Young Dolph’s family have issued a statement following his murder earlier this month aged 36.
The horrifying incident took place at Makeda’s Butter Cookies in Memphis. The store’s owner confirmed to Fox13 that Dolph came to the shop to buy cookies when someone drove up and shot the rapper. Dolph released a string of mixtapes and two full albums throughout his career.
Members of Dolph’s family have now broken their silence with a statement that reads: “There are no words that exist that sufficiently express the pain we are feeling”.
The statement continues, “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. A heart that was for his family. A heart that was for the people.
“We are grateful for the outpouring of love. We are grateful that his godly obligation to show kindness to the world is being acknowledged. As a family, we were blessed to call him our son, our nephew, our brother, our cousin, our partner and our Father. And now, we have the honour of calling him our angel. A role he has always played.”
Additionally, they also shared a quote from author Rudyard Kipling, which read, “If you can talk with the crowd and keep your virtue, or walk with Kings – nor lose the common touch; If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute with 60 seconds worth of distance run – Yours is the earth and everything that’s in it, And – which is more – you’ll be a man my son.”
