3 Melancholy Gypsys
{{Short description|American hip hop group}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = 3 Melancholy Gypsys
| image =
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| alias = 3MG
| origin = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| genre = Hip hop
| years_active = 1994–present
| label = {{hlist|Legendary Music|Mary Joy Recordings}}
| current_member_of = Living Legends
|spinoffs ={{hlist|Log Cabin|The Righteous Brothers}}
| website = {{URL|legendarymusic.net}}
| current_members = * Eligh
| past_members =
}}
3 Melancholy Gypsys is an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California. It consists of Eligh, Murs, and Scarub.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/05/3mg_murs_lacma_may_17_2012.php|title=3MG featuring Murs - LACMA - 5-17-11 (page 1 of 2)|work=LA Weekly|first=Megan|last=Sallabedra|date=May 18, 2012|access-date=September 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520121859/http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/05/3mg_murs_lacma_may_17_2012.php|archive-date=May 20, 2012|url-status=dead}}
History
Eligh, Murs, and Scarub went to Alexander Hamilton High School.{{cite web|url=https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/whiskey-dicks-saloon-holds-hip-hop-holiday/|title=Whiskey Dick's Saloon holds hip-hop holiday|work=Tahoe Daily Tribune|first=|last=|date=December 24, 2008|access-date=September 4, 2020}} After forming 3 Melancholy Gypsys, they were incorporated into the crews Log Cabin and The Righteous Brothers. Until Log Cabin disbanded, the trio worked on music as 3 Melancholy Gypsys and Log Cabin for a while. Around 1995, the three would meet again and reunite in Oakland at the Outhouse where the Living Legends crew was taking shape.
Discography
=Studio albums=
- Gypsy's Luck (1998)
- Grand Caravan to the Rim of the World (2005)
=Live albums=
- Live in Tokyo (2000)
=EPs=
- Bac for No Good Reason (1996) {{small|(split with Murs)}}
- Comurshul (1996) {{small|(split with Murs)}}
- The Penguins (1998)
=Guest appearances=
- Murs - "Done Deal" from The End of the Beginning (2002)
- Mums the Word - "Follow the Path" from Constant Evolution (2005)
=Compilation appearances=
- "Low Key" on Tags of the Times 3 (2001)
- "Aspirations" on Creative Differences (2004)
- "F**k You Up" on Walk Like a Man (2005)
- "2010" on Legendary Music Volume 1 (2006)
References
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External links
- {{Discogs artist|3 Melancholy Gypsys|3 Melancholy Gypsys}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120409055319/http://www.alphapuprecords.com/artistpage.php?ArtistID=2 3 Melancholy Gypsys] at Alpha Pup Records
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Category:American hip-hop trios
Category:Musical groups from Los Angeles
Category:Musical groups established in 1994
Category:1994 establishments in California
Category:Musical trios from California
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