what we know
Reports coming from US media confirmed that a shooting took place on Airways Boulevard, inside Makeda’s Cookies.
At the time this article was published, Memphis police had cordoned off the area, collecting traces of evidence left by the shooters who, at this juncture, are unknown and presumably still at large.
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
Details of the shooting are still murky at this time. However, reputable news sources have confirmed that Dolph was, indeed, fatally shot at a local store in his hometown..
Law enforcement sources confirm to FOX13 Memphis that Young Dolph was targeted while in a store. RIP Young Dolph 🕊 pic.twitter.com/mHyXyHVtiB
— Hot Freestyle (@HotFreestyle) November 17, 2021
Here is video footage of the shooting scene, captured by eyewitnesses.
Video surfaces of eye witnesses saying that Young Dolph was shot and killed #RIPYoungDolph 🙏 pic.twitter.com/nXXXoU1Gs9
— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) November 17, 2021
This is another video from the aftermath of the young dolph shooting😢 pic.twitter.com/Mmri7GpaM4
— ❤️Ciara❤️ (@CeCeMonroeBadd) November 17, 2021
Young Dolph’s career as a successful indie rapper
Born Adolph Robert Thornton Jr on 27 July 1985, the Get Paid rapper hailed from Chicago, Illinois. Dolph, however, always claimed Memphis, Tennessee as his hometown since he moved to the city with his family at the age of two.
Dolph, it’s believed, was a sibling to two sisters and two brothers. He was also the cousin of the late JuiceWRLD.
This is not the first shooting incident the rapper has been involved with, in his rap career.
In 2017, hot on the trail of the southern music industry with hit singles Get Paid and Cut It on the circuit, Dolph was targeted in a shooting that took place in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Miraculously, the rapper, struck multiple times and picked up by emergency officials in critical condition, survived and recovered well.
However, that this time around, he was not that fortunate.
Here’s how social media reacted to the news of Dolph’s passing:
From what I’m hearing, Young Dolph went to pick up food and got ambushed, he returned fire but got hit several times and succumbed to the injuries he sustained.
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) November 17, 2021
Young dolph was kllled in his hometown while getting a haircut & buying cookies.. the hood really don’t love nobody. It’s sad fr
— Drebae (@Drebae_) November 17, 2021
What hurts the most about this Young Dolph news is his chemistry with Key Glock was second to none, their collabs was always flames. They really had something special man.
— Ahmed 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) November 17, 2021
RIP Young Dolph, the Memphis people’s champ–the answer to what if the Delta Blues was rap and funny. An antihero whose hysterical punchlines and flashiness often overshadowed a deep conscience, introspection, generosity and dedication to building an independent empire. A legend. pic.twitter.com/X51frc4oeb
— Otto Von Biz Markie (@Passionweiss) November 17, 2021
