Younger Noble, the rapper who was a part of Tupac Shakur‘s hip-hop group Outlawz, has died. He was 47.
The rapper (born Rufus Lee Cooper III) reportedly died by suicide, from an obvious self-inflicted gunshot on Friday morning in Atlanta, TMZ reported.
Fellow Outlawz alum E.D.I. Imply additionally shared the information on Instagram. “Immediately I obtained a number of the worst and sudden information conceivable. My brother and accomplice for over 30 years took his life this morning,” he wrote within the publish.
“Relaxation in energy Rufus Younger Noble Cooper,” added Imply. “I clearly am in no form to speak about this proper now so PLEASE give his household and I a while to course of this. Psychological sickness is an actual battle being fought by so many. CHECK ON YOUR FOLKS!”
Born March 21, 1978 in Sierra Madre, California, Cooper moved to New Jersey as a child, the place he met fellow Outlawz members Hussein Deadly and Yaki Kadafi, making his debut on Shakur’s 1996 album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Concept, recorded beneath Pac’s pseudonym Makaveli.
Noble made his solo album debut with Noble Justice in 2002, adopted by Son of God (2012), Highly effective (2016) and third Eye View (2019).
