The man, Justin Johnson, was sentenced on Thursday in the fatal 2021 shooting of the rapper who was gunned down outside a Memphis cookie shop in broad daylight.

It was reported that following the news of Justin Johnson getting a life sentence for his involvement in the murder of Dolph, Justin made a statement online and bragged about not snitching. He said, “These n***as taking criminal responsibility I’m taking street responsibility regardless I’m foreva the biggest they can throw away the keys before I ever eat da cheese.

Cornelius Smith, a co-defendant of the convicted Justin Johnson, testified that he and Johnson fatally shot Dolph in Memphis in 2021

Justin Johnson has been found guilty of murder in the death of Memphis rapper Young Dolph. Witnesses testified over three days that Young Dolph's killing was part of a feud between rival record labels.

Justin Johnson, one of the suspects in the November 2021 murder of Young Dolph (Adolph Thorton Jr.), was found guilty on first-degree murder as well as charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, per FOX13.

He was in Memphis to hand out turkeys to families at a church when a visit to his favorite cookie shop near his childhood home turned into an event that shocked the city and the entertainment world. Young Dolph, whose real name was Adolph Thornton Jr., was gunned down in a daylight ambush on Nov. 17, 2021.

A jury delivered a guilty verdict in a Memphis courthouse on Thursday as one of the men accused of killing rapper Young Dolph learned his fate.

After four hours of deliberation, Justin Johnson was found guilty of first-degree murder and other crimes. A co-conspirator said they were hired for a hit.