Rapper Young Dolph has died after being shot while visiting a cookie store in Memphis, according to police.
Memphis police said in a statement: “The preliminary information indicates that the victim is Adolph Robert Thornton, Jr,” but added “this information will be confirmed once the identification process has been completed.”
An eyewitness stated that the musician, who released his debut album, King of Memphis in 2016, was shot as he walked into Makeda’s Homemade Butter Cookies.
According to TMZ, a shot was fired through the window.
The rapper, who has collaborated with the likes of 2 Chainz, Megan Thee Stallion and Gucci Mane, is survived by two children.
Fans, fellow artists and friends have paid tribute to the fiercely independent artist.
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