Adolph Thornton Jr also known as Young Dolph is a singer from America who was born in August 11 in the year 1985.
In February 2016 Young Dolph released his first album named King of Memphis which was in number 49 in the billboard charts. Young Dolph was a feature on the O.T Genesis’s single named cut it which was in the billboard’s number 35 on hot 100 charts. Young Dolph has a net worth of about $1 million. Young Dolph earns most of his money from concerts and tours he does all year.
Young Dolph earns about $30.000 per show. Young Dolph has his own online merchandise store and he earns a lot of money by selling the merchandise. On YouTube Young Dolph earns a lot of money.
Young Dolph goes with the name of @youngdolphmuzic on YouTube and has a subscriber count of about 53,000. Young Dolph has a lifetime views of about 5,800,000. Young Dolph’s most popular YouTube video is 16 Zip which has been viewed close to about 2,200,000. The net worth of Young Dolph has increased a lot. In 2012 he had a net worth of about $200,000. In 2013 it moved up to around $250,000 and then it moved up to $300,000 in the year 2014.
In 2015 Young Dolph’s net worth was around $500,000 then it moved to $660,000 next year and now it is around $1 million. Young Dolph earned about $400,000 last year in 2016. All the information is not confirmed.
Early Life
Young Dolph also known as Adolph Thornton Jr was born on the 11th of August in the year 1985 in Illinois which is in Chicago. Young Dolph grew up with two brothers and two sisters. Young Dolph did not grow up in a healthy environment. Both his parents used to 35smoke crack. In Young Dolph’s hit track Preach he tried to explain that his parents used to smoke crack and there was no one to raise him.
Young Dolph was raised in the rough streets of Memphis where drugs were a common thing and criminals were all over. Young Dolph grew up with a passion in music. Young Dolph grew up with alcohol drugs but he never let this things define him or his future. Young Dolph was encouraged by his family to take his music more seriously and therefor he was able to concentrate more on his music.
In the year 2008 when Young Dolph was 23 years old he released his first mix tape named Paper Route Campaign. Young Dolph has released over a dozen of mix tapes, two full length albums and a couple of singles till date. Even after having a rough childhood and was raised by his grandmother because his parents were busy smoking crack he have been able to make a name for himself in the world of rap.
Young Dolph will in time see more stardom because of his dedication and hard work. Young Dolph has never been in college. Young Dolph always thought that he will not be able to finish high school and wanted to drop out of it but his grandmother convinced him that dropping out was not an option so somehow he was able to complete his high school and able to concentrate on his music career.
Career
In the year 2008 Young Dolph was able to break into the music world with his first mix tape called Paper Route Campaign. Young Dolph started working hard on his music and release Welcome 2 Dolph World in the year 2010; He also released High Class Street Music and High Class Street Music 2: Hustler’s Paradise in 2011. He released South Memphis Kingpin in the year 2013 and he also released A Time 2 Kill on the same year.
In the year 2015 he started getting national attention and people started to get to know about his work. In 2015 Young Dolph was a feature in Colonel Loud’s California along with another artists named Ricco Barrino and T.I. This project gave him attention all over the country and was very helpful for his career. The song turned out to be a success and reached 101 number on the Billboard charts and 10 on the Top rap songs chart and the song was also 39 on the hot Rocks & Blues songs chart. The song sold over 1,000,000 copies making him a popular face.
In the year 2016 Young Dolph released two more mix tapes named Bosses & Shooters which was a collaboration venture with Jay Fizzle and Bino Brown. His second mix tape was Rich Crack Baby which helped him reach at 132 in the billboard charts and it was his bestselling mix tape till date. His second mix tape that year made it to number three on the Top Rap Songs album and number 14 on top Rocks & Blues Album record chart.
On February 19 2016 Young Dolph released his first debut studio album named King of Memphis. The king of Memphis from Young Dolph was a great success and was able to climb up to 49 on the billboard charts. It was also number 5 on Top Rap Albums chart and in the Rock & Blues chart it came up to number 9.
In the year 2017 on 17th of February Young Dolph dropped his latest mix tape Gelato via the Paper Route Empire imprint. In 2017 itself in the month of April he released his second album Bulletproof and also released a single named That’s How I Feel as a promotional single. His last album he collaborated with artist Gucci Mane. The last album of Young Dolph was on number 36 on Billboard charts, number 19 on Top Hip Hop Album charts and number 14 on Top Rap Albums.
Personal Life
Young Dolph is not married, he is in a relationship with his longtime girlfriend and he has kept his personal life very secretive. Young Dolph has a young son and few months back it was known that his girlfriend was pregnant and had a daughter named Aria Ella.
Photos on social media have confirmed this news. Young Dolph keeps his personal life very secretive and does not reveal anything.
Nothing could be known about his past relationships. The only information that could be gathered was with help of the pictures posted on various social Medias. Young Dolph made it to the news headlines in February 2017 when it was found out that he was apparently the target of the shooting in Charlotte in North Carolina.
Quick summary:
Full Name: Adolph Thornton Jr
Date of Birth: 11th August 1985
Birth Place: Illinois, Chicago, United States
Age: 32 years
Profession: Rapper, Song writer,
Height: 6 feet 3 inches
Weight: Unknown
Net worth: $0.9 million
