Young Dolph Says He’s Done With Music, Again

Young Dolph is once again contemplating his retirement from music.

On Tuesday (March 29), the Empire Records signee informed fans that his latest project—the Dum and Dummer 2 mixtape with Key Glock would be his last. According to the announcement on the Rich Slave rhymer’s Instagram page, Dolph originally planned to keep his retirement a secret from his fans. “I hope y’all enjoying the new mixtape, it’s my last project putting out. i wasn’t gonna tell y’all but i thought y’all should know im done with music.  ENJOY💙,” he wrote on the social media platform.

Young Dolph has been toying around with his retirement for over a year now. Back in March 2020, the 35-year-old born Adolph Thornton mentioned he was considering hanging up his mic for good so that he could spend more time with his children. However, he later shared on Instagram that his sons didn’t think he should quit. “My son jus told me I can’t be his dad if I stop putting out music,” he wrote in an Instagram story before confirming his next album Rich Slave. The album came out in August, six months after the original announcement that Dolph was done with music.

Young Dolph’s retirement from hip-hop can be likened to the boy who cried wolf. Dolph has made a point of declaring his leave but never quite making good on the announcements. It’s impossible to know for sure if the Memphis native’s Dum and Dummer 2 mixtape will be the last project in the rapper’s discography, but only time will tell. If this announcement is anything like before, we can expect the rapper to be releasing a solo project in the coming months.

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