As of December 2018; Juan Gambino,was born in Juarez Mexico, raised in El Paso and Odessa TX his first couple of years before moving to Roswell NM.Raised in NM since the age of 5 has made him a proud Mexican/American who has never forgotten where he has come from and where he is at now.Having a flair for poetry and a natural talent for music he combined the both as a percussionist in his middle school and high school band, Inspired by Tupac Shakur and LL Cool J,he began writing music to instrumentals,then recording them together at home.Making what are now called mix tapes,he created an album in 2001 and sold copies of it and send copies to different labels.Meeting artists David Wade through a mutual friend was a big break in his career because it lead to them recording Gambino's first studio track called BabyGirl featuring David Wade.The song took off and got mainstream Success, countless #1 spins in 5 states helping push the debut album Latin Thug to over 20,000 independent albums sold to date. A veteran in the music game doing shows & tours with major & underground legends have led to a successful indie career with multiple music videos, radio play, over 100,000 albums & downloads sold and 25 albums as a label with partner Jeffrey Padilla. NM MUSIC AWARDS MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2010 AND 2011,MULTIPLE NEW MEXICO MUSIC AWARDS SONG OF THE YEAR 2011 "TIME 2 SHINE FT DAVID WADE SW LATIN MUSIC AWARDS" Www.JuanGambino.Net