Young Dolph was an American rapper who was shot and killed by an unknown gunman in Memphis City, Tennessee on November 17, 2021.
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Wiki/Biography
Adolph Robert Thornton Jr. was born on Saturday, July 27, 1985 (age 36 years at the time of death), in Chicago, Illinois, USA. His family moved to Memphis, Tennessee when he was two years old. His zodiac sign is Leo. He did his schooling from Hamilton High School, Illinois, USA
Physical Appearance
Height (approx): 6′ 2″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
He was born and raised in the Memphis community.
parents and siblings
He was raised by his grandmother as his parents were drug addicts and would visit her once every few weeks. He was the eldest among his two sisters and two brothers. He was the second cousin of American rapper Juice Wrld. He has a younger brother known as StillFamous901.
Young Dolph’s younger brother
Talking about his grandmother in an interview, he said,
I recognized my grandmother as the worst motherfucker in the world. I didn’t get that shit at the time. …All that nonsense she was telling me is what I get to see when I’m 15. I began to use her teachings throughout my life to become more independent. “My grandmother would not often allow my friends to come to our house, but would sometimes allow homeless friends to stay with the family.”
wife and children
He had two children with his girlfriend Mia J, their son named Trey Trey Thornton, born in June 2014, and their daughter named Aria Ella Thornton, born in April 2017.
Young Dolph with his girlfriend and kids
relationship
His longtime girlfriend, Mia Jaye, is the CEO of her own retail brand Momio (pronounced mom-eo), which also works for social causes for black people.
Young Dolph with his girlfriend
livelihood
Early career success (2008–2017)
He debuted as a rapper in 2008 with his mixtape ‘Paper Route Campaign’.
Young Dolph’s Paper Route Campaign
After about two years, he released his own music label ‘Paper Route Empire’ and in the same year, he released another mixtape ‘Welcome 2 Dolph World’ under his music label. After the release of his mixtapes ‘High Class Street Music’ and ‘High Class Street Music Episode 2’ in 2011, he began to gain popularity as his style of rap flow was different from other Memphis rappers. In 2014, he received an offer from Memphis rapper Yo Gotti to work under Yo Gotti’s music label, but Dolph declined the offer because he wanted to work independently. He was featured on the popular single “Cut It” (rapped by American rapper OT Genesis) in 2016. In the same year, Dolph released his first music album “King of Memphis” under his own music label. The album was a hit and ranked 49th on the Billboard 200.
king of memphis poster
The title of his album was not well received by other Memphis rappers, who released a diss track titled “Shake SUM (Young Dolph Diss)” (2017) in response to Dolph’s album. This created a rivalry between the rappers, and in response, Dolph released a diss track against Yo Gotti titled “Play wit Yo’ Bitch”. After the release of the music video “Play Wit Yo’ Bitch” in 2017, hatred among rappers increased and the day after the release of the music video, Dolph’s car was shot at over 100 times. However, Young Dolph was not injured because his car was bulletproof.
He received huge media attention for this incident and using the promotion he released the studio album ‘Bulletproof’ in 2017. He was attacked again that same year, and in reference to the incident, he released an extended play titled “Niggaz Get Shot”. Every Day” in 2018.
Young Dolph in a music video
Topping the charts (2017-2020)
In 2017, he signed his cousin and rapper Key Glock to work with him under his music label ‘Paper Route Empire’. They collaborated in 2018 for the single track “Major” which was a big hit and peaked at no. 47 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In 2018, he received a label deal worth US$22 million, but declined the offer to work independently. In the same year, he decided to sign a record deal with the music label Empire Distribution and released the music album ‘Role Model’ in collaboration with Empire Distribution and his music label ‘Paper Route Empire’. He then released his first collaborative album “Dum & Dummer” with American rapper Key Glock in July 2019. The album was a super hit and was her first album to reach the top 10 rank on the Billboard 200.
Dum and Damar Poster
Retirement rumors (2020–2021)
In early 2020, there were rumors that Dolph would retire from the music industry to focus on his personal life. The rumors were proven true when Dolph shared a post on his Instagram account saying,
I’m highly considering leaving the music business because I really want to be with my kids 24/7.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, he released a single, “Sunshine”, highlighting the issue of the pandemic. During an interview he talked about his album. He said,
Man, my little boy wanted to hear some new music. …I’ll keep it real: I’m not on my rapper bullshit, I’m on my industry bullshit, Big Bro bullshit. I got a lot of artists, and I’m dropping all my artists’ projects, and they’re going up. … So I’m like, ‘Yeah, I have to go ahead and give it to them.’ I have to leave it.”
Instead of retiring, he continued to release his music albums including ‘Rich Slave’ (2020) and ‘Dum and Dummer 2’ (2021). On July 30, 2021, he released a compilation album ‘Paper Route Illuminati’ under his own music label.
car collection
- Rolls-Royce Cullinan
Young Dolph with his truck
- A type of animal
Young Dolph with his Jaguar car
tattoo
- Marijuana tattoo on his right arm
Young Dolph’s marijuana tattoo
- He has ‘Gastaldo’ tattooed on his right arm
Young Dolph’s Gastaldo Tattoo
- She has tattoos on her right shoulder and arm
young dolph’s tattoo
- He has ‘Portrait’ tattooed on his right arm
Tattoo of young dolph on right arm
- Tattoo of ‘PRE’ (the initials of his music label company ‘Paper Route Empire’) on his right arm
‘PRE’ tattoo on Young Dolph’s arm
- She has a tattoo on the inside of her right hand
Young Dolph has a tattoo on his right arm
- a tattoo on his left hand
Young Dolph has a tattoo on his left arm
Death
On November 17, 2021, around 1 pm, while he was buying cookies for his mother at a local store in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, he was shot dead by an unknown person. Following his death, a crowd gathered for hours at the site of his death, with a curfew being called by a Memphis councilman to prevent any civil unrest or violence.
Facts/General Knowledge
- He was also known as Dolph Obama.
- During an interview he talked about the difficult days of his childhood. He said,
We were in fourth, fifth, and sixth grade and watching this living hell. All I ever wanted was money. I told my grandma a long time ago that I was going to get my mom and dad out of the hood. I was a little boy saying this nonsense. I never really had a father, just roadies, and I’m giving [people] The games that his father was going to give him on these tapes and songs. My whole effort is about giving reality to these people.
- He was involved in various social activities, such as donating food on Thanksgiving, providing donations for cancer patients and donating US$25,000 to Hamilton High School, a school in Chicago, Illinois, US.
- As of November 2021, he has approximately 1.5 million subscribers on his YouTube channel titled ‘Young Dolph’.
- He was fond of diamond jewelery and had a good collection of diamond watches and neck chains.
- Some of the things he always kept with him were his homemade shoes, cocoa buttercream and grapes.
- He played ping pong and visited strip clubs in his spare time.
Young Dolph playing ping pong
- Young Dolph smoked cigars.
young dolph smoking
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