From diss tracks to gunshots: What to know before Young Dolph trial begins
Young Dolph performs at Revolution Live Jan. 24, 2019, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Mpi04/MediaPunch/IPX)
A 100 shots (100 shots), a 100 shots (a 100 shots)
Me and my — pull up in a hunnid drops (skrrt)
My role model used to get a hunnid blocks (hey, hey)
Street — in a tuxedo, we the mob (yeah)
In 2017, Adolph Thornton Jr. survived a barrage of 100 bullets fired at his car during a visit to Charlotte, North Carolina. In the end, it was 22 gunshot wounds that ended his life. Now two of the men charged in connection to Young Dolph’s death are set to place their lives in the hands of 12 jurors who will decide their fate.
Hernandez Govan is accused of soliciting the hit that cut short the life of the rising rap star on Nov. 17, 2021. Justin Johnson and Cornelius Smith are accused of executing that hit.
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Aarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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