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Chinx
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| Birth name | Lionel Du Fon Pickens |
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| Born | December 4, 1983 Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Died | May 17, 2015 (aged 31) Jamaica, Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1999–2015 |
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Lionel Du Fon Pickens (December 4, 1983 – May 17, 2015), better known by his stage name Chinx (formerly Chinx Drugz), was an American rapper. He was a member of The Rockaway Riot Squad alongside rapper Stack Bundles. Chinx later joined French Montana's Coke Boys Records, gaining recognition for his appearances on the Coke Boys mixtapes series.
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Early life
1983–1999: Beginnings
Chinx was born and raised in Far Rockaway, Queens on December 4, 1983, living in both Redfern Houses and Edgemere Houses, now known as Ocean Bay Apartments. He spent time in North Amityville in his teenage years where he briefly attended high school. When speaking of how he started rapping, Chinx said, "I started rapping at the table in junior high school for fun with the homies, and then by 9th grade is when I started taking music seriously. At that point is when I started investing my street money into my studio time and trying to find my sound."
Career
2000–2010: Riot Squad and Hurry Up & Die series
Chinx first started rapping with his close friend Stack Bundles while he was in high school, whom he would later form the group Riot Squad with, along with local rappers Bynoe and Cau2Gs. The group started to gain a buzz throughout New York but that ended abruptly in early 2005 when Chinx was sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison. He served his time at Arthur Kill Correctional Facility. During this time, Bundles formed a friendship with rapper Max B, and together they joined Jim Jones' group Byrd Gang.
In 2009, Max B introduced Chinx to fellow New York rapper French Montana, who was still relatively unknown at the time. Together, Chinx and Montana formed the hip hop group, Coke Boys. On April 13, 2009, Drugz released his first solo mixtape, Hurry Up & Die Vol. 1: Get Ya Casket On.
He followed that with Hurry Up & Die Vol. 2: From The Cage To The Stage on January 7, 2010. Drugz then released the third mixtape in that series, Hurry Up & Die Vol. 3 on April 13, 2010.
Death
On May 17, 2015, NYPD officers responded to a 911 call in Briarwood, Queens around 4:00 a.m. There, they found Chinx and another victim in a car at Queens Boulevard and 84th Drive. Chinx was transported to Jamaica Medical Center in Queens with gunshot wounds to his torso, where he was pronounced dead, at age 31. Two men who were already incarcerated on other charges have been re-arrested in connection with the murder.
Discography
Studio albums
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| Welcome to JFK |
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21 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Legends Never Die |
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121 | 8 | 5 | |||||||||
| CR6 |
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| ... Riot 7 |
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| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Extended plays
| Title | Album details |
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| I'll Take It from Here |
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Mixtapes
- 2009: Hurry Up & Die Vol. 1 (Get Ya Casket On)
- 2010: Hurry Up & Die Vol. 2 (From The Cage To The Stage)
- 2010: Hurry Up & Die Vol. 3
- 2010: Coke Boys (with Coke Boys)
- 2011: Flight 2011 (with Harry Fraud)
- 2011: ... Riot
- 2011: Coke Boys 2 (with Coke Boys)
- 2011: Coke Boys Run NY (with French Montana)
- 2012: Coke Boys 3 (with Coke Boys)
- 2012: ... Riot 2
- 2013: ... Riot 3
- 2014: Coke Boys 4 (with Coke Boys)
- 2014: CR4: Woulda Been Here Sooner
- 2014: CR5
