A mural commissioned by late rapper Young Dolph’s family and the Ida Mae Foundation has been vandalized ahead of its completion.
The artist, Cameron Hill, said he was hired to paint the mural to honor the rapper for his birthday. Hill wrote that he had been receiving threats and that a “certain group of individuals have been trying to ruin my art career and tarnish my name since last year.”
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Hill said that despite receiving intimidating calls and texts from the individuals, he would finish the job.
“One thing for sure I don’t fear no man, and I’m not going to tuck my tail and run,” he wrote. “I stand on what I believe in.”
Surveillance footage from a nearby business showed two people throwing paint on the mural. A paint can was left at the scene.
The mural is located in South Memphis, where the rapper shot the video for “100 Shots.”
Dolph was gunned down outside of Makeda’s Cookies in November of last year. Two people have been charged with his murder.
