Derek Barbosa, known professionally as Chino XL, was an American rapper and
actor. Born in the Bronx, New York, on April 8, 1974, Barbosa grew up in East
Orange, New Jersey. Barbosa signed with Rick Rubin's American Recordings at 16
years old following the formation of Art of Origin, releasing the debut studio
album Here to Save You All (1996), which featured the single "Kreep". Barbosa
subsequently released I Told You So (2001), Poison Pen (2006), the collaborative
album Something Sacred (2008) with Playalitical, Ricanstruction: The Black
Rosary (2012), and God's Carpenter (2019...