Signed by Rick Rubin before he was old enough to drive, mentored by gangster pimp turned NBC NYPD detective Ice-T, carrying crates for Bambaata and being an OG member of Zulu nation, Chino-XL has been around for a minute. His career seems to have experienced heavy swings, which are apparently reflective of his personal life. Almost blowed up is a common phrase attached to his name and personally, I’ve always been a curious fan. So big thank you to spinemag for pointing us to an informative interview conducted by allhiphop, very on point. As a bonus I uploaded his track “When Thugs Cry” from ’98. I really wanted to upload “Kreep” but I’m too lazy to rip my tape single. Link (via spinemag), When Thugs Cry
