The famed longtime industry exec shaped the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti and was pivotal in Def Jam’s late-Nineties revival ...

Irv Gotti, a noted record executive, music producer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Murder Inc. Records, has died, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. He was 54. T ...

Gotti won a Grammy in 2003 for co-producing Ashanti’s eponymous debut album, which earned best contemporary R&B album. He was ...

Murder Inc. artists Ja Rule and Ashanti ruled the Billboard Hot 100 with ... Gotti helped to launch the mainstream rap careers of all three New York MCs, who hailed from Brooklyn, Queens and ...

Gotti, a native of Hollis, Queens, in New York, co-founded early 2000s rap stalwart Murder Inc. Records, which housed multiplatinum acts such as Ja Rule and Ashanti ... and members of the music ...

Irv Gotti, the producer and music industry mogul who launched the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti, has died at the age of 54, ...

With Ashanti, Ja Rule landed another hit with “Always on Time,” and she, as a solo artist, charted with “Foolish,” “Rain on Me” and “Mesmerize.” Before launching Murder Inc. in New ...

Ashanti is opening up about her relationship with Murder Inc. cofounder Irv Gotti in the ... Ja Rule and other members of the infamous record label. “I have always prayed for you to find peace ...

NEW YORK — Irv Gotti, the boisterous, smiley music mogul who founded Murder Inc. Records and was behind ... prominence through platinum-selling artists Ashanti and Ja Rule. Gotti also worked with some ...

Irv Gotti, the producer and music industry mogul who launched the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti ... Murder Inc. label, he dominated radio and charts by bridging the divide between pop and rap ...

Gotti (born Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr.) founded the early 2000s rap-focused stalwart Murder Inc. Records, home to acts such as Ashanti and Ja Rule. He discovered Ashanti as a teenager and went ...

Murder Inc co-founder Irv Gotti ... radio-friendly pop rap. It produced two more smash albums by Ja Rule as well as signing Ashanti and releasing her self-titled debut. This topped the Billboard ...