Herrington: Young Dolph’s background formed his music, and his life
Young Dolph performs at The Parking Lot Concert in Atlanta on Aug. 23, 2020. The Memphis rapper was shot and killed at a South Memphis bakery on Wednesday, Nov. 17. (Paul R. Giunta/Invision/Associated Press file)
Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
It can be tempting to separate the facts of the rapper’s life and the still very murky facts of his death from the music that made him a success and, in some quarters, a star. But, in life, he encouraged listeners to conflate the two.
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