"American Idol" contestant Freddie McClendon shared the devastating story of his late father Davis McClendon through a ...

Gotti earned a Grammy in 2004 for best R&B song for Ashanti’s “Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)." The label, which got its name after Gotti watched a documentary on the original Murder, Inc. crew of mob ...

In 2017, Gotti created the BET series Tales, which adapts rap songs into TV episodes. Former Def Jam executive Lyor Cohen, who helped Gotti start Murder Inc., remembered Gotti as one of the label ...

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 and Ja Rule to the label. Under the moniker DJ Irv, he produced the song ...

Irv Gotti, the prominent music producer who founded Murder Inc., has died at the age of 54, leaving behind a lasting mark on the hip-hop world and a lavish property portfolio in California.