Tragedy Strikes as Outlawz Rapper Young Noble Dies by Suicide: Music Industry Mourns Amid Calls for Mental Health Awareness
Atlanta, Georgia – Rufus Lee Cooper III, known in the music world as Young Noble and a member of the Outlawz, the rap group founded by Tupac Shakur, died by suicide on July 4, 2025. He was 47. The tragic event unfolded at a country club in Snellville, a suburb of Atlanta, where Cooper was discovered in a swimming pool with a fatal gunshot wound. Authorities were alerted to the scene early in the morning …