Before launching Murder Inc. in New York City in 1998, Gotti worked as an A&R at Def Jam, where he helped bring DMX, Jay-Z ...

Hip-Hop lost a legend. Irv Gotti, the co-founder of Murder Inc., passed away at 54, and the news hit the culture hard.

Gotti, born Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr. on June 26, 1970, was a key figure in the sound of '90s and 2000s hip-hop, when brash lyricism and outsized personalities blended seamlessly with pop hooks and R ...

We look back on the stars who died this year, including David Lynch, Irv Gotti, Bob Uecker, Leslie Charleson, Jeff Baena, and ...

Irv Gotti, music producer and co-founder of Murder Inc. Records who helped launch the careers of artists like Ja Rule and Ashanti, has died on Feb. 5, according to his family. He was 54. Gotti's three ...

Murder Inc. founder Irv Gotti has died on Wednesday. He was 54. The music producer’s children confirmed his death “with heavy hearts” after reports of his passing surfaced.

Record executive and music producer Irving “Irv Gotti” Lorenzo has died at 54. “Def Jam Recordings and the extended Def Jam family of artists, executives and employees, are deeply saddened at the loss ...

Hip-Hop mogul and Murder Inc co-founder Irv Gotti has passed away at the age of 54. The young businessman and producer was ...

A hip-hop music legend best known for his work with DMX, Ja Rule and Ashanti is dead at age 54.

“Def Jam has lost one of its most creative soldiers who was hip-hop,” says YouTube’s Lyor Cohen. Jed Wallace targets the actress naming him in the sexual harassment and retaliation complaint she filed ...

Irv Gotti, the music executive, songwriter and producer behind the reign of hip-hop and R&B stars Ja Rule and Ashanti in the ...

A founder of Murder Inc. Records, he helped launch the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti and was credited as a producer on 28 ...