2000–2010: Riot Squad and Hurry Up & Die series 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. He served his time at
Arthur Kill Correctional Facility. While Chinx was incarcerated, on June 11, 2007 fellow rapper and friend Stack Bundles was shot and killed. 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. Together, Chinx and Montana formed the
hip hop group Coke Boys. He followed that with
Hurry Up & Die Vol. 2: From The Cage To The Stage on January 7, 2010. Drugz then released the third mixtape in that series,
Hurry Up & Die Vol. 3 on April 13, 2010.
2011–2012: Coke Boys and Cocaine Riot 1 & 2 On March 15, 2011, Drugz released his fourth official mixtape
Flight 2011, which was entirely produced by New York producer
Harry Fraud. The mixtape featured a sole guest appearance from Coke Boys-cohort French Montana. On April 19, 2011, he released his fifth solo mixtape
Cocaine Riot, featuring guest appearances from the various members of Coke Boys. On August 20, 2011, Coke Boys released their first official collaboration mixtape
Coke Boys 2. The mixtape was primarily produced by Harry Fraud, with additional production from
Lex Luger.
Coke Boys 2 featured members Drugz, Montana, Cheeze, Flip, and Charlie Rock. On April 13, 2012, Coke Boys released their second collaboration mixtape,
Coke Boys 3, which significantly featured Montana and Drugz throughout, along with Flip, gianni maggiacomo, and Charlie Rock. Additional guest appearances came from
Akon,
Mac Miller,
Rick Ross,
Wale, and
Red Cafe among others. The mixtape was met with positive reviews from
music critics, with the production the focal point of the praise.
XXL credited Montana and Drugz as being the stars of the mixtape. On July 3, 2012, Drugz released his sixth solo mixtape,
Cocaine Riot 2, to positive critical reception with
AllHipHop calling it a "classic".
Cocaine Riot 2 featured guest appearances from rappers
Action Bronson and
Chevy Woods, among others.
Cocaine Riot 2 featured the significant Montana and Drugz collaboration "I'm A Coke Boy". In 2012, he was featured on Wale's "Let a Nigga Know" and
Vado's "You Ain't Good". The remix would end up being ranked number 43 on
Complex's list of the 50 best songs of 2013. Then on April 15, 2013, Drugz released his seventh solo mixtape
Cocaine Riot 3, which featured the previously released remix of "I'm a Coke Boy".
Cocaine Riot 3 featured additional guest appearances from
Ace Hood,
Juicy J,
Yo Gotti,
DJ Khaled,
Roscoe Dash and others. Drugz told
MTV that, "When I was making this mixtape, I was just trying to give the people something a little different from my normal. I basically started messing with a couple of different beats, but I kept it real New York. But I just really wanted to give 'em the other side of Chinx that they ain't been hearing in a while." In a positive review
XXL stated, "For all its signs of promise,
Cocaine Riot 3 also has some rookie mistakes. There's also an over-reliance on features here that the mixtape could do without. The heavy guest list prevents
Cocaine Riot 3 from being a landmark release, and so this mixtape ends up being more of a continuation of what we've already heard from Chinx Drug, rather than a step to the next level. Time will tell if he's up for that challenge." On May 14, 2013, Drugz released his four previous major solo mixtapes,
Flight 2011, and the
Cocaine Riot series for retail sale on
iTunes. He was featured on Montana's debut studio album,
Excuse My French on the deluxe edition track "Throw It in the Bag". On May 22, 2013, "Right There" featuring Juicy J and French Montana was released as the first single from
Cocaine Riot 3. "Up In Here" featuring
Ace Hood would be released as the mixtape's second single on June 11, 2013. On August 12, 2013, Drugz released the music video for "Up In Here" featuring Ace Hood from
Cocaine Riot 3, which was shot in
Miami, Florida. That same day, French Montana announced that Coke Boys were working on their debut studio album as a group, along with a third mixtape to be released prior to the album.
2013–15: ''I'll Take It From Here, Cocaine Riot 4 & 5, and Welcome To JFK'' On October 4, 2013, Chinx Drugz, now just going by "Chinx", announced he would release an
EP via NuSense Music Group and Coke Boys Records, executive produced by Rick Steel titled ''I'll Take It From Here
, in November 2013. On October 28, 2013, Chinx released "Feelings" featuring French Montana, the first single from the EP. On November 26, 2013, it was revealed that Coke Boys would release their fourth mixtape in December 2013. That same day, Chinx released his debut retail project, the previously announced EP I'll Take It from Here
. In April 2014, Chinx revealed that his next mixtape would be titled Cocaine Riot 4
and released on May 15, 2014. He released Cocaine Riot 5
on December 25, 2014. He told XXL that his debut studio album would be titled Welcome To JFK
. He was being considered for the 2015 XXL'' Freshman Class. On June 2, 2015, Chinx's first official single for his posthumous album
Welcome to JFK was released through
eOne Music. The track is titled "On Your Body". ==Murder==