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{{short description|American rapper}}

{{BLP sources|date=May 2010}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Young Noble

| background = solo_singer

| image = Big Dave, EDI and NobleYoung_Noble.jpg

| landscape = yes

| caption = Young Noble (right) in 20082006

| birth_name = Rufus Lee Cooper III<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/885120598 |title=AIM AT DA POLICE |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=April 29, 2023}}</ref>

| birth_name = Rufus Cooper III

| origin = [[Montclair, New Jersey]], U.S.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|3|21}}

| birth_place = [[RanchoSierra CucamongaMadre, California]], [[United States|U.S.]]

| death_date =

| genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]

| occupation =

| years_active = 1996–present

| label = [[Outlaw Recordz|Outlawz]], 1Nation Entertainment, [[Death Row Records|Death Row]], Affluent, [[Real Talk Entertainment|Real Talk Ent.]], [[Ca$hville Records|Ca$hville]]

| associated_acts = [[Tupac Shakur|Makaveli]], [[Outlawz]], [[Hussein Fatal]], [[Storm (rapper)|Storm]], [[Tha Dogg Pound]], [[Yukmouth]], [[Layzie Bone]], [[Stic.man]], [[JT the Bigga Figga]], [[Young Buck]], [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]], [[Lowkey]], [[Lil' Flip]], [[Bossolo]]

| current_member_of = [[Outlawz]]

| website =

| website = {{URL|http://www.outlawzmedia.net|OutlawzMedia.Net}}{{deadlink}}

}}

'''Rufus Lee Cooper III''' (born March 21, 1978), also known by his [[stage name]] '''Young Noble''', is an American [[rapper]] who wasand partmember of [[Tupac Shakur]]'s rap group [[Outlawz]].<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p351986/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Outlawz|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|access-date=25 May 2010}}</ref>

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

==Life and career==

Noble was born in [[Sierra Madre, California]], growing up in nearby Pasadena before moving to [[New Jersey]] around the age of eight or nine. There he met eventual Outlaw members [[Hussein Fatal]] and Yaki Kadafi. Around the age of 16 he moved back to California to live with his sister in [[Rancho Cucamonga, California|Rancho Cucamonga]].<ref name="aotd">{{cite AV media |people=Cooper, Rufus, III |date=2024 |title=Young Noble Tells All — Speaks On 2Pac, Nas, Snoop Dogg, Yaki Kadafi & Fatal Death & All Controversy |type=Interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB24bd797v0 |publisher=The Art of Dialogue | publication-date=2024-12-24}}</ref> He made his debut on Shakur's album ''[[The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory]]'' on 4 songs "Bomb First (My Second Reply)", "[[Hail Mary (2Pac song)|Hail Mary]]", "Life of an Outlaw", and "Just Like Daddy".

On December 21, 1999, Shakur's album ''[[Still I Rise (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.

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==External links==

* [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20080828042444/http://outlawzmedia.net/ Official Website] {{deadlink}}

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