Young Noble

Young Noble
Birth name Rufus Cooper III
Born (1978-03-21) March 21, 1978
Rancho Cucamonga, California U.S.
Origin Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres Hip hop
Years active 1996–present
Labels Outlawz, Death Row, Affluent, Real Talk Ent., Ca$hville
Associated acts Makaveli, Outlawz, Hussein Fatal, Storm, Tha Dogg Pound, Yukmouth, Layzie Bone, Stic.man, JT the Bigga Figga, Young Buck, The Game, Lowkey, Lil' Flip, Bossolo
Website OutlawzMedia.Net

Rufus Cooper III (born March 21, 1978), also known by his stage name Young Noble, is an American rapper. Best known for being part of Tupac Shakur's rap group Outlawz.[1] Noble joined the Outlawz in the early summer of 1996, and was also the last member to be added to the group by Tupac himself, before the late rapper's death in September 1996.

Early career

Noble made his debut on Shakur's album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory on 4 songs "Bomb First (My Second Reply)", "Hail Mary", "Life of an Outlaw", and "Just Like Daddy".

On December 21, 1999, Shakur's album Still I Rise was released which consisted of material recorded with 2Pac and one solo song. Noble replaced Hussein Fatal's vocals on the songs.

Through the Outlawz and Young Noble's Twitter pages, together they announced the release of two volumes of mixtapes titled Outlaw Rydahz Vol. 1 and Outlaw Nation 'Outlaw Rydaz Volume One' was released in March 2012, and Outlaw Nation on October 2012. He also said it would feature some of his mentor's Tupac Shakur's old affiliates, including Thug Life which was 2Pac's group before he created The Outlawz, Money B (who was a member of Shakur's old group Digital Underground) and B-Legit who featured on Shakur's 1996 album on Death Row Records, All Eyez on Me, on the track "Aint Hard 2 Find".

Discography

Studio albums

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Outlawz: Worldwide himself Documentary DVD
2002 Chorchyp: The Way of the Samurai himself Documentary
2013 Napoleon: Life of an Outlaw himself Documentary DVD
Bound by Blood – Motion picture debut
2016 All Eyez on Me himself Motion picture debut

References

  1. ↑ Birchmeier, Jason. "Biography: Outlawz". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Noble Justice by Young Noble". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  3. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Noble Justice: The Lost Songs by Young Noble". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  4. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Son of God by Young Noble". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  5. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Powerful by Young Noble". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
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