17 Facts About Chinx

Lionel Du Fon Pickens, professionally known as Chinx, was an American rapper.

Chinx was a member of The Rockaway Riot Squad alongside fellow slain rapper Stack Bundles.

Chinx later joined French Montana's Coke Boys Records, gaining recognition for his appearances on the Coke Boys mixtapes and the Cocaine Riot mixtape series.

Chinx was killed in a drive-by shooting in Jamaica, Queens on May 17,2015.

Chinx was born and raised in Far Rockaway, Queens on December 4,1983, living in both Redfern Houses and Edgemere Houses, now known as Ocean Bay Apartments.

Chinx spent time in North Amityville in his teenage years where he briefly attended high school.

Chinx first started rapping with his close friend Stack Bundles while he was in high school, whom he would later form the group Riot Squad with, along with local rappers Bynoe and Cau2Gs.

The group started to gain a buzz throughout New York but that ended abruptly in early 2005 when Chinx was sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison.

In late 2008, Chinx was released from prison and through his affiliation with the now deceased Bundles, he met Max B The following year, Max B introduced Chinx to fellow New York rapper French Montana, who was still relatively unknown at the time.

Chinx was featured on Montana's debut studio album, Excuse My French on the deluxe edition track "Throw It in the Bag".

On October 28,2013, Chinx released "Feelings" featuring French Montana, the first single from the EP.

That same day, Chinx released his debut retail project, the previously announced EP I'll Take It from Here.

Chinx featured prominently on Coke Boys fourth mixtape, Coke Boys 4, released on January 1,2014.

On February 1,2014, Chinx released the music video for "Feelings".

Chinx told XXL that his debut studio album would be titled Welcome To JFK.

Chinx was being considered for the 2015 XXL Freshman Class.

Chinx was transported to Jamaica Medical Center in Queens with gunshot wounds to his torso, where he was pronounced dead, at age 31.