Irv Gotti, the Murder Inc. Records label executive who helped launch Ja Rule and Ashanti to stardom, has died at age 54.

Irv Gotti produced records for Jay-Z, DMX, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Mary J. Blige, and several more artists. He was the founder of ...

Murder Inc. Records founder Irv Gotti has died at 54. He helped launch careers for talent such as Ashanti, DMX and Ja Rule.

It said: "Def Jam Recordings and the extended def Jam family ... On the other hand, shortly after the news was made public, rapper Ashanti took to Instagram to pay tribute to Gotti even though ...

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 “Can ...

“Def Jam Recordings and the extended Def Jam family ... The Grammy-winning producer, who helped launch music careers for Ashanti, DMX and Ja Rule, is credited with the rise of several chart ...

From then on, he collaborated with several well-known artists over the years, including DMX, Ashanti and Ja Rule. Def Jam Recordings paid tribute to Gotti’s contributions to the music industry ...

“Def Jam Recordings and the extended Def Jam family ... It also highlighted relationships that had soured with artists like Ashanti and Pete Rock. “Im posting you up because we were friends ...

Irv Gotti, the producer and music industry mogul who launched the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti, has died at the age of 54, according to the Hollywood Reporter and sources close to the situation. A ...

Ashanti, Mary J. Blige, and several more artists. He was the founder of the record label Murder Inc. and an executive at the parent company Def Jam Recordings. Gotti was as controversial in the ...