Police confirmed rapper Young Dolph was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon along Airways Boulevard in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 36.
Officers were called to the scene in the 2300 block of Airways, outside of Makeda’s Cookies in southeast Memphis.
Investigators have not said what led to the shooting, but a source told WATN in Memphis that the rapper was killed in the shooting.
Adolph Thornton Jr., aka Young Dolph, was a Memphis native who started with mixtapes before emerging nationwide around 2014, according to his website bio. He has worked with 2 Chainz, Juicy J of Three 6 Mafia, Young Jeezy, and Rick Ross, among others. His debut studio album, King of Memphis, was released in 2016 and debuted at number 8 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album Charts.
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