Before young dolph teamed up with world star hip-hop and his videos with Gucci Mane, Ot Genasis , 2 chainz and Juicy J. Before he would get millions of youtube views, get himself extra millions of dollars, release his debut album king of memphis which reached on 42 the billboard 200 after seven years of high quality mixtapes. Before his headline tour is sold out at his paper route empire which brought the rapper's net worth to over three hundred thousand dollars.
Adolph thornton jr was born in Illinois but both his parents were hardened to the hustle game and in no position to raise children. he left for memphis to be raised by his grandmother. Dolph was so concerned and loving that he used money he earned on the streets himself to help out his family and launch his rap career.
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Adolf thornton jr was born on August in chicago illinois, dolph was named after his dad and both his parents not after some nazi leader that you may be thinking about. Both his parents were hustlers, his mom was from chicago and his dad was from memphis. But after school the father relocated to the windy city. The two were both hustling on the streets when they met and started having kids.
They had to be responsible and they weren't ready for him so the kids they had to go. They had two daughters and three sons but were in no position to raise them instead their grandmother raised the girls in the city while the three boys headed to memphis to be raised by another grandma.
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Dolph was only two when this all happened, from there he grew up in the same area his father did Castalia heights in south memphis even though he hung out in the same spot and went to the same schools as his dad, his grandmother did everything she could to keep him off the streets. But raising three boys in the middle of a gang-ridden neighborhood was no easy task especially for a seventy year old woman.
Out of respect to her, dolph didn't get as deep into the hood culture as he might have if his parents were influencing him even though he did take the hustling in his teens, he knew he wasn't in it for the long game so he took the money he earned and put it towards helping his family's financial situation. He realized how much of a burden his grandma took on and took some of the responsibility of raising his two younger brothers.
Dolph focused on getting his high school diploma and it was in school that his classmates saw dolph had a talent, he had a passion for music early on and his cousins introduced him to rappers mafia play-a-fly -ball and mgj. His rap was clever and had a sense of humor.
He graduated from high school but had no plans on going to college, he kept on hustling for a few years but when his grandmother passed, he decided to express himself in this dark time through his music, he dropped his first big state paper route campaign that year and made 20,000 cds.
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Dolph used one of the best music marketing strategies ever. [You Can Read More On It Here.] He had his buddies go to all the clubs in memphis, big and small to hand up the cd and make sure dolph had a presence in the streets. Initially he made his music for the people he grew up around in the hood but it wasn't long before the whole city was behind him. Soon everyone on the streets knew who young dolph was and the city of memphis was showing him a lot of love.
His real lyrics and humble demeanor was a winning combination, then one night when he was at a pack club he didn't hear his stuff being played he went up to the dj, gave him 100 bucks and told him to play the track then he walked away. It was clever and bold moves like this that got his music out to the masses and made his tracks some of the biggest club bangers the south had seen in years.
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He continued his success releasing high quality mixtapes and keeping in touch with his roots. While other young artists were spending their time worrying about how many likes their instagram posts got or trying to get signed by major labels, dolph was making a name for himself in memphis as an independent artist building up his home base.
When he booked his first show in memphis he got five thousand dollars for the gig, that's a crazy amount for a first show but instead of pocketing it; he threw it all out into the crowd..awesome right?
No matter how big young dolph became, he never forgot he was from the streets and because of it his fans are some of the most loyal in the industry, his tracks california preach broke into the top an impressive feat for an independent rapper.
The story continues, but as the turtle says, "Before Fame". Wanna know more? check out Youg Dolph's Wikipedia Page.
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