Key Glock appeared to share his thoughts on the man accused of plotting Young Dolph’s murder being found not guilty — but then deleted them.
On Thursday (August 21), Hernandez Govan, 45, was acquitted in Memphis, Tennessee, on three murder charges in connection with the 2021 death of 36-year-old Dolph (real name Adolph Robert Thornton Jr.).
Key Glock, another Memphis rapper, was a close collaborator of the late artist and signed to Dolph’s Paper Route Empire label. The pair collaborated on multiple projects including 2018's "Major," plus the RIAA certified-gold album Dum Dummer.
"My city failed but what’s new [shrugging emoji]," Glock appeared to write in a since-deleted post on X on Thursday, reposted by DJ Akademiks.
A year after Dolph’s death, Glock (real name Markeyvius LaShun Cathey), dropped a tribute EP, PRE5L. However, earlier this year, he opened up about the reluctance to put together another posthumous collab album featuring Dolph vocals.
"I want to do another collab tape, of course, but it’s like, I’m not going to be as happy," Glock told Cam Newton on his Funky Friday podcast. "I’m going to be more in the past. It really don't feel the same. Fans don’t understand, nobody will understand it."
Young Dolph was allegedly killed over a feud with Yo Gotti involving the latter’s record label, Collective Music Group, formerly Cocaine Muzik Group.
Govan was accused of orchestrating the shooting involving Justin Johnson, who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, and Cornelius Smith, who still faces charges.
During Govan’s trial, Smith said Yo Gotti’s big brother, Anthony "Big Jook" Mims, had put out a $100,000 hit on Young Dolph.
Smith said Govan promised him and Johnson $40,000 each for the killing but that he only ever saw $800 of that. Prosecutors argued that Smith was an unreliable witness who just wanted a shorter sentence.
