Stabitha Wrote:
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> He was my fav up and coming rapper. Loved his
> "music". He screwed up. You're supposed to take a
> few bullets BUT SURVIVE you dumb ass. That's how
> you sell your shit!
>
>
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/17/entertainment/chinx-
> rapper-death-feat/index.html
>
>
He was an up-and-coming rapper whose life was
> cut short.
>
> Lionel Pickens, known by the stage name Chinx, was
> shot and killed early Sunday, according to the
> NYPD.
>
> He was one of two victims found with gunshot
> wounds in the same area around 4 a.m. in New
> York.
>
> Pickens was pronounced dead, with wounds to the
> torso, once he arrived at Jamaica Medical Center.
> He was 31.
>
> Chinx was on the rise as a recording artist and
> was considered in a vote for XXL magazine's
> Freshmen 10th Spot (in the past, the likes of Iggy
> Azalea, Kendrick Lamar and Macklemore have made
> XXL's freshmen classes of the year, meant to
> highlight hip-hop's next big things).
>
> He had been rapping since childhood and didn't shy
> away from drugs in his work (he went by the
> moniker Chinx Drugz earlier in his career), often
> teaming up with the Coke Boys, a group and record
> label founded by New York rapper French Montana.
>
> Chinx was working on a debut solo album called
> "Welcome to JFK."
>
> Celebrities like Khloe Kardashian and Diddy posted
> their condolences Sunday on social media.
Rest in peace, bro. Why do all the greatest rappers need to die off? Seriously, there should be some sort of death penalty for anyone who has killed a rapper.