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Young Dolph’s Killer Gets Life Sentence for Murder of Memphis Rapper

Young Dolph's accused killer Justin Johnson was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday and immediately sentenced to life in prison

During Johnson’s four-day trial, jurors heard that the aspiring rapper who called himself Straight Drop murdered Young Dolph, born Adolph Thornton Jr., on November 17, 2021, in a brazen daylight ambush caught on video. According to prosecutors, Johnson carried out the slaying to collect part of an alleged $100,000 bounty purportedly offered by Anthony “Big Jook” Mims, the brother of Thornton’s longtime music rival Yo Gotti. Genesis’ hit “Cut It,” Young Dolph dropped his debut album, King of Memphis, and built his Paper Route Empire (PRE) label into a market force with other successful artists including Key Glock.

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