The Ghetto Mafia was an American

United States

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 hip hop

Hip hop music

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 group from Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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, composed of Nino and Wicked. Formed in 1993, the Ghetto Mafia signed to local hip hop label, Ichiban Records

Ichiban Records

Ichiban Records was a hip hop record label founded in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1985. Wrap Records and Nastymix Records were some of its subsidiary labels. Urgent! Records was distributed by Ichiban. Most of its discography is now out of print. Besides hip hop groups, Ichiban also released albums by...

, who then released their debut album, Draw the Line

Draw the Line (Ghetto Mafia album)

Draw the Line is the debut album by rap group, Ghetto Mafia. It was released on May 20, 1994 through Ichiban Records and was produced by Sedric "Swift" Barnett and Carl "Cooly C" Dorsey...

on May 20, 1994. The group then released 1995's Full Blooded Niggaz

Full Blooded Niggaz

Full Blooded Niggaz is the second album by the Ghetto Mafia. It was released on October 10, 1995 through Triad Records and was produced by POR Productions, a three man production team consisting of Carl Dorsey, Edgar Hinton and Lance McLendon who also wrote most of the songs on the album...

through Triad Records before joining Fully Loaded Records in 1996. With Fully Loaded, Ghetto Mafia released 1997's Straight from the Dec

Straight from the Dec

Straight from the Dec is the third studio album by the Ghetto Mafia. It was released on April 22, 1997 through Fully Loaded Records and was produced by the Ghetto Mafia themselves. Straight from the Dec found more success then the group's previous two album, having peaked at 49 on the Top...

and their most successful album to date, 1998's On da Grind

On da Grind

On da Grind is the fourth studio album by the Ghetto Mafia. It was released on October 20, 1998 as the group's second and final album through Fully Loaded Records with production handled by the Ghetto Mafia and Carl "Cooly C" Dorsey. On da Grind became the group's most successful album, peaking at...

, which peaked at 169 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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. After a seven year hiatus, they released Da Return of Ghetto Mafia in 2005.

Discography

Year	Title	Chart positions
		U.S. Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	U.S. R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...
1994	Draw the Line Draw the Line (Ghetto Mafia album) Draw the Line is the debut album by rap group, Ghetto Mafia. It was released on May 20, 1994 through Ichiban Records and was produced by Sedric "Swift" Barnett and Carl "Cooly C" Dorsey... Released: May 24, 1994 Label: Ichiban Ichiban Records Ichiban Records was a hip hop record label founded in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1985. Wrap Records and Nastymix Records were some of its subsidiary labels. Urgent! Records was distributed by Ichiban. Most of its discography is now out of print. Besides hip hop groups, Ichiban also released albums by...	–	79
1995	Full Blooded Niggaz Full Blooded Niggaz Full Blooded Niggaz is the second album by the Ghetto Mafia. It was released on October 10, 1995 through Triad Records and was produced by POR Productions, a three man production team consisting of Carl Dorsey, Edgar Hinton and Lance McLendon who also wrote most of the songs on the album... Released: October 10, 1995 Label: Triad	–	45
1997	Straight from the Dec Straight from the Dec Straight from the Dec is the third studio album by the Ghetto Mafia. It was released on April 22, 1997 through Fully Loaded Records and was produced by the Ghetto Mafia themselves. Straight from the Dec found more success then the group's previous two album, having peaked at 49 on the Top... Released: April 22, 1997 Label: Fully Loaded	–	49
1998	On da Grind On da Grind On da Grind is the fourth studio album by the Ghetto Mafia. It was released on October 20, 1998 as the group's second and final album through Fully Loaded Records with production handled by the Ghetto Mafia and Carl "Cooly C" Dorsey. On da Grind became the group's most successful album, peaking at... Released: October 20, 1998 Label: Fully Loaded	169	34