Gambino Family (group)

For the crime family, see Gambino crime family.

Gambino Family
Left to right: Melchior, Gotti, Pheno and Reginelli
Background information
Origin	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Genres	Southern hip hop
Years active	1997 (1997)–1999 (1999); 2020
Labels	No Limit/Priority
Past members	Gotti Melchior Reginelli Pheno

The Gambino Family was an American hip hop group ^[1] founded by Master P in 1997, ^[2] named after the Gambino crime family. The group consisted of three brothers; Gotti (Lawrence Johnson; also known as Lil Gotti), Melchior (Melchior Johnson; also known as Malachi), Reginelli (Reginald Johnson), and family friend Pheno (Edward Joseph Bell Jr.; also known as Pheno the Underboss). ^{[3] [4] [5]}

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". ^[2] After appearing on numerous No limit releases in 1998, including Steady Mobb'n's Black Mafia , Soulja Slim's Give It 2 'Em Raw and Fiend's There's One in Every Family , the group's debut album entitled Ghetto Organized was released on October 20, 1998. Though it found big success on the Billboard charts, peaking at #17 on the Billboard 200 and #3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. In 1999, the group disbanded, though Malachi and Reginelli continued as a duo known as the Young Guns, appearing on Lil Soldiers' Boot Camp and Master P's Only God Can Judge Me in 1999. Their last appearance for No Limit together was on C-Murder's 2000 album Trapped in Crime , though they would appear individually on C-Murder's albums: Reginelli on C-P-3.com in 2001, and Melchior on Tru Dawgs and Screamin' 4 Vengeance in 2002 and 2008 respectively.

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US	US R&B
Ghetto Organized	Released: October 20, 1998 Label: No Limit, Priority	17 [6]	3 [7]

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
		US	US R&B	US Rap
"Studio B" (featuring Snoop Dogg & Mo B. Dick)	1998	—	—	—	Ghetto Organized
"Childhood Years" (featuring C-Murder & Porsha)		—	—	—

See also

• No Limit Records
• No Limit Records discography
• Beats by the Pound

References

1. "Gambino Family Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & M..." AllMusic. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
2. "Gambino Family". Discogs (in French). Retrieved June 24, 2025.
3. app.chartmetric.com https://app.chartmetric.com/artist/952167 . Retrieved June 24, 2025.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. "Gambino Family (No Limit Records) in New Orleans | Rap - The Good Ol'Dayz". www.thegoodoldayz.com. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
5. "Gambino Family | Songwriter | Music Gateway". musicgateway.com. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
6. "Billboard 200 Chart: Week of November 7, 1998". Billboard . Retrieved February 19, 2023.
7. "Top R&B Albums". Billboard . Vol. 110, no. 45. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 7, 1998. p. 33. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved February 19, 2023.