Irv Gotti, who founded Murder Inc. Records and produced albums for Ja Rule, Ashanti, and DMX, has died. He was 54. The Hollywood Reporter first reported the news on February 5. Def Jam Recordings ...

Before launching Murder Inc. in New York ... credits extend to records by Kanye West, Memphis Bleek, Fat Joe and Christina Milian. He also released several albums under his own name.

A cause of death has not yet been confirmed for the Queens-born co-founder of Def Jam imprint Murder Inc. Records ... executive produced DMX’s debut album, “It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot ...

Record executive and music producer Irving "Irv Gotti" Lorenzo, who helped launch music careers for Ashanti, DMX and Ja Rule, has died at 54. Def Jam Recordings, where Gotti worked as an executive ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Irv Gotti, the boisterous, smiley music mogul who founded Murder Inc. Records and was behind major hip-hop and R&B artists, has died. He was 54. Def Jam Recordings, which was the ...

Irv Gotti, the Murder Inc Records co-founder and producer behind ... as well as releasing a number of albums under his own name. He ran into trouble in the early Noughties due to an FBI raid ...

Irv Gotti, the renowned record executive, music producer, and entrepreneur best known for founding Murder Inc. Records ... "Can I Live" from Jay-Z’s 1996 album Reasonable Doubt.

He produced some of the biggest rap and R&B albums since the late 1990s, working with Jay-Z, Ja Rule, Ashanti and DMX, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He founded Murder Inc. Records in 1998 ...