Defendant Justin Johnson, left, appears in court with his attorney as the murder trial of rapper Young Dolph begins in Memphis, Tenn. A Memphis man testified Monday that he and a second person fatally shot rapper Young Dolph after Big Jook, the brother of rapper Yo Gotti, put a hit on him. Cornelius Smith identified himself and Justin Johnson as …
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis man testified on Monday that he and a second person shot and killed rapper Young Dolph after Big Jook, the brother of rapper Yo Gotti, put a hit on him. Young Dolph later wrote diss tracks directed at the label, its artists, and its “number two person,” Big Jook. Smith, who said he was shot …
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A defense attorney for a man charged with fatally shooting former NBA player Lorenzen Wright attempted to poke holes Friday in the testimony of a convicted killer who said Wright’s ex-wife gave him details about the slaying. Prosecutors allege Turner and Martin were asked by Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife, Sherra Wright, to kill him in Atlanta, then Memphis, …
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The gunshot-filled 911 call came into a Tennessee police department just after midnight on July 19, 2010, from the cell phone of retired NBA player Lorenzen Wright. Turner was Sherra Wright’s “romantic secret interest,” and she recruited Turner and her cousin, Jimmie Martin, to help her kill her 34-year-old ex-husband, said Hagerman, the prosecutor. Martin helped Turner …
