Wednesday, September 25, 2024 - One of the shooters involved in rapper Young Dolph‘s murder testified this week.
Cornelius Smith, who pled guilty to murder which happene in
November 2021, took the stand and implicated himself, Justin Johnson, Hernandez
“Quett” Govan, and rapper Yo Gotti‘s brother Anthony “Big Jook” Mims in
the murder of the Memphis rapper.
Smith testified that Govan organized the hit and Big Jook
put up $100K if they were able to get the job done. Smith said he and Johnson
were supposed to receive $40,000 each and Govan was going to get $20,000.
However, Smith testified that he only received $800, but Big
Jook paid $50,000 in lawyer fees after he was caught.
He also revealed he and Johnson went ahead with the murder
on the same day of his daughter’s birthday.
When asked why he choose to go through with it, Smith said
he needed the money to make his daughter’s day special.
“Man, I was trying to make it right for her,” he said. “I
ain’t have no money, I’m trying to get some money that day. So I’m trying to
make sure my baby girl have a beautiful birthday.”
According to testimony, Smith and Johnson originally planned
on carrying out the murder at an annual Thanksgiving turkey drive Dolph
organizes, but they spotted his camo-wrapped Corvette and decided to follow him
into the parking lot of Makeda’s Homemade Butter Cookies where they allegedly
shot Dolph 22 times.
When asked why he decided to tell the truth, Smith said he
felt guilty after being arrested and he sobered up, blaming his drug use on the
d£ath of his 9-year-old son in 2020. He also said that he wasn’t expecting
leniency and was doing talking to clear his conscience. “I’m going to jail
anyway. I can get it off my chest,” he said. “It’s my best out to be honest, to
be truthful. Why play with these folks? They already know.”
Big Jook, who put up $100K if they were able to get the job
done, was murdered in January, 2024.
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