RAPPER Young Dolph was shot dead on November 17 as gunfire erupted at a cookie store in Memphis and comedian Derrion 'Dmuney' Childs died nearly a week later after making jokes about Young Dolph's murder.
Young Dolph was shot down after a car pulled up and fired through the front window of the store.
Childs, 21, later dissed the late rapper in a Facebook post, writing, "MANE CUHH IF YEEN FROM MEMPHIS OR IF YEEN THE POLICE JUST QUIT TRYNA SOLVE YOUNG DOLPH MURDER THESE FOLKS DONE CAME & LOCKED MY GMA UP."
He also reacted to the news of Dolph's death, posting: "I love Memphis cuh we so gangsta."
Then, the Memphis Police Department announced on Twitter they responded to a shooting in November 2021. "Officers located three victims nearby on Vayu Dr. Male #1 was xported critical but did not survive his injury," the department said.
On Friday, November 26, police confirmed the deceased male was identified as Derrion Childs, 21. He reportedly died on November 23, just under a week after the shooting that killed Dolph.
Read our Young Dolph live blog below for the latest news and updates…
- Jocelyn Cook
HOW DID YOUNG DOLPH DIE, CONTINUED
Police released footage of a white Mercedes Benz believed to be the vehicle used by Dolph's assailants in the fatal shooting.
The shooters appear in the images, one holding a rifle while another wields a handgun.
So far, no suspects have been named in the shooting that killed the 36-year-old star and people are urged to call the police with any information.
- Jocelyn Cook
HOW DID YOUNG DOLPH DIE?
On Wednesday, November 17, 2021, Dolph arrived at Memphis bakery Makeda's Cookies to purchase some baked goods. Maurice Hill, the store's owner, told FOX13 his employees said Dolph walked into the store to buy cookies specifically.
The owner then claimed that someone drove up and shot inside the store, killing the rapper at around 1pm that afternoon.
Young Dolph’s camouflage Lamborghini was spotted in the parking lot of the bakery.
"The tragic shooting death of rap artist Young Dolph serves as another reminder of the pain that violent crime brings with it," Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said.
- Jocelyn Cook
HOW DID FANS REACT TO DERRION CHILDS' COMMENTS ABOUT YOUNG DOLPH?
After Derrion Childs made jokes about Young Dolph's death, people started to flood Childs' social media accounts with comments related to Young Dolph.
One user commented: "Respect the dead lesson learned now r.I.p. dolph."
Another added: "Dissing the dead is negative energy, he should of left DOLPH alone #smdh."
- Jocelyn Cook
WHAT DID DERRION CHILDS SAY ABOUT YOUNG DOLPH?
Derrion Childs made jokes about Young Dolph's murder.
Childs, 21, dissed the late rapper in a Facebook post, writing:
"MANE CUHH IF YEEN FROM MEMPHIS OR IF YEEN THE POLICE JUST QUIT TRYNA SOLVE YOUNG DOLPH MURDER THESE FOLKS DONE CAME & LOCKED MY GMA UP."
He also reacted to the news of Dolph's death, posting: "I love Memphis cuh we so gangsta."
- Jocelyn Cook
HOW DID DERRION 'DMUNEY' CHILDS DIE?
The Memphis Police Department announced on Twitter they responded to a shooting in November 2021.
"Officers located three victims nearby on Vayu Dr. Male #1 was xported critical but did not survive his injury," the department said.
"Female #1 was listed as non-critical. Male #2 was uninjured," the tweet concluded asking citizens to call with any information on the incident.
On Friday, November 26, police confirmed the deceased male was identified as Derrion Childs, 21.
He reportedly died on November 23.
- Jocelyn Cook
WHO WAS DERRION 'DMUNEY' CHILDS?
Derrion "Dmuney" Childs was a Memphis-based comedian.
Childs made headlines after making jokes about Young Dolph's murder.
Childs, 21, dissed the late rapper in a Facebook post, writing:
"MANE CUHH IF YEEN FROM MEMPHIS OR IF YEEN THE POLICE JUST QUIT TRYNA SOLVE YOUNG DOLPH MURDER THESE FOLKS DONE CAME & LOCKED MY GMA UP."
He also reacted to the news of Dolph's death, posting: "I love Memphis cuh we so gangsta."
He reportedly died on November 23.
- H. J. Hayes
WHAT HAPPENED TO JUICE WRLD?
On December 8, 2019, Juice WRLD was pronounced dead after the rapper reportedly took “several unknown pills”.
Juice WRLD – real name Jarad Anthony Higgins – was on a flight to Chicago from Los Angeles when federal agents informed CPD there were likely illegal drugs and guns on the plane.
After landing, Juice WRLD began convulsing and seizing, and was given two doses of Narcan by local law enforcement.
In 2020, the Cook County Medical Examiner stated that Juice WRLD died as a result of toxic levels of oxycodone and codeine present in his system.
Born on December 2, 1998, Juice WRLD was only 21 years old at the time of his death.
- Jocelyn Cook
YOUNG DOLPH HAD PROMOTED THE STORE WHERE HE WAS GUNNED DOWN
Six days before his death, Dolph appeared in a video on Makeda Cookie’s Instagram page showing him outside of the store, urging his fans to visit and insisting “every time he comes home he has to stop by.”
“All I came for was to get some Makeda,” he’s heard saying in the short clip, before pointing up to the store’s sign.
“These right here,” he said, gesturing down to a handful of cookies in his hand. “Straight out the oven.”
“Just for you,” the woman behind the camera responds. “Appreciate you, be safe.”
- Jocelyn Cook
WHO ARE YOUNG DOLPH’S SIBLINGS?
Dolph was raised with four siblings, two sisters and two brothers, according to Distractify.
Their names are not publicly available online.
In an interview with Revolt, Dolph revealed that he was not allowed friends over to his home growing up, but that homeless children were sometimes allowed to stay with his family.
The rapper was the eldest brother of the siblings, so he said he took it upon himself to become “self-sufficient,” as reported by The Guardian.
“We were in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades, seeing this living hell,” he told the outlet.
- Jocelyn Cook
‘I’LL DO THE SHOOTING’
“Man, stop playing I’ll put a $100 [000] ball on this n***** head. N**** ain’t ever play with me, last n**** that played with me I shot him. I don’t do the shoot get shot at, I’ll do the shooting at n*****,” Soulja added.
“I bet a $100,000 this n***** won’t give me an address how about that. Look, I got a $100k cash. Look, DM the address and you can have all this in my hand how about that.”
Before Soulja’s rant about Dolph, the 100 Shots rapper took to Instagram on November 10 to slam his foe, saying: “How da f*** I’m a independent artist and gettin 100rax plus for a show?”
- Jocelyn Cook
DOLPH HAD ‘BEEF’ WITH SOULJA BOY
Young Dolph was killed a week after fellow rapper Soulja Boy said “he put $100,000 bounty on his head” and joked about his past shootings.
The rapper was reportedly in rap beef with Soulja Boy, who had been at odds on social media over money and their careers.
There is no suggestion that Soulja Boy is connected with Young Dolph’s death, and he has not been named as a suspect in the shooting.
A week before Dolph was gunned down, Soulja Boy was on Instagram Live speaking to his followers when a fan brought up Dolph’s name.
“Man, today was about me and Kanye, cause me and Kanye just made amends you feel me. How the f*** we end up talking about Dolph’s lame a** , God damn, clout chasing h** a**,” the Pretty Boy Swag rapper said.
- Jocelyn Cook
YOUNG DOLPH SPOKE ABOUT 'BEEF' WITH YO GOTTI
In 2017, Dolph sat down with the Breakfast Club to address his alleged ill-will towards Gotti.
"It ain't no issue," said Dolph when discussing the rumored rift. "It ain't no beef. It ain't no nothing. It's just a whole lot of misunderstandings and some stuff I don't respect."
However, Dolph continued to refer to Gotti as "lame" throughout the interview.
He went on to recall his first time meeting Gotti, where Gotti used Collective Music Group's Zed Zilla and Starlito to convince him to join CMG records.
"This my first time meeting you," said Dolph. "And you going to really sit and downplay your artists and throw your artists under the bus to try to persuade me in to come over there?"
- Jocelyn Cook
YOUNG DOLPH V. YO GOTTI, PART TWO
It's unclear why the two began feuding, but tensions continued to mount in subtle ways.
For example, Dolph named his debut album King of Memphis, a title that fellow Memphis rapper Yo Gotti had repeatedly referred to himself as.
On Feb. 11, 2016, Dolph alleged that Gotti wasn't a fan of his growing success, taking to Twitter to post: "Bra went from bein my #1 fan and wanting to sign me to bein my BIGGEST HATER."
In 2017, Gotti's CMG artist Black Youngsta took to Instagram to record an expletive-filled video claiming that he was going to "smack the s***" out of Dolph.
- Jocelyn Cook
YOUNG DOLPH V. YO GOTTI
Young Dolph and Yo Gotti were said to have had beef with each other for a long while before the tension came to an end.
The pair allegedly exchanged subtle disses on tracks towards each other, as well as spoke about one another in interviews.
Gotti and Dolph were both raised in Memphis, Tennessee, and became competitors once Dolph rose up on the Southern hip hop scene.
- Jocelyn Cook
HOW OLD WAS YOUNG DOLPH?
The rapper lived to be 36 years old.
He was gunned down last week, and died of his injuries.
- Jocelyn Cook
YOUNG DOLPH 'DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD BEEF WITH OTHER RAPPERS'
The 36-year-old musician was "unaware of any ongoing beef” with other rappers before his tragic death, TMZ reported.
According to the website, sources said the Memphis native was excited to be in his hometown and had "booked a week full of charity events for his community."
Young Dolph also had "no fear of hitting the streets of Memphis without security guards," TMZ reported.
Despite Young Dolph's unexpected attack, no known feuds have been connected to his murder.
- Jocelyn Cook
'HE WAS THEIR MUHAMMAD ALI'
Before Young Dolph was a household name in the Hip Hop world, he sold mixtapes out of the trunk of his car and in corner stores in the Castalia section of Memphis, his 7th grade geography teacher Michael Bates told The Sun.
"This a tough neighborhood, and for the kids, he was their Muhammad Ali. That’s the impact he had," Bates said.
"It’s difficult to lose an icon. Our city is still in shock," he said.
"I just want everyone to understand that someone took away an image for people who want to do better," Bates told The Sun.
- Jocelyn Cook
'THEIR HERO IS GONE'
Kids who looked up to Young Dolph have been crying, the community is still in shock and his loss is similar to losing Muhammad Ali, residents and community leaders told The Sun in exclusive interviews.
"Ours kids are literally in tears. Their hero is gone," Jonathan Torres, the CEO of a nonprofit Memphis Athletic Ministries, said.
Memphis Athletic Ministries worked with Young Dolph to hand out turkeys to families "who otherwise wouldn't have a holiday," Torres said.
- Jocelyn Cook
POLICE LOCATE MERCEDES USED BY ALLEGED GUNMEN
Law enforcement officials have reportedly located a white Mercedes-Benz allegedly used by the two men who gunned down Young Dolph outside a Memphis cookie shop.
Photos of the car were released by police, who believe the gunmen sped away from Makeda’s Cookies after shooting the rapper dead.
The shooters appear in the images, one holding a rifle while another wields a handgun.
No suspects have been named so far in the shooting that killed the 36-year-old star and people are urged to call the police with any information.
- Jocelyn Cook
TRIBUTES FROM FANS, FRIENDS
Since the rapper’s death, fans and fellow rappers alike have been posting tributes celebrating the rapper’s life and legacy.
Megan Thee Stallion posted a photo of Young Dolph on her Instagram. "He was so genuine so real so kind to me," she wrote. "Rest In Peace to a real legend."
On Twitter, Gucci Mane wrote: “R.I.P. to my friend Dolph this broke my heart”
Fans have posted videos of interviews and their favorite song lyrics.
- Jocelyn Cook
MIA JAYE BREAKS SILENCE: ‘PRAYERS ARE WELCOME’
Mia Jaye added, “Thank you to everyone for all of your prayers, love, support, messages… I may not see them all but when my eyes are not full of tears I catch a few…”
“Nonetheless, all the genuine positive, vibes, energy, and prayers are welcome… Because Lord knows I need them.”
As of Friday morning, no arrests had been made in connection with the shooting.
- Jocelyn Cook
MIA JAYE BREAKS SILENCE
Two days after Dolph‘s passing, his baby mama Mia Jaye has broken her silence and shared a heartbreaking video in the wake of the rapper’s slaying.
“Question is… How am I ever going to tell my babies that daddy is never coming home?” Jaye wrote on her Instagram Story over a video of Dolph playing with their daughter, Ari.
“God give me strength… Adolph I love you with all my heart and soul,” Jaye continued on the next Story slide.
- Jocelyn Cook
‘SHE HEARD THE GUNSHOTS’
The owner of the local store Comfort Coin-Operated Laundry near where Young Dolph was shot told The Sun: “My worker who was here hit the floor when she heard the gunshots.”
“We’re closing up real soon. Everything is shut down. The street in front of the store and all the side streets are blocked off because people are coming over here to see what happened.”
Cops have not yet released information on the suspects, but have confirmed to The Sun that no arrests have been made.
- Jocelyn Cook
'TARGETED SINCE HIS TEENAGE YEARS'
The 36-year-old rapper has openly admitted that he has been a target of violence since his teenage years.
“I’ve been targeted since I was 17, 18, 19,” he stated in an interview with The Guardian.
The rapper admitted that he did not grow up in the best surroundings, which caused him to turn to certain methods to make money.
When asked how, he responded: “Hustling – you’ve been seeing it for so long that you start to partake in it.”
“I clocked in when I was 12 and never clocked out."
- Jocelyn Cook
YO GOTTI’S RESTAURANT WAS SHUT DOWN AFTER DOLPH’S MURDER
Yo Gotti’s upmarket restaurant Prive was shut down by cops as a “precaution” on Wednesday after his rival Young Dolph was shot dead.
Cops swooped on Gotti’s restaurant Prive – which is located around 10 miles from where Dolph was killed, TMZ reported.
Fox13 journalist Yasser Kishk said Memphis cops closed the eatery as a “precaution”.
Police dismissed reports that the fine dining restaurant had been “shot at” following Dolph’s death.
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