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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 55592" data-attributes="member: 81">A Memphis artist says he is receiving threats over a mural he painted of late local rapper <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/gucci-mane-young-dolph-key-glock-blood-on-it/" target="_blank">Young Dolph</a> — a mural that was defaced a week before its scheduled unveiling. Cameron Hill, the Memphis-based artist commissioned by local non-profit the <a href="https://www.idamae.org/" target="_blank">Ida Mae Foundation</a> to create the mural, posted a video on Instagram of the defaced artwork along with a screenshot of a text conversation from someone he says “is trying to intimidate me.” In a longer caption, he outlines a campaign whose aim he believes is to ruin his art career.Dolph was <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/young-dolph-dead-shot-murdered/" target="_blank">shot to death at age 36</a> last November. <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/young-dolph-killers-court-date-moved/" target="_blank">Multiple suspects</a> were arrested over the following months, while another memorial for Dolph was <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/young-dolph-memorial-removed-safety/" target="_blank">removed by the owner of the building</a> at which he was killed.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/young-dolph-mural-defaced/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 55592, member: 81"] A Memphis artist says he is receiving threats over a mural he painted of late local rapper [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/gucci-mane-young-dolph-key-glock-blood-on-it/']Young Dolph[/URL] — a mural that was defaced a week before its scheduled unveiling. Cameron Hill, the Memphis-based artist commissioned by local non-profit the [URL='https://www.idamae.org/']Ida Mae Foundation[/URL] to create the mural, posted a video on Instagram of the defaced artwork along with a screenshot of a text conversation from someone he says “is trying to intimidate me.” In a longer caption, he outlines a campaign whose aim he believes is to ruin his art career. Dolph was [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/young-dolph-dead-shot-murdered/']shot to death at age 36[/URL] last November. [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/young-dolph-killers-court-date-moved/']Multiple suspects[/URL] were arrested over the following months, while another memorial for Dolph was [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/young-dolph-memorial-removed-safety/']removed by the owner of the building[/URL] at which he was killed. [url="https://uproxx.com/music/young-dolph-mural-defaced/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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