A man accused of organizing the hit that killed rapper Young Dolph in 2021 has been found not guilty of criminal charges.

Hernandez Govan was acquitted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder after a weeklong trial on Thursday (Aug. 21), according to court records obtained by Billboard. Govan was charged with helping hire two men to fatally shoot Young Dolph (Adolph Thorton Jr.) in broad daylight at a bakery in the 36-year-old rapper’s hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.

One of Dolph’s alleged shooters, Justin Johnson, was convicted last year and sentenced to life in prison. The second, Cornelius Smith, is cooperating with Memphis prosecutors in the hopes of getting a more lenient punishment.

Smith testified at the trials of both Johnson and Govan, saying they all conspired t

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