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Artist
Young Dolph
12+ albums
rapHip-Hoptraphip hopmemphis
about
Coming on the scene with stern club bangers and cold punch lines, Memphis-based rapper Young Dolph became a local hero with a series of mixtapes before breaking nationwide around 2014. Since then, he frequently landed in Billboard with albums like 2020's Top Five-charting Rich Slave and two Dum and Dummer releases with Key Glock, as well as single collaborations with Megan Thee Stallion, O.T. Genasis, and others. Born Adolph Thornton, Jr. in Chicago, Dolph debuted in 2008 with the mixtape Paper Route Campaign. Subsequent releases like The Weed Album and South Memphis Kingpin brought him to 2012, when he dropped the first in a successful series of mixtapes dubbed High Class Street Music . By the time High Class Street Music 4 and the Preach single dropped in 2014, Dolph was working with major-label producers including Drumma Boy and Zaytoven. Both provided tracks for his 2016 debut LP, King of Memphis, which featured no guest artists, and debuted at number 49 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. A trio of mixtapes followed, ending withm Rich Crack Baby. The album entered the Billboard 200 upon release and included guest appearances by Boosie Badazz, 2 Chainz, Wale, T.I., Gucci Mane, and 21 Savage. Another mixtape, Gelato, followed in early 2017, containing the Yo Gotti diss track Play wit Yo' Bitch as well as tracks featuring Migos, Wiz Khalifa, and Lil Yachty. Dolph's second studio album,Bulletproof, was released in April of 2017 and reached the Top 40 of the Billb
