Rapper Adolph Robert Thornton Jr., much better known by his stage name Young Dolph, was shot and also killed in Memphis on Wednesday, according to cops.
Memphis Cops Department Principal CJ Davis claimed police officers responded to a shooting at a cookie shop at around 12:30 p.m. where the target was noticable dead at the scene.
" The preliminary information suggests that the victim is Adolph Robert Thornton Jr. Nonetheless this details will be confirmed once the identification procedure has actually been finished," Davis said in a statement.
Davis included, "This shooting is one more instance of the mindless weapon physical violence we are experiencing locally as well as nationwide. Our hearts head out to the Thornton family and all that are influenced this terrible act of violence.".
Authorities said no info concerning a suspect is offered.
The 36-year-old rapper, who is from Memphis, launched a successful, independently created launching cd, King of Memphis, in 2016.
Then he made 3 various other albums that reached the top 10 in the Billboard 200, including his most current work, Rich Slave, which was released in 2020. The album became his highest-charting task, coming to a head at number four on the Billboard 200.
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Young Dolph was the victim of multiple shootings recently. In 2017, more than 100 shots were fired at his bulletproof SUV in Charlotte, N.C. He managed to walk away unhurt and later released a song about the event called, "100 Shots.".
" A hundred shots, a hundred shots. Just how the f *** you miss an entire hundred shots?" he raps in the song.
That exact same year, he was associated with an additional shooting outside of a resort in Los Angeles.
At the time, LAPD authorities informed press reporters that the shooting happened after a debate with 3 guys, "which escalated to a physical battle. At one point, Young Dolph was knocked to the ground. And then one of the suspects pulled out a handgun as well as started shooting at him.".
Young Dolph left from the scene, running to a neighboring store. He was later on required to a medical facility and went through surgery.
Officials in Los Angeles told NPR that investigation is continuous.
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