Young Dolph

Adolph Robert Thornton Jr. † (July 27, 1985 – November 17, 2021 [aged 36]), better known professionally as Young Dolph, was an American musician known for his music.
==Early life==
Thornton was born on July 27, 1985, in Chicago, Illinois. He and his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee at just two years old. He mainly had been taken care of by his grandmother, but would oftentimes be strict towards him just at 15 years old.
==Career==
Thornton released his first mixtape called Paper Route Campaign in 2008. In 2010, he would establish Paper Route Empire, his own label. Memphis rapper Yo Gotti offered Thornton a record deal with Gotti’s Collective Music Group label, but he chose to remain independent. 
In 2016, a small controversy would arise with one of his debut albums, King of Memphis, taken offense by Yo Gotti and other Memphis rappers. After many diss tracks by Thornton, he was involved in a shooting by Blac Youngsta, who was arrested along with two men connected to the shooting.
==Channel==
Thornton created his channel on January 29, 2009, and uploaded his first video on July 30, 2015. He mainly uploads his music videos to his channel. Sometimes, videos from the channel will be posthumously uploaded.
==Death==
On November 17, 2021, Thornton was shot while picking up cookies from a bakery he used to visit at home by two gunmen coming out of a van. A crowd of many people swarmed the spot of his death, as police had to prevent anyone from interfering. 
On January 10, 2022, a posthumous album called Paper Route Empire Presents: Long Live Dolph would be released in his memory.
==Trivia==
*He and Juice WRLD were second cousins.
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