XL the original started rapping in 1988, 2 years later he hooked up with several signed acts in the christian hip hop scene( west coast) such as T-bone, SFC ( sup the chemist), Dynamic twins,Freedom of soul( peace 586),Tunnel Rats,Apocalypse (from Texas) Idol king, Gospel gangstas, Gods GOG's, 12th tribe, etc... all of which I have either recorded with or shared the stage with all acts were either on WORD records or FRONTLINE, in 1993 XL scored his own deal with Word in a band called XL and death before dishonor. which sold about 30,000 copies now since several years away he's back at it.