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Rapper Chino XL dead at 50

Started by Ordinary Joel, Jul 29, 2024, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. Ordinary Joel
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    Jul 29, 2024
    https://allhiphop.com/news/veteran-rapper-chino-xl-reportedly-dead-at-50/

    Veteran Rapper Chino XL Reportedly Dead At 50

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    By: Kyle Eustice
    Category: News
    July 29, 2024

    East Coast rapper Chino XL—real name Derek Emmanuel Barbosa—has reportedly died. An inside source confirmed the news to AllHipHop in a text on Monday (July 29). Friends close to him are calling it “soul crushing.”

    Fellow rapper A-F-R-O posted a tribute to Chino XL on Twitter just minutes after the news started to spread. He wrote, “RIP to CHINO XL .. I’m gonna miss you, big bro.”





    Chino XL was born on April 8, 1974, in the Bronx and later moved to New Jersey. Chino XL gained recognition in the 1990s with his debut album, Here to Save You All, released in 1996, which showcased his lyrical prowess and storytelling ability.

    He’s released several albums throughout his career, including I Told You So (2001) and Poison Pen (2006). He’s also appeared in various films and television shows, contributing to his reputation as a multi-talented artist.

    In addition to his solo work, Chino XL has collaborated with numerous artists across different genres and has been well respected for his contributions to the Hip-Hop community.More recently, he appeared on Rakim’s first solo album in more than a decade, G.O.D.’s Network: REB7RTH, on the track “Pendulum Swing.”

    This is a developing story.
     
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    Jul 29, 2024
    Vaxxed?
     
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    Jul 29, 2024
    I’ve never listened to him but he’s been on my list of rappers to listen to for a long time. R.I.P.
     
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    Jul 30, 2024
    Not good. RIP man.
     
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    Jul 30, 2024
    Everybody that ever bad mouthed PAC or did him wrong is getting their karma.

    Biggie dead
    Stretch dead
    Prodigy died young
    Chino XL died young
    Puffy - nothing to be said
    Haitian jack - deported
    Jimmy henchman - life in jail
    King Tut - life in jail
    Keefe D - on trial for murder
    Baby Lane - murdered at a young age
     
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    Jul 30, 2024
    d--- RIP. He was a GOAT. Top 10 rapper of all time imo.
     
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    Rip legend. Thanks
     
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    Jul 30, 2024
    How's Pac doing tho? Probably laughing from Cuba right now
     
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    Jul 30, 2024
    Chino XL was 50, bro. Which is still young. But if he died young, then Pac and Biggie died as babies. Stop it. And to be honest, although I love Pac, that Mobb Deep beef was one I always felt he earned the title of being " the initiating aggressor".

    Some people caught strays when he got released from prison and Mobb Deep (Prodigy especially and specifically.) was probably the one group that seemed to have claim' that "thug life" might have originated from them. They probably said it on-wax before and was trying to take it back on the sneak-tip. Nothing vitriolic on the level of "Hit 'Em Up" just yet.

    But h--- on Earth might have spawned a few songs that indicated they weren't going to take it lying down. They would still crumble in the end, but Drop a Gem on Em wasn't considered to be a weak retort/rebuttal or executionary affront by any stretch of the imagination. They stood their ground.
     
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    Looking at M80's IG stories, it seems confirmed that Chino had heart issues and that M80 even paid for his heart transplant a couple of years ago
     
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