Young Dolph Rapper Wiki, Age, Wife, Girlfriend, Family, Parents, Dead, Real Name, Height, Net Worth, Instagram

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Young Dolph Biography – Young Dolph Wiki

Young Dolph born Adolph Robert Thornton, Jr. better known by his stage name Young Dolph, was an American rapper. He released his debut studio album, King of Memphis, which peaked at number 49 on the Billboard 200 chart in 2016. He was featured on O.T. Genasis’ hit single “Cut It”, which peaked at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100. His seventh album, Rich Slave, was released in 2020 and became his highest-charting project, debuting at number four on the Billboard 200. On November 17, 2021, he was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee.

In 2008, Young Dolph released his first mixtape Paper Route Campaign. After a period of two years, he formally established his label Paper Route Empire in 2010, an independent record label not affiliated with a major record label, and subsequently released Welcome 2 Dolph World that same year. In 2016, Young Dolph performed his hit singles “Get Paid” and “Cut It” live at the Royal South Central in Atlanta along with Solo Lucci and more to promote his debut album King of Memphis.

In early 2017, Young was the target of gunfire in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his car reportedly shot over 100 times. He used the publicity to promote his second studio album Bulletproof. In September that same year, Dolph was shot multiple times, and in February of 2018, he released the extended play Niggas Get Shot Everyday, referencing this prior incident.

In 2017, he signed his cousin-by-marriage and fellow Memphis rapper Key Glock to his Paper Route Empire label after meeting at family gatherings. In 2018, Young Dolph and Key Glock released the single “Major”, which peaked at number 47 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In July 2019, he again collaborated with Key Glock, this time releasing his first collaborative album entitled Dum and Dummer, imitating the title of the Farrelly brothers’ film Dumb and Dumber. The album peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200, earning each of the artists their first top 10 albums. The album was produced by BandPlay, who used a variety of styles of beats in the album’s tracks. Reviewers for the album noted Dolph’s greater “songwriting range”, with “depths of self-loathing and despair” that were complemented by the younger Key Glock’s “celebrations of himself”.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the late rapper released the single “Sunshine” to highlight and address the global situation. Dolph’s seventh album, Rich Slave, was released on August 14, 2020. It was preceded by the singles “Blue Diamonds”, “RNB” featuring Megan Thee Stallion, and “Death Row”. Dolph explained the album’s title, stating “It’s the reality of being Black in this country”.

On March 5, 2021, Dolph and Key Glock released the single, “Aspen”, and subsequently their second collaborative album, Dum and Dummer 2, was released on March 26, 2021, with 20 tracks. It is a sequel to 2019’s Dum and Dummer, and combined solo songs with tracks featuring both artists. The project’s cartoon artwork references Beavis & Butthead. The album was released by Dolph’s independent Paper Route Empire label. In a review on Pitchfork, Nadine Smith gave the album a 7.5/10 rating, stating that “Dolph & Glock fashion themselves in the image of pop culture dunces even if at the same time they’re poised, extravagant, and immaculate—there’s a casualness to their rapport and respective flows that never announces itself too much.”

Young Dolph Age

He was born on July 27, 1985, in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and died after a fatal shooting in Memphis on Wednesday, 17 November 2021. He was 36.

Young Dolph Family

He was named Adolph Robert Thornton Jr. at birth. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. His family moved to Memphis, Tennessee, when he was 2 years old where he was raised by his grandmother as his parents were addicts to crack cocaine. He was the eldest child with two sisters and two brothers and was cousins with rapper Juice Wrld. Juice Wrld died of a drug overdose at the age of 21 on December 8, 2019.

Young Dolph Girlfriend

He was in a relationship with his girlfriend, Mia Jaye who is a podcaster and entrepreneur, and CEO at a fashion brand dubbed Shop Momeo. They had two children together, Tre and Aria.

Young Dolph Children

He was the father of Tre Tre Thornton and Aria Ella Thornton.

Young Dolph Death

On November 17, 2021, law enforcement officials in Memphis confirmed that Young Dolph had been fatally shot inside Makeda’s Homemade Butter Cookies shop. An unidentified gunman ran into the store and shot two bullets. Young Dolph frequently visited the cookie shop.

According to FOX13 Memphis, Tennessee, three independent law enforcement sources confirmed to FOX13 that rapper Young Dolph was shot and killed in Memphis Wednesday afternoon. Maurice Hill, the owner of the shop where the shooting happened, Makeda’s Butter Cookies, told FOX13 his employees said Young Dolph, 36, walked into the store to buy cookies. Someone then drove up and then shot and killed him around 1 p.m. on Wednesday at the bakery in South Memphis.

Shortly before 5 p.m., Memphis police released preliminary information about the shooting. Officers said information is pointing to Young Dolph being the victim, but they said the identification process has not been completed. Police called the shooting “senseless” and said, “our hearts go out to the Thornton family and all who were affected by this horrific act of violence.” The release closed by saying officers are committed to working to curb these types of incidents.

Previously, he was shot outside of a retail store in Hollywood, Los Angeles on September 26, 2017. He was listed in critical condition at the hospital, but within a few hours, doctors said that he was expected to survive. He spent two weeks in the hospital to recover from his three gunshot wounds. Moments after the shooting, Yo Gotti was initially named as a person of interest in relation to the shooting. Yo Gotti was later cleared; his friend, Corey McClendon, was arrested for attempted murder but was released with no charges the next day.

Young Dolph Cause of Death

He died by shooting on Wednesday, November 17, 2021. He was 36.

Young Dolph Instagram

His Instagram handle was @youngdolph.

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