Chino XL

Chino XL (born Derek Barbosa, April 8, 1971, in The Bronx, New York) 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.

Trivia

• Chino XL is a member of Mensa.
• He cites his biggest influence as LL Cool J.
• Bernie Worrell of Parliament/Funkadelic is his uncle.
• His mother is African-American; his father, with whom he is estranged, is Puerto Rican