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Chino XL (born Derek Barbosa, April 8, 1971, in The Bronx, New York but raised in East Orange, New Jersey) is a rapper well respected among hip hop enthusiasts for his battling abilities. He is notorious for his usage of self-consciously over-the-top punchlines (which usually take the form of puns or similes) and for his exaggerated egotism. He is also well known to many for a brief feud with Tupac Shakur.

After a spell with the group Art Of Origin, Chino XL released his debut album Here To Save You All in 1996, a diverse work which included more conventional battle rap tracks (featuring Kool Keith and Ras Kass) alongside autobiographical tracks such as What Am I (which dealt with his heritage- half Puerto Rican, half African - background). The album got a very positive critical reception and is still regarded by many as one of the finest hip-hop albums of the nineties.

After building his reputation further by making several famous appearances freestyling on the Wake Up Show radio show, Chino incurred the wrath of Tupac Shakur in Tupac’s track Hit ‘Em Up. This is believed to be as a result of a simile on his debut album in a track called Riiiot, which read “by this industry, I’m trying not to get fucked like 2Pac in jail”. The ambiguity over where the simile begins possibly caused confusion, but nevertheless Chino soon responded in a radio freestyle. However, Tupac did not respond back and was soon dead due to an unresolved shooting in Las Vegas.
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  • AlDogg1992

    Dennn1 риканстракшен ништяк .....чино....читает лучьше тупака ну ты загнул тут.Латиносам свойственна техничная читка,но я бы не сказал .что лучше Тупака он

    31 Dec 2012 Reply

  • morbid-creation

    "My spirit is big so I don't fear a thing I'll karate kick Steven Segal in his lace front wig Fuck a pig Hop out the whip and shatter your ribs Wearing a mask in broad daylight like Michael Jackson's kids did"

    11 Dec 2012 Reply

  • jc3512

    Favorite song would be "What Am I?" from Here To Save You All. I need to get the other albums.

    5 Dec 2012 Reply

  • MistahLouis

    "Who gives a fuck about the greatest rapper alive when Chino's The Illest?"

    29 Nov 2012 Reply

  • Nfeeltraita

    "Have u ever heard about the bad man bible"

    27 Oct 2012 Reply

  • ELEMENT1111100

    BEAST

    22 Oct 2012 Reply

  • dobr-312

    +++ http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Chino+XL/+images/83026435

    18 Oct 2012 Reply

  • bigpinero45

    New album is phenomenal [2]

    2 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Dennn1

    риканстракшен ништяк .....чино....читает лучьше тупака

    28 Sep 2012 Reply

  • BilingualGringo

    New album is phenomenal

    27 Sep 2012 Reply

  • iceb1

    http://www.lastfm.pl/music/Chino+XL/+images/82330123

    26 Sep 2012 Reply

  • G-P-S

    Definitely feeling the new album. Wasn't sure what to expect considering the wait.

    26 Sep 2012 Reply

  • HeilJake

    RICANSTRUCTION = CLASSIC

    26 Sep 2012 Reply

  • son-of-hiphop

    @affectionateme aka retard : if nobody give a fuck bout mine opinion ,who gives bout yours ?? the so called beef they had is over 10 yrs. old ,if he were still alive you think he would waste his time givin a fuck bout 10 yrs. old beef ?? if you give fuck bout him i guess it means lot more to him if you listen to his music then tellin chino on last.fm to fuck himself ,if youre that big fan go on a chino concert go on stage and tell him "fuck you " ,doin that on last.fm is stupid and pathetic !!

    9 Sep 2012 Reply

  • affectionateMe

    @son-of-hiphop: who gives a fuck about your opinion? obviously a lot people still give a fuck about pac, although he's dead. that's what makes a legend.

    6 Sep 2012 Reply

  • son-of-hiphop

    Chino XL - RICANstruction: The Black Rosary Disc 1: 01. Rain (Interlude) 02. Father’s Day 03. Eight Beginnings (feat. Mystic) 04. Have 2 05. It’s Not Too L8te 06. Wicked Church 07. Silent Art Child 08. Broken Halo 09. Anything 10. Hell’s Song (feat. Tech N9ne) 11. Bad Man Bible 12. Mama Told Me 13. Afraid Of Nothing 14. Can Be 15. Arm Yourself (feat. Sick Jacken, Immortal Technique & DV Alias Khrist) 16. No Damn Good For Me (Scarlet Intro) 17. Sleep In Scarlet 18. Nahh! 19. Eye 20. Reguarding Elizbeth (Save Me) (feat. Travis Barker) Disc 2: 21. Black Rosary 8am 22. Closer to God 23. Little Man 24. Figure It Out 25. Xross Your Heart 26. Buried In Vocabulary (feat. Horseshoe Gang) 27. Missing You 8pm (Interlude) 28. Crazy Love 29. Take It Back (feat. Rakka Iriscience & Roc Marciano) 30. N.I.C.E. 31. Kings (feat. Big Pun) 32. 90 Bars of Intervention 33. The Hype Man (Interlude) 34. Latino’s Stand Up (feat. Sick Jacken, B Real, Thirsten Howl III, Sinful & Kid Frost) 35. Gone

    30 Aug 2012 Reply

  • son-of-hiphop

    how many years have past since pac died ?? 14-15 yrs ?? and still retarded kids are tallkin bout who is better n shit ??fukin retards who gives a fuck ?? pac is anyway dead stop being on a dead mans dick !!

    30 Aug 2012 Reply

  • affectionateMe

    Chino XL fuck you too [15]

    15 Aug 2012 Reply

  • stainedart

    picture is embarrassing

    12 Aug 2012 Reply

  • PaulHumenyuk

    Chino XL fuck you too [14]

    25 Jun 2012 Reply
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