Rufus Cooper III (born March 21, 1978), also known by his stage name Young Noble, is an American

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who was part of

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's rap group

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. Noble joined the Outlawz in early 1996, and was the last member to be added to the group by Tupac himself, before the late rapper's death in September 1996.

Life and career

Noble was born in Rancho Cucamonga, California. He made his debut on Shakur's album '' The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory'' on 4 songs "Bomb First (My Second Reply)", "

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", "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

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'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'' in October 2012. He also said it would feature some of his mentors and 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

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) and

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who featured on Shakur's 1996 album on Death Row Records, ''

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'', on the track "Aint Hard 2 Find".

Discography

;Studio albums *'' Noble Justice'' (2002) *'' Son of God'' (2012) *'' Powerful'' (2016) *''3rd Eye View'' (2019)

Filmography

References

External links

Official Website
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