Young Dolph was reportedly shot in broad daylight this week in Los Angeles.

The Memphis rapper was hit 3 times and is now thankfully in stable condition. This isn’t the first time Dolph has had his life threatened, earlier this year having his bulletproof truck shot at over 100 times before a show.

With this story blowing up all over the internet it’s only a matter of time before those unfamiliar with Dolph start to discover his music.

There is always a light at the end of every tunnel and many other artists who’ve been through this sort of thing can attest to that. What happened to Dolph is a tragedy and he’s definitely in our prayers, but his career is about to explode.

Here’s a list of rappers who managed to get shot and still find a way to come out on top.

50 Cent

Obviously this had to be the first person on the list. 50’s story of getting shot 9 times has become hip-hop folklore.

The insane story became apart of 50’s persona and helped drive his gangsta image he was selling.

After the shooting 50 went on to release his classic Get Rich or Die Trying record. The album went certified 6x Platinum and generated over 5 singles.

Since then 50 has made only money moves, his latest being his hit show Power, which is the #2 show on premier cable.

YG

The Bompton born and raised rapper was shot in 2015 at an L.A. recording studio.

Claiming that the shooting must’ve been an inside job, YG started moving a lot more carefully.

A year after the incident he released his album Still Brazy, which touched on the shooting multiple times. With songs like “Who Shot Me” and “Still Brazy” YG managed to drop a personal and gritty project, keeping that L.A. sound alive.

Also shout out to him and Nipsey Hussle for that “Fuck Donald Trump” track.

Fabolous

On October 17th, 2006 Fabolous was shot and arrested all in the same day. The Brooklyn rapper was hit after leaving Diddy’s Manhattan restaurant in a parking garage.

When fleeing the scene Fab and his crew ran a red light and immediately got pulled over by the police. The officers found guns in the car and arrested the rapper.

Less than a year after Fab dropped his fourth studio album From Nothin’ to Somethin’ selling 160,000 copies in its first week. Since then Fab has constantly been on fire being champed as Brooklyn’s favorite rapper.

Cam’ron

Killa Cam has so many legendary moments it’s hard to remember them all. The time he got shot and drove himself to the hospital in a blue Lamborghini is unforgettable. In a failed robbery Cam was hit 3 times while wearing $200,000 worth of jewelry.

When confronted by reporters all he had to say was “I got shot 3 times and my album comes out Nov. 22. It was a sloppy job on their part, they didn’t get anything.”

Cam then went on a full forced beef with Jay-Z and his “Jeans with Chancletas.” This guy is such a fucking legend.

Waka Flocka

When Waka was held at gunpoint in 2010 he kept it gangsta in usual Waka fashion.

While leaving a show, he and his friend were caught in their car with a gun held to their face. Waka told reporters in an attempt to preserve his life he gave up his jewelry though still got shot in the process.  Later that year he dropped his classic debut album Flockaveli.

The album had bangers like “Hard in the Paint” and “No hands” being a launching pad for Waka’s crazy career.

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is 42 today but he’s still one of wildest personalities in hip-hop.

At this point, 50’s social media antics are pretty notorious. He had to admit in Connecticut court that he posed with fake money on social media as a way to market himself. He beefed with his own son, and his kid dropped a subsequent diss track. 50 stays weighing in one whatever tea is on the timeline.

Those are some of 50’s more high profile social media antics, but he’s routinely clowning poor unsuspecting citizens of the tri-state area.

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Just this week on a now deleted Instagram post, 50 said his piece on the new Jay-Z album, 4:44.

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If you don’t want to watch a minute of 50 Cent ranting about 4:44, here’s a transcript of the diatribe, courtesy of Variety,

“I thought the s— was aight, you know what I’m sayin’? I liked the s—. But I’ma keep it 100: The s— was a little, the s— was too smart. I felt like I was supposed to be wearing glasses and s—, and tie a f—ing sweater around my waist. It was like Ivy League s—.”

50 really had to say his part,

“I ain’t gon’ hold you up. Some of that s— was like golf course music… I’mma tell you the truth: N—as hot out here. They don’t wanna hear that sh—. They just wanna have a good time. F— that. You can’t be the best rapper at 47, because the new n—as is here.”

A lot of people are angling this story as 50 “taking shots at Jay-Z” but nothing 50 said was off basis really. I mean I thought 4:44 was better than just “aight” but there’s zero doubt that the album is indeed golf course sweater rap.

50 also made some solid points about the new generation of rappers. As opposed to many of these hip-hop old heads complaining about ‘mumble rap’ or whatever these washed DJs are upset about this week, 50 Cent realizes that the new wave of hip-hop is just what’s popping now.

There has been some fallout over certain lyrics on 4:44 that were perceived to be shots at Future. 50 thought Jay was out of line with that, asking Jay to let these youngins cook,

“N—as F—ing with Future and them. Leave them n—as alone, B! What the f— is the matter with you?”

It’s been a minute since 50 was in the booth. Maybe that’s a good thing as we can only remember him for the endless succession of jams he made in the early 2000’s.

Shoutout 50 Cent for being a hilarious, petty, and often correct, hip-hop old head. Go out there and party like it’s yo’ birthday.

Sometimes being a famous celebrity can seem at odds with fatherdom.

For musicians especially, months on end on the road or late nights at the studio mean it can be tough to find time at home with the youngins just chilling, doing dad shit.

But, just because their profession may make it difficult to always be present, that doesn’t prevent the dad rappers of the world from being corny, hilarious dads.

Whether these hip-hop dads are bugging out to Snapchat filters, bringing their kids on stage, roasting their kids for not waking up for school on time, or pranking their lazy ass kids, these hip-hop dads are truly out here.

Of course, there would be some drawbacks to having a father that was a global music superstar, as Jim Jones says, rappers live a “wild life,” but at the end of the day they do dumb dad shit like everybody else’s dad.

And yes, maybe Kevin Gates’ lack of regard for seatbelts is slightly concerning, but really who are we to judge?

Shoutout all the dads out there, especially those with fire bars, and happy Father’s Day (it’s on Sunday so you still have time to cop dad a little something).