C.Gambino

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. 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, 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" 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.

Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions SWE DEN FIN NOR Sin CityReleased: 7 January 2022 Label: Asylum Nordics, Warner Format: Digital download, streaming 2 — — — In Memory of Some Stand Up GuysReleased: 5 January 2024 Label: Asylum Nordics, Warner Format: Digital download, streaming 1 33 22 6 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

EPs + List of EPs, with selected chart positions Title EP details Peak chart positions SWE "Rebell"2019 — — — "Buntar" — — —"Lala"2020 — — —"Nada" — — —"Redo" — — —"Tap Tap" — — —"Cosa Nostra" — — —"Coca" — — — Demons No Angels (DNA)"Dangerous"2021 — — — "" — — —"Cante" — — —"CCTV" 25 — — GLF: Platinum — —"Woman"2022 23 — — "" 11 — — GLF: Platinum "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Featured singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications AlbumSWE ""2023 9 GLF: Platinum ""2021 — Demons No Angels (DNA)"Street" 78 "Rider"2022 40 GLF: Gold "" 91 GLF: Gold "Who We Are"2024 17In Memory of Some Stand Up Guys"Rich H*es" 32"" 1"TSM" 20"" 53"Ey Mamma" 61"Amsterdam" 55"Akid" 65"In Memory of Some Stand Up Guys" 51"Good & Bad" —In Memory of Some Stand Up Guys (Private Collection)"Diamanter" 48"Dör för dig" (acoustic) 9"Kriminell" 80"Bella" — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.