Young Dolph was killed as he transitioned from survivor to thriver. That's what's sad|Weathersbee
Much of Young Dolph’s life was about surviving. Dolph, whose name was Adolph Robert Thornton Jr., was raised by his grandmother in Memphis; in a place where poverty drove him to sell drugs as a teenager. But like many other hip-hop artists, Dolph parlayed that pain into a multimillion dollar career through speaking to an audience that could relate to the hustle it took to transcend that life and the flaunting of riches and rewards he amassed along the way. That last part shou