The Ghetto Mafia is an American
hip hop
Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...
group from
Decatur, Georgia
Decatur () is a city and the county seat of DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. With a population of 24,928 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, th ...
, United States, composed of Nino and Wicked.
Formed in 1993, the Ghetto Mafia signed to local hip hop label,
Ichiban Records
Ichiban Records was an American independent record label, founded in 1985 by John Abbey and Nina Easton in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
History
Wrap Records and Nastymix Records were some of its subsidiary labels. Urgent! Records and Mr. Hen ...
, who then released their debut album, ''
Draw the Line'' on April 26, 1994.
The group then released 1995's ''
Full Blooded Niggaz'' through Triad Records before joining Fully Loaded Records in 1996. With Fully Loaded, Ghetto Mafia released 1997's ''
Straight from the Dec''
and their most successful album to date, 1998's ''
On da Grind'', which peaked at 169 on the
''Billboard'' 200. After a seven-year hiatus, they released ''Da Return... of Ghetto Mafia'' in 2005. In 2016, Ghetto Mafia returned with a new single, "Elephant in the Room".
Discography
References
African-American musical duos
American hip-hop duos
Musical duos from Georgia (U.S. state)
Ichiban Records artists
Musical groups from Atlanta
Southern hip-hop groups
Gangsta rap groups
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