{"id":369206,"date":"2021-11-19T00:46:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T21:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/young-dolph-was-memphis-raps-defiant-heart\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T00:46:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T21:46:00","slug":"young-dolph-was-memphis-raps-defiant-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/young-dolph-was-memphis-raps-defiant-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"#Young Dolph was Memphis rap\u2019s defiant heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30402d07567\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30402d07567\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/young-dolph-was-memphis-raps-defiant-heart\/#Shot_and_killed_at_just_36_Dolph_leaves_a_catalog_and_legacy_few_can_rival\" >Shot and killed at just 36, Dolph leaves a catalog and legacy few can rival.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Young Dolph was Memphis rap\u2019s defiant heart<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shot_and_killed_at_just_36_Dolph_leaves_a_catalog_and_legacy_few_can_rival\"><\/span>Shot and killed at just 36, Dolph leaves a catalog and legacy few can rival.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-226329\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image_1_nvbmc5\/young-dolph-photo-by-ithinkethan-via-audible-treats.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image_1_nvbmc5\/young-dolph-photo-by-ithinkethan-via-audible-treats.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image_1_nvbmc5\/young-dolph-photo-by-ithinkethan-via-audible-treats.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image_1_nvbmc5\/young-dolph-photo-by-ithinkethan-via-audible-treats.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image_1_nvbmc5\/young-dolph-photo-by-ithinkethan-via-audible-treats.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image_1_nvbmc5\/young-dolph-photo-by-ithinkethan-via-audible-treats.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image_1_nvbmc5\/young-dolph-photo-by-ithinkethan-via-audible-treats.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image_1_nvbmc5\/young-dolph-photo-by-ithinkethan-via-audible-treats.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image_1_nvbmc5\/young-dolph-photo-by-ithinkethan-via-audible-treats.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image_1_nvbmc5\/young-dolph-photo-by-ithinkethan-via-audible-treats.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image_1_nvbmc5\/young-dolph-photo-by-ithinkethan-via-audible-treats.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Young Dolph was Memphis rap\u2019s defiant heart\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Young Dolph. Photo by Ithinkethan via Audible Treats<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-226319\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Young Dolph\u2019s 2017 album <i>Bulletproof<\/i> has defiance that rap legends are made of. The album was recorded after an incident that same year when shooters sent dozens of gunshots into Dolph\u2019s car. The r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er was uninjured, and on \u201c100 Shots,\u201d Dolph gleefully recalls the shooting, scoffing at his enemies and stunting with the casual audaciousness that became the hallmark of his artistry. Dolph raps about everything from the bullets that missed him to foreign vehicles in his garage, from sex in rush hour traffic to a warning that he sleeps with his finger on the trigger. After all that, Dolph takes a large breath and howls: \u201cHow the fuck you miss a whole hundred shots?\u2019\u2019 <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            The album\u2019s entire tracklist itself is a chopped-up sentence asserting his immortality and superiority. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F0zhvN6a5Es\">\u201cIn Charlotte,\u201d<\/a> the second track, includes an interlude in which a friend calls Dolph to ask if he is okay. Dolph is caustic, calling the assailant a \u201cstupid ass nigga.\u201d On the penultimate track <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1oMTnRRuAmk\">\u201cI\u2019m Everything You Wanna Be,\u201d<\/a> Dolph recounts his rise like he\u2019s delivering a sermon: \u201cFirst I pray for it, then I hustle for it \/ Just livin&#8217; life, wake up and roll the dice \/ Put everythin&#8217; on the line, you gotta sacrifice \/ Used to playin&#8217; in the dirt now we covered in ice.\u2019\u2019 Bulletproof is full of songs that push back at Dolph\u2019s enemies, daring them to test him again.<\/p>\n<p>            From the moment he emerged from the Memphis scene he was compared to Gucci Mane and Project Pat. But while their flows had something in common, it never quite fit. Gucci is sneaky, less outgoing and gregarious. Pat had that dark underbelly in common with Dolph; there were pimp jokes that might have worked for 2 Chainz. But Dolph was proudly Memphis, with a drawn-out cadence that sounded more athletic. Truth is, Dolph never sounded like anyone but Dolph.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-226331\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left pull_quote\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"pull_quote\"><p>It\u2019s not easy buying into legends anymore, with every hero\u2019s faults pored over and put on display. But Dolph had it both ways. He was as human as it got, and he was a real Memphis legend. <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-226322\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            To see Young Dolph was to see the fabric of Memphis, that Southern drawl oozing over generations of musical history. He was an entrepreneur who started and ran his own label, Paper Route Empire. In a vulturous industry where artists often struggle for their freedom, Dolph was a vocal proponent of independence. Even when he talk up the notion of signing with a major, he was thinking about the impact it might have on the next generation, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6_U7-E8Gq5Y\">telling The Breakfast Club<\/a> that his independent background could provide a roadmap. \u201cThey can look at me and be like, \u2018Damn. We ain\u2019t gotta be in a rush to sign a deal,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201c\u2018We might get hot first, and we can just go crazy. Have our structure right, have our whole business and everything right and really get our money and be prepared for when it come. It\u2019s different now. The whole <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> is different now. You gotta know how to take advantage of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            As a philanthropist, Dolph went above and beyond. Earlier in the week, on behalf of Paper Route EMPIRE, he launched a holiday campaign to give away food and clothes and food to disadvantaged families in the Memphis area. His family, led by his wife Mia Jaye, ran a community non-profit organization called the Ida Mae Family Foundation. They donate clothing to victims of domestic violence and run thanksgiving programs as well. He looked out for the people around him. \u201cI don\u2019t have no deadbeat dads around me,\u201d he said in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hiphopsrevival\/status\/1295891942845435915?s=21\">an interview<\/a>. \u201cHow do you look hanging with me, when I got kids that I am taking care of and you in the backseat not taking care of your kids?\u201d It\u2019s not easy buying into legends anymore, with every hero\u2019s faults pored over and put on display. But Dolph had it both ways. He was as human as it got, and he was a real Memphis legend. <\/p>\n<p>            He\u2019d been raised by a strict grandmother, only seeing his parents, in the throes of crack addiction, once in a while. He described what he saw as a kid as a \u201cliving hell,\u201d but he forced his way out of poverty and insisted he wanted to do the same for his parents after his grandmother passed away. A few months after dodging those bullets in Charlotte, he was shot three times after an altercation in Los Angeles and was left in critical condition. But he bounced back again. He stayed vital.<\/p>\n<p>            He was funny, too. On <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vvtk1xAzIHE\">\u201cAttic,\u201d<\/a> from the 2016 mixtape <i>Bosses &amp; Shooters<\/i>, he says he has a \u201cwhole lotta shottas\u2019\u2019 with him, then he corrects himself with a meta ad-lib: \u201cNigga You Ain\u2019t Jamaican!\u201d His 2017 track <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xk4eaPzEK0E\">\u201cPlay Wit Yo Bitch\u201d<\/a> still ranks as one of the funniest diss tracks ever made, with him calling Yo Gotti \u2018\u2019Ho Gotti,\u201d labeling him a \u201cbig head muddafucka\u201d with such spite that the song should come with a Surgeon <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a>\u2019s warning. He was also hilarious on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>, non-stop funny, without ever turning himself into a bit. There was the perfect <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/youngdolph\/status\/895849628486164481\">\u201cWut da hell is shit I\u2019m hearin\u2019 bout Korea\u201d<\/a> tweet, a random and amusing moment. (Dolph wasn\u2019t making light of the situation; I think he was genuinely concerned about the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>. Like, what the hell was he hearing about Korea?) Just last month, he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YoungDolph\/status\/1450875096063750155\">tweeted<\/a> that he never knew what anxiety meant until his Doctor told him that he had it, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YoungDolph\/status\/1450885521409024006\">but still made it a punchline<\/a>: \u201cHe said I need some me time to myself. TF,\u201d Dolph was living life like the rest of us, trying to crack jokes, filtering the news, dealing with anxiety. He just happened to be one of the best rappers alive. His charisma was often awe-inspiringly effortless, both on wax and in everyday life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-226324\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Dolph wasn\u2019t only looking out for himself either. Key Glock, his cousin, has become a star in Memphis hip-hop and one of the very best rappers in the game. Their collaborative album, <i>Dum and Dummer<\/i>, is excellent, taking cues from UGK and Three 6 Mafia without ever coming off as some trite back-in-my-day throwback. It was definitive, not derivative. Their partnership was fluid. So many collaborations in the music industry feel forced and some clearly are \u2014  dreamed up by a label head who doesn\u2019t know either artist, done to make large splashes that end up as messy stains all over the CD. This was authentic. Where Dolph had ad-libs and a cartoonish way of rapping, Glock was more serious, a young upstart as ruthless on the mic as his name suggests. <\/p>\n<p>            It\u2019s easy to get lost here, to treat another senseless murder as a teachable moment, to point fingers, overthink things. The fact is that gun violence is state-sanctioned murder. America\u2019s problem. Our Senators and Congresspeople still refuse to do anything about an epidemic that has killed 241 people in Memphis alone so far this year. This generation has seen \u2014 continues to see \u2014 death at its fingertips in high definition. We have to grieve publicly, to see people speculate about the details in real-time. And just as quickly we\u2019re forced to see bad actors twist things to their own ends. That wasn\u2019t the way Dolph \u2014 who tried through his charity to close the gap that systemic racism has wrenched open in Memphis, who confronted life with humor, and who looked out for those around him  \u2014 lived his life. It\u2019s not something we should give into either, however hard it might be to resist, over and over again. Young Dolph was a Memphis legend, an artistic and compassionate soul. And <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y64gH8h1KPw\">the realest advice he could give was to never stop<\/a>. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-226330\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/6WDlSPJvEMoZLHj9jJ1dhY?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Jayson Buford<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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