Young Noble, a rapper and close associate of Tupac Shakur has died, aged 47.
According to sources who spoke with TMZ, Noble, whose real name was Rufus Lee Cooper III, committed suicide in Atlanta on Friday morning.
Reports indicate that he sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound. We have reached out to local authorities for further details.
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Noble gained prominence in the hip-hop scene after joining the Outlawz group in early 1996, becoming the last member personally recruited by Tupac.
He featured on four tracks from Tupac’s album “The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory,” including the song “Hail Mary.”
The album was released in November 1996, just months after Tupac’s untimely death in Las Vegas.
Throughout his career, Young Noble released several solo albums, such as “Noble Justice” and “Son of God.”
In 2021, he suffered a serious heart attack, but expressed gratitude for a second chance at life in an Instagram post that May.
Recently, he had been playing basketball with friends and showed no signs of health issues.