Image Among Mr. Gotti’s many noteworthy productions was Ja Rule’s first album, “Venni Vetti Vecci,” released in 1999.Credit...Def Jam At Def Jam, Mr. Gotti was an executive producer of DMX ...

A hip-hop music legend best known for his work with DMX, Ja Rule and Ashanti is dead at age 54. Irv Gotti, the producer and record executive behind Murder Inc. Records, died Wednesday in New York ...

Ja Rule became Murder Inc.’s flagship artist, and the label’s first release was his 1999 debut album Venni Vetti Vecci, which included the rapper’s first top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hit ...

Ja Rule landed his first top 40 Billboard Hot 100 with "Holla Holla" from his 1999 debut album "Venni Vetti Vecci," Billboard.com reported. The label's success skyrocketed, and between 1999 and ...

Murder Inc, which Gotti founded with his brother Chris, released its first album in 1999: Ja Rule’s debut, Venni Vetti Vecci. Like DMX’s debut, Venni Vetti Vecci quickly made Ja Rule a hip-hop ...

On Tuesday, part of a road intersection in Saitama prefecture, about 18 miles north of Japan’s capital, opened up, swallowing a three-ton truck and its driver, a 74-year-old man, prompting a ...

The first project released under Murder Inc. was JaRule’s debut album, “Venni Vetti Vecci.” The album, released in June 1999, was entirely co-produced by Gotti. “Venni Vetti Vecci ...

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The label was a staple of the early 2000s scene, releasing Ja Rule's debut album Venni Vetti Vecci, "Foolish" by Ashanti," plus the soundtrack to the first Fast and the Furious movie.

The following year, Gotti lent his name to hits like Lopez and Ja Rule’s “I’m Real (Murder Remix)” as well as the latter’s debut album, “Venni Vetti Vecci.” Later, he’d also work ...