Kenny Muney just turned 27 on December 3, 2025, and decided to celebrate in a big way not with a wild party, but by launching his own trucking company. It’s all about building something solid for his family down the line, and honestly, it’s a sweet tribute to his late mentor, Young Dolph. Every truck’s decked out in that signature camo wrap, just like Dolph used to rock.
Kenny, whose real name is Keegan DeVon Johnson, hails from Memphis, Tennessee y’know, the spot that’s got a killer rap scene and is basically the heart of shipping thanks to FedEx being based there. He got his start in music after Young Dolph spotted him at a local gig and brought him onto Paper Route Empire back in 2018. Since then, he’s dropped bangers like “No Safety” and put out albums such as Time Is Money in 2020 and Muneyland 2 in 2023. By the end of 2025, he’s pulling in over half a million monthly listeners on Spotify, which is no small feat.
A tweet from X.
But Kenny’s never been one to put all his eggs in the music basket. In his announcement on social media, he kept it real:
“I’m tryna see what other Muney I can get… for my birthday I wanted to start some sh*t that’s gone last forever and I can leave for my kids.”
He’s talking about ditching the rollercoaster of the rap game for something steadier, like hauling freight across the Southeast.
He shared pics and clips online of at least a couple rigs a box truck and a dually sitting outside a warehouse, all wrapped in camo. The buzz hit quick on X (what we used to call Twitter), Instagram, and YouTube Shorts, with shoutouts from pages like MyMixtapez and The Rap Alert. Even his peers jumped in: Moneybagg Yo called it straight-up “Boss shit,” and Key Glock Dolph’s cousin and another Paper Route guy reposted to show love.
That camo isn’t just for show it’s loaded with meaning. Young Dolph, real name Adolph Robert Thornton Jr., built Paper Route Empire from the ground up and stood for going independent in hip-hop. He was all about that camo vibe, symbolizing grit and being battle-ready. Tragically, Dolph got gunned down on November 17, 2021, outside a Memphis cookie shop in what turned out to be a feud-related hit. Justin Johnson and Cornelius Smith got life sentences in 2024 and 2025, and another dude pleaded guilty.
For Kenny, who looked up to Dolph like a big bro, this loss hit hard. He’s poured that energy into his music, like in tracks such as “Hardbody” that scream resilience. Now, these trucks are like rolling homages. “LONG LIVE DOLPH,” he wrote in one caption, linking the whole thing back to what Dolph taught him about owning your hustle.
This kind of move isn’t rare in the rap world. Plenty of artists diversify to lock in that long-term bag think Yo Gotti kicking off a real estate company in 2022, Blac Youngsta getting into food trucks, or legends like Jay-Z and Nipsey Hussle turning side hustles into empires. Trucking makes sense too: The U.S. industry’s raking in around $906 billion in freight revenue for 2024, moving about 72.7% of the country’s goods by weight, per the American Trucking Associations. And in Memphis, with its logistics edge, it could mean good jobs for folks, especially in a city dealing with stuff like high crime.
Kenny’s even talked about bringing on people from the neighborhood, including those with records, as a way to give back. Plus, he’s teasing a doc about the whole startup journey, maybe dropping in 2026.
The online love’s been pouring in over 125,000 views on X alone and it shows how hip-hop’s shifting toward smarter, legacy-building plays. Like one fan put it, these are “real boss moves” that keep the spirit alive.
