Adolph Robert Thornton Jnr was American Rapper better known as YOUNG DOLPH he was born on July 27, 1985, in Chicago, Illinois. He died on November 17, 2021.
When he was two years old, his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee. He had two sisters and two brothers; he and the late legendary rapper Juice Wrld were second cousins. Thornton was mostly raised by his grandmother; his parents experienced addictions to ‘crack’ cocaine, and as a child he would only see them every few weeks.
In 2008, Young Dolph released his first mixtape Paper Route Campaign. Two years later, he formally established his label Paper Route Empire in 2010, an independent record label which is not affiliated with any major record label, and subsequently released ”Welcome 2 Dolph World” that same year. With the release of mixtapes High Class Street Music and High Class Street Music Episode 2 in 2011, Young Dolph began to develop his own rap flow, shifting away from a style similar to Memphis rappers Three 6 Mafia and 8Ball & MJG instead to a personal style described as “vociferous” with a “magnetic delivery and uniquely deep voice”.
With Young Dolph’s increasing popularity, Memphis rapper Yo Gotti offered him a record deal with Yo Gotti’s Collective Music Group label (affiliated with Epic Records) in August 2014, but Young Dolph declined, preferring to remain independent.
Young dolph Networth in 2021 was $3 million before he was reported dead. Young Dolph loved Memphils where he grew up.
In 2016 he decided to release his debut Album titled ”King Of Memphis” which was ranked at #49 on Billboard 200 chat which made him more popular.
Young Dolph is among one of the most hardworking artists America has ever had. Rapper Young Dolph also released his 7th Album and named it ”Rich slave.”
This album was released in 2020 and became his highest charting project ever and reached #4 on Billboard 200 chart
His car was reportedly shot over 100 times but was outfitted with bulletproof panels, and no one was hurt. Following the shootings, Blac Youngsta and two other men were arrested, but the charges were later dropped due to insufficient evidence.
Young Dolph used the publicity from the shooting to promote his second studio album Bulletproof. In September that same year, he was shot multiple times; in February 2018, he released the extended play ”Niggas Get Shot Everyday,” referencing this prior incident.
The Memphis rap legend was no stranger to the bakery. A week before he was shot dead he was spreading love and promoting the business.
South Memphis rapper Young Dolph became a local hero with stern club hits and cold punch lines served throughout a series of mixtapes that led to a nationwide breakthrough around 2014. After he hit the Billboard 200 with a series of four albums ranging from King of Memphis (2016) to Role Model (2018), he levelled up with his first top ten album, the Key Glock collaboration Dum and Dummer (2019), and continued with the similarly successful Rich Slave (2020) and Dum and Dummer 2 (2021).
In the process, he racked up gold records with singles such as “100 Shots,” “Major,” and “RNB,” and was featured on O.T. Genasis’ multi-platinum hit “Cut It.” Dolph was fatally shot in 2021. Dolph, short for Adolph Thornton, Jr., was born in Chicago and raised in Memphis. He debuted in 2008 with the mixtape Paper Route Campaign.
May his soul Rest In Peace.
