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Our hearts go out to the Thornton family and all who are affected by this horrific act of violence.
Chief CJ Davis is on the scene of the shooting in the 2300 block of Airways.
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Officers are on the scene of a shooting at 2370 Airways.
One male victim was located and was pronounced dead.
Dolph came onto the Memphis scene as a prolific rapper, releasing over a dozen mixtapes since 2008.
He released his debut album,King of Memphis, in 2016.
Dolphs 2020 solo albumRich Slavewent on to peak at No.
4, while March 2021sDum and Dummer 2, also with Key Glock, peaked at No.
He was also known as a community figure in Memphis for actions likegivingout turkeys around Thanksgiving.
Days before his shooting, he appeared inan Instagram videofor Makedas Butter Cookies supporting the business.
A post shared by MakedasCookies (@makedas_cookies)
Multiple hip-hop musicians paid tribute to Dolph after the news.
to my friend Dolph this broke my heart, Gucci Manetweeted.
God bless Dolph, Chance the Rappertweeted, noting that he had been born in Chicago.
Always showed love everytime I seen him this is tragic God bless his family man.
Legendary artist and person.
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