Young Dolph (1985–2021), rapper known for “Rich Slave”

was shot and killed as he entered a bakery, Makeda’s Homemade Butter Cookies. According to TMZ, a vehicle pulled up outside before someone fired at Young Dolph through the window.His loved ones have shared photos and videos of the funeral on social media, along with the funeral programme.

No matter how absurd it seemed, if Young Dolph said it, you could visualize it in your head immediately. He’d rap about dropping off pounds of weed on a four-wheeler in one song and playing peek-a-boo with his son in a mansion in another.

shot and killed earlier this month, have released a statement celebrating the late rapper’s life and thanking fans for their support.As reported by Complex, members of Dolph’s family said “there are no words that exist that sufficiently express the pain we are feeling”.“Losing Adolph, Dolph, Man-Man, changes our lives forever. And while we will take each day as it comes, we are comforted in knowing that he leaves a legacy that reflects his heart.

Police in Tennessee Monday announced that they've tied the car involved in the killing of rapper Young Dolph to a different deadly shooting that took place days earlier.  The previous attack left a woman dead and another person wounded days before the ambush on the 36-year-old hip-hop artist at a local bakery in Memphis. Two men exited a white Mercedes-Benz and fired shots into the business where Young Dolph was buying cookies Wednesday and killed him, Memphis police said.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Police in Tennessee have tied a car used in the killing of rapper Young Dolph to a shooting that left a woman dead and wounded another person days before the ambush on the hip-hop artist, authorities said Monday.Two men exited a white Mercedes-Benz and fired shots into a Memphis bakery where Young Dolph was buying cookies Wednesday and killed him, Memphis police said.

Police in Memphis have released photos of the suspects believed to have been involved in the fatal shooting of rapper Young Dolph.  The Memphis Police Department previously told Fox News Digital that officers responded to the scene of a shooting at Makeda’s Butter Cookies on Nov. 17 around 12:24 p.m.

(CNN)Following the shooting death of Memphis rapper Young Dolph Wednesday, a video of him styling his young daughter Aria's hair began making the rounds on social media."So you don't want Mommy to comb your hair, you want Daddy to comb your hair," Mia Jaye, the artist's longtime girlfriend and mother of both Aria and their young son Tre Tre can be heard saying.It's just one of the many moments showing Young Dolph's love for family that have been circulating since his death.Dolph was killed after

killed earlier this week.According to local news outlet ABC24, a gunshot rang out while mourners were standing in front of a memorial at Makeda’s Homemade Butter Cookies, where Dolph was shot.

Young Dolph’s 2017 album Bulletproof has defiance that rap legends are made of. The album was recorded after an incident that same year when shooters sent dozens of gunshots into Dolph’s car.

Shortly before he was tragically shot and killed, Young Dolph was filmed at the gas station down the road from where he was shot and killed on Wednesday November 17, via TMZ. The rapper, whose birth name is Adolph Robert Thornton Jr., was seen at the Memphis gas station filling up his camouflage-covered Corvette in the video.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Police scoured the city of Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday as they searched for suspects in the killing of influential rapper Young Dolph at a popular local cookie shop, a shooting that drew shocked and mournful reactions from the music world and throughout his hometown.Few details have emerged about the shooting of the 36-year-old rapper Wednesday at Makeda's Cookie's, a well-known bakery not far from Memphis' airport.

pic.twitter.com/CUu307V5ewREST IN PEACE YOUNG DOLPH. I CANT BELIEVE THIS SHIT RIGHT NOWwe losing too many black men to poor health, racism, jail, etc.

Young Dolph, the trailblazing Memphis artist who treasured authenticity and independence, was shot to death on Wednesday. Since 2016, he gathered significant critical and commercial success on his own terms: releasing his music and signing artists to his label, Paper Route Empire.

Rapper Young Dolph is dead after being shot and killed while visiting a bakery in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. A representative for the artist, whose real name is Adolph Robert Thornton, Jr., told Variety in a statement that they are "shocked and deeply saddened by the sudden and tragic loss of our dear friend and client, Young Dolph." "The world has lost an icon, a great man and beloved artist who has been taken too soon," it adds.

Young Dolph was shot and killed in his hometown of Memphis on Wednesday afternoon. The news was first reported by FOX13.

told local news station FOX13. He was 36.Dolph, whose real name is Adolph Robert Thornton, Jr., was inside Makeda’s Butter Cookies in Memphis, when employees said someone drove up and shot him, the bakery’s owner told FOX13.

MEMPHIS, Tenn.

It’s a sad day for both the music industry and the Memphis, Tennessee community as rapper Young Dolph was shot and killed in the river city on Wednesday.