{"id":178871,"date":"2025-07-05T16:15:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T16:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/05\/tupac-shakur-collaborator-young-noble-dead-at-47\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T16:15:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T16:15:24","slug":"tupac-shakur-collaborator-young-noble-dead-at-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/05\/tupac-shakur-collaborator-young-noble-dead-at-47\/","title":{"rendered":"Tupac Shakur collaborator Young Noble dead at 47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-07-05\" datetime=\"1751732124\" pubdate=\"\">5 July 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/tupac-shakur\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,tupac-shakur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tupac Shakur<\/a> collaborator Young Noble has died.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Tupac Shakur collaborator Young Noble dead at 47<\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old rapper \u2013 whose real name was Rufus Lee Cooper III &#8211; was a member of hip-hop group Outlawz and frequently collaborated with Shakur before his death in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>E.D.I. Mean, a fellow Outlawz member, confirmed his death on Instagram on Friday (04.07.25) and wrote: \u201cToday I got some of the worst and unexpected news imaginable. My brother and partner for over 30 years took his life this morning. Rest in Power Rufus Young Noble Cooper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI obviously am in no shape to talk about this right now so PLEASE give his family and I some time to process this. Mental illness is a real battle being fought by so many. CHECK ON YOUR FOLKS!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musician Damien \u2018Big Percy Roderick wrote: \u201cDamn @outlawznation @theoutlawzofficial REST EASY HOMIE @young_noble wish I could change our last call we had DAMN PRAYERS UP.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd, Snoop Dogg, who was on Death Row Records with Shakur before his death, shared Roderick\u2019s post and wrote: \u201cDAMN Mental health is real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nHe added the song, The Good Die Young, by Shakur and Outlawz. <\/p>\n<p>\nA representative for the rapper confirmed his death to PEOPLE but did not give any other details.<\/p>\n<p>\nNoble and Shakur met in California while Shakur was working on his 1996 record All Eyez on Me. <\/p>\n<p>\nHe made his debut on Shakur\u2019s posthumous album, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, and was featured on songs Bomb First (My Second Reply), Hail Mary, Life of an Outlaw and Just Like Daddy.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/tupac-shakur-collaborator-young-noble-dead-47-1421514.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 July 2025 Tupac Shakur collaborator Young Noble has died. Tupac Shakur collaborator Young Noble dead at 47 The 47-year-old rapper \u2013 whose real name was Rufus Lee Cooper III &#8211; was a member of hip-hop group Outlawz and frequently collaborated with Shakur before his death in 1996. E.D.I. 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