US rapper Young Dolph was killed in a drive by shooting in Memphis, Tennessee, on November 17th, 2021.
The 36-year-old musician was shot dead shortly before 1 pm at Makeda’s Homemade Butter Cookies shop near Memphis International Airport.
Young Dolph, whose real name was Adolph Robert Thornton Jr, had been targeted in previous shootings in 2017 in Charlotte, South Carolina, and Los Angeles, California. He released his debut album King of Memphis in 2016 and was a cousin to rapper Juice WRLD who died of a drug overdose at Chicago’s Midway Airport in 2019.
