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 ...

Def Jam Recordings, which was the parent company of Murder Inc., announced Gotti's death in a statement late February 6.

Irv Gotti — the music producer who co-founded hip-hop label Murder, Inc., and signed stars such as Ja Rule, Ashanti and Lloyd — has died. He was 54. Def Jam Recordings, Murder, Inc.'s parent label, ...

Ashanti was discovered as a teenager by Irv Gotti and signed with his label, Murder Inc. Records, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings, in 2002. That same year, she appeared on Fat Joe’s What’s Luv?

A private funeral service for Murder Inc. co-founder Irv Gotti was held Wednesday (Feb. 19) at the Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York.

It is Def Jam Recordings' sister company and handles artist management. His first assignment was to fill in as the tour manager for Rum-DMC's first UK tour. For the next three years, Cohen worked ...

Legendary music producer Irv Gotti, who founded Murder Inc. and worked with songstress Ashanti, died at age 54.

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Since her rise to fame in the early 2000’s Ashanti has sold over 15 million records, across six studio albums and is also a songwriter and actress. As a teenager she signed to Def Jam and was f ...

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R&B singer Ashanti was tied to rapper Nelly for more than a decade between the early 2000s and 2010s, and they were one of the music industry’s favorite couples. After what felt like forever ...

Ashanti at the Target Center in Minneapolis (Photo by Nagashia Jackson for rolling out) In her latest cinematic venture No Address, Grammy-winning artist Ashanti demonstrates her evolution from ...