Cyrus Langhorne
Late New York rapper Chinx’s impact outside of his music-making career shined Tuesday (May 26) as friends and family gathered at his funeral services.
According to reports, mourners paid their respects to the late hip-hop artist in his Queens borough.
Family and friends are gathering Tuesday to bid a final farewell to a Queens rapper who was murdered in his car. Lionel Pickens, 31, was shot and killed May 17 in a drive-by shooting. Services are being held at the Greater Allen AME Cathedral of New York in Jamaica. (ABC 7)
Chinx’s cousin Norman Seabrook, head of a corrections officers union, spoke out during the funeral service.
“Violence has hit home,” he said after the service, as the rapper’s coffin was being loaded into a hearse. “He’s a kid who turned his life around and he gets assassinated. The police are doing a good job. Let’s hope they catch somebody.” (NY Daily News)
Chinx’s mentor French Montana posted up a picture from the funeral with his son.
https://instagram.com/p/3J6i1bycFW/?taken-by=frenchmontana
Following news of his passing, rap star Jay Z spoke out on Chinx’s death and the importance of stopping violence.
“A young man got killed in Queens,” Hov said referring to Chinx. “His name was Chinx. And um, I think it’s real important for us, like, I can’t understand that we’re seriously under attack like never before. Like, never before. Rest in Peace to Chinx and we’re still killing each other. We need to understand that we are kings and queens.” (Miss Info)
Video –> RT @mtvhiphop: #TIDALXJAYZ Hov just paid his respects to Chinx. RIP pic.twitter.com/NKQiSbZP1k
— MissInfoTV (@MissInfoTV) May 18, 2015
Along with Jay, music mogul Diddy remembered Chinx on social media earlier this month.
https://instagram.com/p/2zhh0kpl-P/
Rest In Paradise Chinx!!!! It’s a damn shame some hating ass loser took him away from his son & family!!!! Another Young Black Boy whose going to grow up without a father most likely due to some Real BS!!!!
How you know chinx didn’t do something to somebody that put his life in danger?
Realistically I don’t know the whole situation & probably never will….however am I supposed to believe coming from a performance at 2 – 3 a.m. he did something worth losing his life over?!?!? Even if he was still in the streets doing real dirt, was he naive enough to believe he did not need any security at all?!?!?
niggas do it everyday ..seem like the line they trying to kick is a broke nigga killed him just cause he balling…there more to this story
Man did the right thing. MArried his childrens mother and rolled with his kids. So sad…. i hope the perpatrators are caught. The level of ignorance and evil in this murder is almost unfathomable
It’s sad that he was murdered and it sucks when anyone dies. The thing is, when are we going to learn? If he lived his life the way he said he does in his lyrics, then we shouldn’t be surprised this happened. We are all eating up the violent, drug, guns, money raps and glorifying street life and violince then we act like this is some big surprise. Also, everyone is upset about his murder and then we have “publications” like XXLMag giving huge shout outs to Max B and wishing him a jolly happy birthday as if he is some great person. But he’s not. He was convicrwd of kidnapping and murder. But XXL thinks that’s cool I guess. We’re doomed in less we wake the hell up.