Having previously survived two assassination attempts: rapper Young Dolph was murdered
American rapper Young Dolph, 36, was shot dead at a cookie shop in Memphis.
He is survived by two children.
In 2017 he was shot three times in Hollywood and hospitalized in critical condition, and later was shot 100 times at his car but was not injured because the vehicle was bulletproof, and wrote about the incident his hit "100 Shots"
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18/11/2021
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 12:40 Updated: 12:50
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American rapper Adolf Robert Thornton, known by his stage name Young Dolph, was shot dead yesterday (Wednesday) at a cookie shop in Memphis in the United States, near the city's international airport. Police said they have no information to release about a possible shooting suspect. Dolph was 36 at the time of his death. He is survived by two children.
Local media in Memphis reported that Dolph's cousin said the rapper had been in town since Monday and visited a cancer-sick aunt. Last week the cookie store posted a video on the rapper's Instagram, in which he promotes the store's cookies, saying he returns to the store every time he's in Memphis.
This is not the first time the rapper has been shot.
In September 2017, he was shot three times while outside a shopping center in Los Angeles.
He was then taken to a hospital, reported to have arrived in critical condition but a few hours later doctors announced he was expected to survive.
After two weeks of recovery at the hospital from gunshot wounds he underwent several surgeries.
The identity of the shooter was never revealed.
In February of that year he was shot more than 100 times at his North Carolina SUV, following which he released the song "100 Shots."
He said he survived because he had bulletproof boards in the vehicle.
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Dolph was born in Chicago in 1985, released his debut album "King of Memphis" in 2016 which reached number 46 on the Billboard 200. He released a total of seven albums, the last of which "Rich Slave" came out in 2020 and was the biggest success of his albums - Qualified To fourth place in the Billboard 200 parade. In his music he sang, among other things, about being a drug dealer and living on the streets of Memphis.
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