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Derek Keith Barbosa (April 8, 1974 – July 28, 2024), better known by his stage name Chino XL, was an American rapper and actor. He was known for his evocative wordplay and for warring with Tupac Shakur.
He recorded 8 solo studio albums and 2 extended plays. His album Ricanstruction: The Black Rosary (2012) won the 2012 HHUG Album of the Year Award.
Born in the Bronx, New York, Derek Barbosa grew up in East Orange, New Jersey. He was raised by his single mother (African American) and his father was of Puerto Rican descent.
After co-founding the duo Art of Origin with Kerri Chandler, "Chino XL" (as he was called from then on) was signed at age 16 by music impresario Rick Rubin to his American Recordings label, at the time a member of the Warner Bros. Records family.
Barbosa released his debut album Here to Save You All in 1996, to critical acclaim. The lead single "Kreep", which featured an interpolation of the Radiohead song "Creep" received 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. Here to Save You All was A&R'd by Dan Charnas. It also included the single "No Complex".
Chino was released from his American Recordings contract when the label switched distributors from Warner Bros. Records to Columbia Records in 1997.
Warner Bros. Records signed Chino in the fall of 1997. His second album was due to come out in April 1999 but numerous delays prevented this. In early 2001, when the album's lead single "Let 'Em Live" featuring Kool G Rap was about to appear, Chino was dropped by Warner, as they folded their Black music department, allegedly due to the public legal battle with Prince. [citation needed] The album was eventually released in 2001 by Metro Records under the title I Told You So.
Chino worked with rock engineer Kent Hitchcock to bring Poison Pen to life. [citation needed] The lyricist/emcee co-executive produced this 3rd studio album (2006), which introduced “Wordsmith” and featured appearances by Proof of D-12, Killah Priest and hip-hop duo The Beatnuts. [citation needed] The title track is produced by Dan Charnas, pulled from 1996 sessions while still signed to Rubin’s label.[citation needed]
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Chino XL
Derek Keith Barbosa (April 8, 1974 – July 28, 2024), better known by his stage name Chino XL, was an American rapper and actor. He was known for his evocative wordplay and for warring with Tupac Shakur.
He recorded 8 solo studio albums and 2 extended plays. His album Ricanstruction: The Black Rosary (2012) won the 2012 HHUG Album of the Year Award.
Born in the Bronx, New York, Derek Barbosa grew up in East Orange, New Jersey. He was raised by his single mother (African American) and his father was of Puerto Rican descent.
After co-founding the duo Art of Origin with Kerri Chandler, "Chino XL" (as he was called from then on) was signed at age 16 by music impresario Rick Rubin to his American Recordings label, at the time a member of the Warner Bros. Records family.
Barbosa released his debut album Here to Save You All in 1996, to critical acclaim. The lead single "Kreep", which featured an interpolation of the Radiohead song "Creep" received 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. Here to Save You All was A&R'd by Dan Charnas. It also included the single "No Complex".
Chino was released from his American Recordings contract when the label switched distributors from Warner Bros. Records to Columbia Records in 1997.
Warner Bros. Records signed Chino in the fall of 1997. His second album was due to come out in April 1999 but numerous delays prevented this. In early 2001, when the album's lead single "Let 'Em Live" featuring Kool G Rap was about to appear, Chino was dropped by Warner, as they folded their Black music department, allegedly due to the public legal battle with Prince. [citation needed] The album was eventually released in 2001 by Metro Records under the title I Told You So.
Chino worked with rock engineer Kent Hitchcock to bring Poison Pen to life. [citation needed] The lyricist/emcee co-executive produced this 3rd studio album (2006), which introduced “Wordsmith” and featured appearances by Proof of D-12, Killah Priest and hip-hop duo The Beatnuts. [citation needed] The title track is produced by Dan Charnas, pulled from 1996 sessions while still signed to Rubin’s label.[citation needed]
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