Young Noble

Young Noble
Young Noble
Birth name	Rufus Cooper III
Born	March 21, 1978 (age 46); 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
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

2002: Noble Justice
2010: Noble Justice: The Lost Songs^[2]
2012: Son of God
2016: Powerful (Release Date: June 16, 2016)

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
2013	Bound by Blood	–	Motion picture debut

References

^ Birchmeier, Jason. "Biography: Outlawz". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
^ http://www.outlawzmedia.net/forums/index.php?topic=3123.0 OUTLAWZMEDIA.NET YOUNG NOBLE - NOBLE JUSTICE: THE LOST SONGS (2010)

External links

[1] Birchmeier, Jason. "Biography: Outlawz". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 May 2010.

[2] ttp://www.outlawzmedia.net/forums/index.php?topic=3123.0 OUTLAWZMEDIA.NET YOUNG NOBLE - NOBLE JUSTICE: THE LOST SONGS (2010)

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v t e Young Noble
Discography Outlawz discography
Studio albums	Noble Justice Thug in Thug Out Son of God Powerful
Collaboration albums	Thug Brothers Against All Oddz Soldier 2 Soldier All Eyez on Us Fast Life The Year of the Underdogz The Code Thug Brothers 2
Compilations and mixtapes	Street Warz Noble Justice: The Lost Songs Outlaw Rydahz Vol. 1 Outlaw Nation
Related articles	Outlawz Outlaw Recordz

v t e Outlawz
Yaki Kadafi 2Pac King Kastro Napoleon EDIDON Hussein Fatal Young Noble Big Syke Mopreme Shakur
Albums	Still I Rise Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us Novakane Neva Surrenda Outlaw 4 Life: 2005 A.P. Against All Oddz We Want In: The Street LP Killuminati 2K11 Perfect Timing
Collaboration albums	Street Warz Can't Sell Dope Forever Thug Brothers Soldier 2 Soldier All Eyez on Us Doin' It Big Fast Life The Year of the Underdogz The Code
Related albums	In the Line of Fire Noble Justice Thug in Thug Out The Lost Songs Vol. 1 The Lost Songs Vol. 2 The Lost Songs Vol. 3 The Stash Spot Noble Justice: The Lost Songs Son of God O.G. Est. 1992 The Hope Dealer, Pt. 1 Powerful
Singles	"Hit 'Em Up" "Hail Mary" "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)"
Related articles	Discography

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	United States
Artists	MusicBrainz