American rapper (born 1974)
Chino XL
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Birth name
| Derek Emmanuel Barbosa
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Born
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1974-04-08
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April 8, 1974
(age 50)
New York City
, U.S.
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Origin
| New Jersey
, U.S.
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Genres
| Hip hop
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Occupations
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Years active
| 1992?present
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Musical artist
Derek Emmanuel Barbosa
(born April 8, 1974), better known by his stage name
Chino XL
, is an American rapper and actor. He has released four solo studio albums.
Ricanstruction: The Black Rosary
(2012), won the 2012 HHUG Album of the Year Award.
[1]
Barbosa has acted in numerous films and television, signing with Hollywood talent manager Stacey Castro and subsequently appearing in as a guest star in the
Comedy Central
series
Reno 911!
, and the
CBS
series
CSI: Miami
. His feature film credits include a co-starring role opposite
Kate Hudson
and
Luke Wilson
in director
Rob Reiner
's
Alex & Emma
, as well as Brandon Sonnier's
The Beat
, which premiered at the
Sundance Film Festival
.
[2]
He is the nephew of
Bernie Worrell
of music group
Parliament/Funkadelic
.
[3]
Barbosa is also a member of Mensa.
[4]
Early life
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Chino XL was born in
The Bronx
, New York, but grew up in various parts of New Jersey. His father, who was of Puerto Rican descent, abandoned his African American mother before he was born. He was raised by his single mother.
Career
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After co-founding the duo Art of Origin, the emcee was signed at age 16 by music impresario
Rick Rubin
to Rubin's
American Recordings
label, which was once part of the
Warner Bros. Records
family. He released his debut album
Here to Save You All
in 1996, which was released to critical acclaim. The lead single "
Kreep
" which featured an interpolation of the
Radiohead
song "
Creep
" experienced major airplay by radio and
MTV
. Kreep charted on the
Billboard
Bubbling Under R&B Chart for a record 23 weeks, from July 1996 to January 1997.
Chino was released from his American Recordings contract when American Recordings switched distributors from Warner to Columbia in 1997. Warner Bros. Records then signed Chino in the fall of 1997. His sophomore album was due to be released during April 1999 but numerous delays prevented the album from being released.
[5]
Although in early 2001 when the album was about to be released and its lead single "Let 'Em Live" featuring
Kool G Rap
was nearing early pressing stages Chino was dropped by Warner, as they folded their Black music department, supposedly due to the public legal battle with
Prince
. The album, titled
I Told You So
, was eventually released in 2001 by Metro Records.
[6]
In 2006, Chino released his long-awaited third album,
Poison Pen
, featuring appearances by
Proof
of
D-12
,
Killah Priest
and hip hop duo
The Beatnuts
.
In 2007, Chino signed a contract with the Universal Latino label
Machete Music
.
[7]
In 2009 during a controversial interview with Allhiphop.com writer Han O'Connor, Chino revealed that his fifth studio album
The RICANstruction
was to be released soon.
[
needs update
]
The album was released via his own joint venture CPR/Universal and featured
Immortal Technique
,
Tech N9ne
, and
Bun B
.
The RICANstruction
also featured a collaboration with
Big Pun
. The album featured production from
DJ Khalil
and Focus served as executive producer.
On August 19, a song titled "N.I.C.E." that was produced by Nick Wiz was released.
[8]
On September 25, 2012, the album
Ricanstruction: The Black Rosary
was released as a double disc through
Immortal Technique
's Viper Records. It won the 2012 HHUG Album of the Year award
[1]
On June 15, 2013, Shanghai :30 Entertainment booked a show with Chino XL for him to play alongside local, on-the-rise hiphop artists.
[9]
In 2014, he formed a hip hop supergroup along with rappers
Vakill
,
Copywrite
,
Tame One
and producer Stu Bangas called
Verse 48
. They started working on an EP.
[10]
In 2015, he featured on UK singer/rapper RKZ's single 'They Don't Know Nothing'.
[11]
He is currently working on his new album, which will include a track with
R.A. the Rugged Man
.
[12]
In late 2019 Freemusicempire wrote that Chino XL is "The greatest name-checker in rap history" Dan-O wrote "Chino XL has a career full of jaw dropping name drops that don't benefit him at all. In 1996 he was clowning OJ Simpson, in 2012 he was making fun of Muhammed Ali's brain stem. If you are going to drop the name of someone important do 2 things for me A.) don't walk it back and apologize B) make it heinous. Do it out of an unparalleled fearlessness. Shake the world up so the people who feel safe don't anymore….and when the consequences come take them like a seasoned criminal takes a sentence. Or don't do it at all."
[13]
In December 2020, he released a joint extended play "
Chino vs. Balt
" with Balt Getty, under Purplehaus Records.
[14]
In 2023 Chino XL reunited with Stu Bangas to release God’s Carpenter. A 12 song album featuring
Vinnie Paz
on the single Murder Rhyme Kill. Additional singles included AMBImonsterous, and the titled track God’s Carpenter.
Discography
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Studio albums
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Collaboration albums
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Extended plays
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- Chino vs. Balt
(with Balt Getty)
(2020)
Singles
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- "No Slow Rollin'"
with Art of Origin
(1992)
- "Un-Rational"
with Art of Origin
(1993)
- "Purple Hands in the Air / Dark Night of the Bloodspiller" (1994)
- "Kreep" (1996)
- "No Complex / Waiting to Exhale" (1996)
- "Thousands / Freestyle Rhymes" (1996)
- "Deliver" (1996)
- "Rise / Jesus" (1997)
- "Let 'Em Live" (2000)
- "Last Laugh" (2001) Vs (1998)
- "What You Got / Let 'Em Live" (2001)
- "Don't Run from Me / Warning" (2006)
- "Poison Pen" (2006)
- "Messiah" (2006)
- "Jump Back" (2007)
- "Lick Shots"
with Immortal Technique, Crooked I
(2008)
- "Chow Down"
with Playalitical
(2008)
- "N.I.C.E." (2012)
- "Arm Yourself"
with DV Alias Khrist, Sick Jacken, Immortal Technique
(2012)
- "Kings"
with Big Pun
(2012)
- "They Don't Know Nothing"
with RKZ
(2015)
- "March of the Imperial"
with D.CrazE the Destroyer
(2016)
- "Under the Bridge"
with Rama Duke
(2018)
- "Ascending To Mytikas"
with Fuzzy Ed
(2022)
Filmography
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References
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- ^
a
b
[1]
Archived
December 13, 2013, at the
Wayback Machine
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"Chino XL : Biography"
. IMDb.com.
Archived
from the original on July 28, 2015
. Retrieved
January 18,
2015
.
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"Chino XL :: I Told You So :: Metro Records"
.
rapreviews.com
.
Archived
from the original on September 24, 2015
. Retrieved
June 27,
2015
.
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"RapIndustry.com Chino XL Interview, with Sway and King Tech"
.
RapIndustry.com
.
Archived
from the original on October 28, 2007
. Retrieved
October 11,
2007
.
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Inc, Nielsen Business Media (December 5, 1998).
Billboard
. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
Archived
from the original on July 9, 2023
. Retrieved
November 5,
2020
.
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"Chino XL: Ain't A Damn Thing Changed"
.
AllHipHop
. December 14, 2005.
Archived
from the original on June 30, 2015
. Retrieved
June 27,
2015
.
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"Chino XL signs New Record Deal"
.
Rap Basement
. July 23, 2007.
Archived
from the original on July 26, 2012
. Retrieved
January 18,
2015
.
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"Chino XL"
.
HipHopDX.com
. August 18, 2011. Archived from
the original
on January 18, 2015
. Retrieved
January 18,
2015
.
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"Chino XL x Crawdad & Organ Grinder"
.
Shanghai :30 Entertainment
. Archived from
the original
on February 25, 2014
. Retrieved
January 18,
2015
.
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"Chino XL, Copywrite, Vakill, Tame One & Stu Bangas Are 'Verse 48'
"
.
2DOPEBOYZ
.
Archived
from the original on January 18, 2015
. Retrieved
January 18,
2015
.
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"RKZ ft Chino XL ? They Don't Know Nothing (Prod Handbook)"
. December 30, 2015.
Archived
from the original on March 27, 2017
. Retrieved
March 26,
2017
.
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"Chino XL ? Ok so.... It's official RA the rugged man will... - Facebook"
.
Facebook
. Archived from
the original
on February 26, 2022.
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"The Greatest Name-Checker in Rap History"
. December 5, 2019.
Archived
from the original on July 18, 2020
. Retrieved
January 8,
2020
.
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HCamrone (January 5, 2021).
"Purplehaus Records presents: Balt Getty & Chino XL ? "Ethiopia"
"
.
NOW Entertainment
.
Archived
from the original on February 10, 2022
. Retrieved
February 10,
2022
.
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