Chino XL

Derek Keith Barbosa (alitambulika kwa jina lake la kisanii kama Chino XL; 8 Aprili 1974 — 28 Julai 2024) alikuwa rapa na mwigizaji kutoka nchini Marekani. Alikuwa na mashairi ya kina na mtindo wa kucheza na maneno. 

Maisha ya awali
Chino XL alizaliwa mnamo Aprili 8, 1974, huko The Bronx, New York, Marekani. Ana asili ya Puerto Rico na Kiafrika-Amerika. Jambo ambalo limechangia mtazamo wake wa kipekee na utofauti katika muziki wake. Alikulia katika mji wa East Orange, New Jersey, ambako alianza kupendezwa na muziki wa hip hop akiwa mdogo.

Kazi ya Muziki
Chino XL alianza kuvutA nadhari ya hadhira ya hip hop mwanzoni mwa miaka ya 1990. Aliingia rasmi katika tasnia ya muziki kupitia mkataba na lebo ya Rick Rubin ya American Recordings. Albamu yake ya kwanza, "Here to Save You All," ilitolewa mwaka 1996 na ilipokelewa vizuri na wakosoaji wa muziki. Ikamfanya apate heshima kama rapa mwenye vipaji vya hali ya juu. Albamu hii ina nyimbo maarufu kama "Kreep" na "No Complex."

Uandishi na uchezaji wa maneno
Moja ya sifa kuu za Chino XL ni uwezo wake wa kutumia maneno kwa ustadi mkubwa. Anafahamika kwa mistari tata, marejeo ya kitamaduni, na kucheza na maneno kwa ustadi wa hali ya juu. Uandishi wake unahusisha masuala ya kijamii, maisha binafsi, na siasa, huku akitumia lugha ya picha na tamathali za semi kwa njia ya aina yake.

Diskografia
Baadhi ya albamu za Chino XL:
+ Albamu za Chino XL Jina la Albamu  Mwaka Uliotoka  Mtayarishaji  Chart Zake Here to Save You All  1996  B-Money, Chino XL, Dan Charnas, DJ Homicide, Eric Romero, Rockwilder  N/A I Told You So  2001  B-Money, Chino XL, Nick Wiz, Riknailz, Kool Keith  N/A Poison Pen  2006  Chino XL, Nick Wiz, Focus..., M.E.L.O., Stu Bangas  N/A Something Sacred (na KANU The Legend)  2008  KANU The Legend, Chino XL  N/A Ricanstruction: The Black Rosary  2012  Chino XL, Nick Wiz, Focus..., DJ Khalil, Beat Butcha, The Council  #21 (Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums) The God Particle (na Playalitical)  2016  Playalitical  N/A

 Singo zake 
 "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)

Kazi ya uigizaji
Mbali na muziki, Chino XL pia ni mwigizaji na ameonekana katika filamu na vipindi vya televisheni kadhaa. 
+ Filamu za Chino XL Jina la Filamu  Mwaka Uliotoka  Mwongozaji Alex & Emma  2003  Rob Reiner Punk  2003  Adolfo Doring Trois 3: The Escort  2004  Sylvain White Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well  2006  Armand Mastroianni The Young and the Restless (Tv Series)  2007  Jill Farren Phelps (Executive Producer) Gang Warz  2004  Chris Duran Petrosexual  2006  Micah Kahn Pyrate  2008  Ndako Sigona Renegades  2017  Daniel Zirilli Cholo Zombies Monstro  2020  Chino XL

Maisha binafsi
Chino XL alikuwa baba wa watoto wawili na kujihusisha na shughuli mbalimbali za kijamii na hisani.

Kwa ufupi, Chino XL alikuwa msanii mwenye vipaji vingi ambaye amejipatia heshima kubwa kwa uwezo wake wa kutumia maneno na kuandika mashairi ya kina, na ameacha alama kubwa katika tasnia ya muziki wa hip hop.

 Kifo 
Derek Barbosa alifariki akiwa na umri wa miaka 50 mnamo Julai 28, 2024. Sababu ya kifo chake haijulikani.

Marejeo

 Viungo vya nje 
Chino XL on Discogs
Chino XL on ITunes

Chino XL: 'I'd S**t On Shakespeare by Han O'Connor (Allhiphop)

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