Outlawz Member Young Noble Dead By Suicide At Age 47
E.D.I. Mean received’t be celebrating the Fourth of July following the tragic information that his Outlawz brethren Young Noble has dedicated suicide.
The veteran rapper, who rose to notoriety as a part of Tupac Shakur’s group, broke the information by way of Instagram on Friday (July 4), saying he was “at a loss for words.”
“Today I got some of the worst and unexpected news imaginable,” he wrote. “my brother and partner for over 30 years took his life this morning. Rest in Power Rufus Young Noble Cooper. I 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 UR FOLKS!”
The Outlawz have been based by Tupac Shakur and Yaki Kadafi in 1995, initially rising from Shakur’s earlier collaborations with teams like Dramacydal and Thug Life. The group, whose identify stands for “Operating Under Thug Laws As Warriors,” first gained widespread recognition by means of their look on Shakur’s monitor “When We Ride” from his multi-platinum album All Eyez on Me, and have become particularly notable for his or her function on the notorious diss monitor “Hit ‘Em Up.”
Members adopted aliases impressed by controversial world leaders, with Shakur himself taking the identify “Makaveli.” The authentic lineup included Kastro, E.D.I. Mean, Hussein Fatal, Napoleon, Yaki Kadafi, Young Noble and the only feminine member, Storm.
After Shakur’s homicide in 1996, the group confronted vital turmoil, together with the deaths of Kadafi and Hussein Fatal, however continued to launch music, together with the platinum-certified album Still I Rise in collaboration with Shakur.
Young Noble, who joined the group in 1996 because the final member, survived a critical coronary heart assault in 2021. He wrote on the time, “Thank you to all my luved ones who been praying for me I had 1 of the worst days of my life yesterday I had a critical coronary heart assault however God is just too good & the superb docs brung me again an they getting me proper.
“I plan to put everything in my life on hold while I recover an get my health all the way right…This will only make me stronger I’m grateful for a second chance an I beg y’all please please please take your health serious all the unhealthy living an stress catches up sooner than later!”
In December 2024, Young Noble sat down for his first interview in seven years through which he got emotional speaking about each the murders of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G.
“It was crazy,” he mentioned. “Biggie dying affected us, too […] I was almost questioning like, ‘Damn man, maybe I should have stayed in school and figured something else out.’ Like, ‘I don’t know if I made the right decision getting in the car with [Hussein] Fatal and Yaki [Kadafi] that day. This doesn’t feel good. I left the hood to come to California. I was tired of death and all this b#######. Two of my friends just died back to back. It was horrible. Horrible for Hip-Hop.”
AllHipHop sends our condolences to Young Noble’s family members.
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