February 03, 2022
Memphis, TN – Young Dolph’s girlfriend Mia Jaye has been speaking out on the violence consuming her hometown and is now working with the NAACP to help find a solution.
Jaye also lost her brother to gun violence, with his death kickstarting her crime prevention organization Black Men Deserve to Grow Old.
NAACP president Van Turner added that escalating crime rates in the area have been a serious issue for Memphis.
The murder suspects for Young Dolph – who was shot to death in Memphis in November 2021 while he was out buying cookies for his mom – were arraigned in a Memphis courtroom on January 19. According to Fox 13 Memphis, a judge told 32-year-old Cornelius Smith and 23-year-old Justin Johnson, the latter who goes by the rapper moniker Straight Drop, that they were required to find legal representation by Friday (February 4,) otherwise, they would have a court-appointed lawyer.