The member of the Outlawz group of Tupac was 47

The young nobleman, the rapper who was part of the Hip-Hop group of Tupac Shakur Outlawz, has died. He was 47 years old.

The rapper (born Rufus Lee Cooper III) would have died by suicide, with a self-inflicted shot on Friday morning in Atlanta, TMZ reported.

Comrade Outlawz Alum Edi Mean also shared the news on Instagram. “Today, I have obtained some of the worst and unexpected news imaginable. My brother and partner for over 30 years have taken his life this morning,” he wrote in the post.

“Rest in power Rufus Young Noble Cooper,” added Mean. “I am obviously not in good shape to talk about it right now, so please give his family and I’m a little time to treat this. Mental disease is a real battle led by so many people. Check your people! ”

Born on March 21, 1978 in Sierra Madre, California, Cooper moved to New Jersey when he was a child, where he met his colleagues member Outlawz Hussein Fatal and Yaki Kadafi, making his debut on Shakur’s album in 1996 Don Killuminati: the theory of 7 daysRegistered under the pseudonym PAC Makaveli.