C.Gambino

Biography

Karar Ali Salem Ramadan (4 April 1998 – 4 June 2024), best known by his stage name C.Gambino, was a Swedish masked rapper and singer signed to Warner Music Sweden.

Career

He was from Angered, Gothenburg. C.Gambino debuted in 2019 with the single "Rebell", produced by Primo Gambino. Following a pair of singles in the coming year, including "Buntar" featuring Aden, "NADA" and "LALA", C.Gambino released his six-track debut EP Demons No Angels (DNA) in December 2020.
On January 7, 2022, C.Gambino released the debut album Sin City×Sin City7 January 2022 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1RIDER2:232ManyMen2:323ALKALINE2:074SKAKAR2:125Ey Maria2:176M52:247FALLER2:288CCTV2:249BANDO2:2410S A M M A2:3311TANKAR2:52. The eleven-track album contained the previously released singles "CCTV" and "Tankar", and featured guest appearances by 23 on track 6, "M5". Sin City reached second place on the Swedish Toplist. The following year, C.Gambino collaborated with Swedish rapper 23 on the six-track EP M.O.B, a project that topped the Swedish charts for four weeks.
C.Gambino was named by Adidas and Spotify as one of the artists in the Class of 2021 - with promising future names to keep an eye on in Swedish hip-hop. In conjunction with the nomination, C.Gambino together with Spotify Studio 100 released the single "Woman", produced by Markos "Mackan" Yosif.
At the beginning of C.Gambino's career, he and his collective GG Music released the songs independently through the distribution service Amuse, but in October 2023, he chose to sign a contract with Warner Music Sweden and left all previous releases to Warner.
On January 5, 2024, C.Gambino released his second studio album, In Memory of Some Stand Up Guys×In Memory of Some Stand Up Guys5 January 2024 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Who we are2:402Rich H*es2:313Svar2:424Automatic2:115TSM2:116Ma Vie1:557Ey Mamma2:238AMSTERDAM1:289AKID2:2610G632:4211Automatic RMX2:1112In Memory of Some Stand Up Guys2:05, which also became his last album release before his death. The album, which was produced by Oscar "Chase" Karlsson, contains twelve tracks, including the previously released singles "G63", "Automatic", and the accompanying remix that featured guests from Italy's Baby Gang. The album peaked at number one in Sweden, number seven in Norway and number 19 in Finland. On March 22 of the same year, C.Gambino released a deluxe version of the album – In Memory Of Some Stand Up Guys (Private Collection) and contained six additional tracks.
At the 2024 Grammis Awards, C.Gambino won in the Hip-Hop of the Year category for his 2023 total output. He was posthumously nominated for two Grammis in 2025.

Death and aftermath

On the evening of 4 June 2024, Ramadan was shot in a parking garage located in Gothenburg, near where he lived at the time. He was admitted to hospital, where he died from his injuries hours later. He was 26 years old. Days before the murder, C.Gambino released the single "Sista Gång×Sista Gång31 May 2024 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Sista Gång2:37" and promoted the song as his absolute last.
At the Swedish 2025 Grammy Awards, C.Gambino posthumously won the Hip Hop of the Year category for 2024's Sista Gång, In Memory Of Some Stand Up Guys (Private Collection). Upon winning, C.Gambino was honored with producer Oscar Chase playing an acoustic version of the unreleased song "Ängel" with the Stockholm Studio Orchestra.
On 16 July 2025, a court in Gothenburg sentenced three people to up to 22 years' imprisonment for his murder.