Young Dolph shooter pleads guilty, sentenced to 20 years in prison

Young Dolph murder case comes to a close

The Young Dolph murder case has reached its conclusion after Cornelius Smith Jr. pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, according to Rolling Stone. Smith had previously admitted to shooting the rapper during a co-defendant's trial, making his own guilty plea the final chapter in a case that shook the hip-hop community.

What the record shows

Smith was identified as the shooter in the killing of Young Dolph, the Memphis rapper whose influence on independent hip-hop ran deep. His admission at a co-defendant's trial set the stage for the eventual guilty plea, sealing the legal proceedings without a separate full trial of his own.

The sentencing of 20 years brings a measure of closure to a case that had drawn sustained attention since the rapper's death. No further defendants are noted as pending in the reporting from Rolling Stone.