Chino XL

Biography

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

Popular Songs

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  Poison Pen (intro)

  Poison Pen

  62 BPM
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  What You Got

  I Told You So

  91 BPM
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  Nunca

  I Told You So

  81 BPM
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  Let 'Em Live

  I Told You So

  93 BPM
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  Let 'Em Live

  I Told You So

  93 BPM

Discography

RICANstruction: The Black Rosary

2012

Something Sacred

2008

Poison Pen: The Lost Tapes

2006

Poison Pen

2005

I Told You So

2001

Here to Save You All

1996