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A member of
the Infamous Mobb and a longtime associate of
Mobb Deep,
Big Twins (aka Twin Gambino) was born and raised in N.Y.C.'s Queensbridge Projects. He first appeared on Mobb Deep's 1996 album Hell on Earth on the track “Animal Instinct.” In 2002 he kicked off his career as an
Infamous Mobb member with the
Special Edition album; then he appeared as a solo artist on the Fat Beats, Vol. 2 compilation, which put him in the company of underground artists
Atmosphere,
J-Zone, and
Quasimoto. The year 2002 saw him joining
Mobb producer
the Alchemist for a feature on
Slum Village's Dirty District mixtape. In 2004 he appeared on
Alchemist's
1st Infantry and acted as official MC for the album-supporting tour that followed. The duo would also land on the 2005 release Another Sound Mission from
Dilated Peoples'
Evidence. Next,
Big Twins would guest on
Big Shug's 2007 effort,
Streetchamp, and then
Prodigy's 2008 album, H.N.I.C., Pt. 2.
Alchemist,
Evidence,
Prodigy, and his
Mobb Deep partner
Havoc, plus producer Sid Roams would all contribute to
Big Twins' 2008 mixtape, The Grimey Collection. ~ David Jeffries