Coke Boys rapper Chinx (born Lionel Pickens) was shot and killed in Queens early this morning (May 17), according to a statement from his management group.
Chinx, who was 31 at the time of his death, was a part of French Montana’s Coke Boys collective and appeared frequently on a series of mixtapes titled Coke Boys and released his own mixtape series called Cocaine Riot.
Details on his murder remain scarce but the emcee was reportedly inside a vehicle in the Jamaica section of Queens when he was shot by a still-unknown gunman, according to AllHipHop.
“Chinx was one of the most talented, professional, and determined rappers this industry had to offer,” said Legion Media Group publicist Chanel Rae. “Further more, he was a friend.”
Just last week Chinx was featured on a new song released by MeetSims. Listen to that track, “Rounds,” here.
Shortly after his death, rappers and producers took to social media to mourn the Coke Boys rapper.
HipHopDX extends its condolences to the family friends and Chinx.
(May 17, 2015)
UPDATE: CBS 2 News is reporting that police have taken at least two men into custody for their involvement in the murder of Chinx.
Yesterday (May 17), NYPD’s SWAT team reportedly raided the house located on 2436 Beach Channel Drive in Far Rockaway, Queens. Police have yet to determine whether the men in custody are indeed the culprits.
LOL, bummer.
A ‘COKE BOY’ …..
consider it natural selection.
They going to call this a blood sacrifice on social media watch
It is, watch French get an album release date soon, just like Durk.
fuck rap.
Y come on a raphip hop site then say fuck rap
“And the hood gotta stop glorifying suckas that kill good people!”… dont meek glorify killers in his music? didnt chinx do that too? oh but because you was his friend its different i guess LOL
Damn another L for far rock
Welcome to hell bro
Like Meek ain’t got shooters (suckers) in his crew that took the lives of good people which he glorified in his raps
Gtfoh zeek mill. Your whole persona is about killin and shit. Hypocrite foh
U live that life and promote genocide of ur own people, then try to kick some knowledge. FOH
so sad i cant stop crying
Yeah okay. FOH.
GAY BALFOUR HE WAS KILLED IN BRIARWOOD QUEENS NOT JAMAICA. GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER YOU DUMB FUCKTARD
It’s crazy when you from a town where nigguz rather see you dead then make it out
french should have had his mans riding in that bulletproof whip like 50 had his boys in.
French is shit fake ass punk
“..Chinx was one of the most talented, professional,..”
That’s when i stopped reading and started laughing hysterically.
meek mill always gotta make everything about himself
Godfather 50 would have survived the hit, he eats bullets for breakfast.
Rip Chinx and Stack Bundles. Its sad that these two bothers had to die so young
We ain’t learn shit that’s fucked up the hate is real
learn what? no one knows what he might have done to provoke this
No one knows what he done to provoke thi….. R u for real no one deserves to b murdered
what if he murdered someone
He didn’t murder no one
maybe he fucked that mans girl
Maybe he fucked your girl infact a doubt that your into dudes
why can’t these fools stay away from the streets when they’ve made? keeping it real will
get you killed fool… but these industry fools will never learn..
true!!!!!
Chinx was never made
#OTFCokeBoys
RIP Stacks
RIP Mazi
RIP Chinx
Free Max B
RIP Nunu
RIP Pluto
RIP Munna
RIP Chino
RIP L’A Capone
Free Rondo
Imma start a riot, imma start a riot.
His name was Chinx Drugs, a member of a rap collective “coke boys” and his newest album was titled cocaine riot…you people cannot be shocked that he was shot and killed.
lmao so true
what a flawed rationale, you have. does that mean that the actor who played terminator should be murdered — after all there were several of those movies made or maybe the producers from Hollywood who notoriously make violent movies – how about the record label executives who orchestrated the delivery of “gangsta rap” to the masses
u sir are a damn DUMMY.Who made Scarface?Terminator?Godfather?Do they deserve to die because of their art?Casino?Blow?Casino?Foh u goofy ass mfs..
ill say RIP and that’s as far as it goes..ppl like chinx why black ppl get looked at ..had he been better person in life im sure he wouldn’t of been killed..
never see no doctors, college kids, nurses, firemen ect being killed.
you don’t read or watch the news and thus is why you sound naive & misinformed.
you aint heard about that train wreck? did u think it was all gangsters that died?
no comparison at all………idiot.
the national news will tell you about doctors being shot in their office, college women being found dead, etc. what about that texas biker shooting today? so all of them had drugz as a nickname and were convicts and deserved to die? this is how stupid you clowns are.
^^ who told you i feel any different about the biker guys..granted it was sad but if they wernt living that lifestyle they wouldnt of all died today. simple. just bc theyre white bikers dont make it any less or more.
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Regardless if he provoked it or not we cant hit reset button on our lives. He doesnt have 2nd shot at life anymore. RIP CHINX. Does anything good happen after midnight?
heads who work the night shift get to clock out, people who stranded get help home, and many turn the key in the door after a good night of fun. all in the city that never sleeps too. I already know most of y’all towns/cities close at 2-230a, why y’all always got something to say ’cause nothing happens around y’all way.
Anyone who messes with Cash Money or Young Money or OVO will face the same fate.
Man, Stfu!
I dont really feel bad for this dude BUT…why is that every time a young black rapper is killed there are absolutely no leads. Its always “we have no idea what happened or who shot him.”
if they always knew who did what crime there would be no such thing as detectives & homicide departments dumbass. and there are PLENTY of US cold cases that have nothing to do with blacks so read this and hang your head in shame knowing you were trying some bigoted rhetoric and you failed miserably
there are 1000’s of missing children who are most likely dead as well as women and men and there’s no leads for LE, but a handful of black rappers dead and no justice is a problem? just shut up sucka
i don’t understand why these dudes are spending all this money on chains and private jets and whips when what they should be doing is bulletproofing all their rides. Even 50 did it and that mfers skin is made of Teflon .
You get what u put out there. U gona run your mouth and pursue a career of lies and embellishments when u softer than baby shit and don’t have protection with the G’s up top you gona get touched. U don’t see dudes like Ghostface or Rae or Redman or any NY cats going anywhere with security or nothing, never gettin snuffed , shot at , scuffled with, nothing. No bodyguards,
Nothing. God rest this dudes soul and no one will know what really happened but this shit comes with the territory. It’s all about faction and truth and respect. U never hear shit about this type of thing happening to Kiss, or anyone in lox or etc
It doesn’t really matter what you have and what you don’t have ……ppl getting robbed and shot for nothing ……… All these famous people started out with nothing some for got that God blessed them with fame…,. But I would say God took him home….If u work you still have haters ….,.if you are the Child of God the devil is gonna b a hater
Damn, never thought about it that way, you’re right.
So you’re saying this dude wasn’t showing respect and truth through his artistry and lifestyle and that’s what’s gonna get you touched?
I don’t wish death on no one but his name was CHINX DRUGS of the COKE BOYS what do you think was going to happen …RIP
not the point. not the point at all.
a life was lost because someone decided to riddle this man’s car with bullets. what is the difference between an actor portraying a character via film and a rapper portraying a character via music? he didn’t lose his life because he calls himself chinx drugs and he is affiliated with the coke boys. if that were the case a lot of actors and musicians would be dead.
man just stfu
@matthew
It’s sad that someone died, but you’re making enough money to push a 2015 porche. You’re gonna have people mad at you, stay out of that environment.
Secondly, he spoke his fate into existence. You can only glorify death and violence for so long before it meets you head on.
He didn’t deserve to die, but he also didn’t take steps to protect himself, his brand, or the passenger in his vehicle.
@matthew..the difference? is that actors openly admit they are ACTING. and even in the end there is an ending to the story..in rap rappers fake it til they make it, then fake it somemore bc if they dont they lose their appeal.
most actors like al pacino will admit they are cupcakes and play toughguys on TV..thats the difference.
u Dum Stupid Ignorant MOTHERFUCKERS!! its a stage NAME!! Goofy ass dummies,ArnoldSwartzenagger was the Terminator,Al pacino Was Scarface!And Marlon Brando was the fuckn godfather Would u say the same u slow dum motherfuckers! foh
so
black people be like
“fuck the police, fuck everyone we hussle, we sell drugs, we put in work on the streets”
*drug dealer dies*
“omg he was just a good guy, how could this ever happen to a guy like him..i hope the polive find them!!”
he was a rapper not a drug dealer
R.I.P. Drugz…..what a fkn shame, my ppl hmu about a month ago to let me hear some sh1t they were doing in the studio with Chinx, now the next call I got from them was about this fkn sh1t….I never understood why ppl hate seeing other ppl win, especially in the hood….I dont know fam personally but my ppl said he was cool as fk and wasn’t even chargin them for the feature….all you b1tches on here sayin “his name is Chinx Drugz and he was with the Coke Boyz what do you expect” need to go gargle with a hollow point….somebody lost their life probably over some dumb sh1t have some respect…..Stacks (RIP) was killed on some jealousy sh1t and the same prob happened here….unless the 2 are connected….Stacks and Chinx were both Riot Squad way before he was a Coke Boy….pretty sure the dudes that killed Stack were killed a cpl days later, maybe this was payback for that sh1t…..like Meek said, once you make it out the hood, stay out the hood, its the ones that seen you all your life, watched you grow up and blow up that get salty about that sh1t, wonderin why they aint makin it, still hustlin on the corner and not understandin why they aint never gonna be sh1t………R.I.P. fam
Black lives matter?? To who? Not f*ckin balack people…. oh only when a white person pulls the trigga. Ill tell u what though, if nobody riots over this in Brooklyn, or all over for that matter then everyone should shut fhe fuck up about Ferguson. R.I.P RRiot squad Chinx & Stack bundles
learn how to hone your anger and learn facts before you speak emotionally because right now you sound stupid.
No, thats real as it gets… black people kill black people and its nothing more than another day. I use to love rap but honestly to be white it is racist to even support it. Just 2 months ago Chinx dropped a song called “Bodies” feat shmurda and now he is a body… so fuck that song.. and fuck anyone, black white indian etc. That promotes & supports it… black life does matter absolutely but NOT to black people at all. They love it… well unless oofcourse its one of theirs then its fucked up..
really
cosign what realism101 & smdh said…..you squares cut it out with all the “look at his name” nonsense you ain’t no saints either
Black Guy kills black guy=Just another day…….White cop kills black dude=Riots in 12 cities…..Does no one see the problem here?
cops are supposed to uphold the law
You mean like when white guy kills family or white serial killer kills a bunch of white people? Your point is? Police brutality has more to do with the fucked up mentality the organizations have more than race, and it’s aimed at black men. You can take that tired “more black people kill black people”shit somewhere else since more white people kill white people and more Latino people kill other Latino people, etc. That’s kind of how it goes. Murders shouldn’t be happening, and police shouldn’t be killing anybody for no reason, but it just happens that they do it way too frequently to black men and dummies like you think they should get a pass on that.
Its prob the same people that killed Stack Bundles couple years ago …rip young man