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. The four members of the group were Lil Gotti (after

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), Malachi, Pheno and Reginelli (after

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Biography

The Gambino Family made their debut mainstream appearance in 1997 on the soundtrack to ''I'm Bout It'' on the song "Why They Wanna See Me Dead". After appearing on numerous No limit releases in 1998, including Steady Mobb'n's '' Black Mafia'',

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's ''

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'' and Fiend's ''

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'', the group's debut album entitled '' Ghetto Organized'' was released on October 20, 1998. Though it found big success on the

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, peaking at #17 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and #3 on the

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. In 1999 Malachi and Reginelli formed the group Young Guns, appearing on Lil Soldiers' Boot Camp album and Master P's Only God Can Judge Me. They joined TRU Records in 2000, appearing together on C-Murder's

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, and on C-Murder's albums: Reginelli on www.cp-3.com, Malachi on Tru Dawgs and Screamin' 4 Vengeance.

Members

*Lil Gotti (birth name Jonathan Miller) *Melchoir *Pheno (birth name Edward Jamal Bell Jr.)(deceased) *Reginelli

Discography

Albums

Singles

As lead artist

References

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