Irv Gotti, the music executive, songwriter and producer behind the reign of hip-hop and R&B stars Ja Rule and Ashanti in the ...

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

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

The producer, who founded the hip-hop label Murder Inc Records, produced nearly 30 Hot 100 hits in the US charts for artists including Ashanti, Ja Rule, Ye, DMX, Fat Joe, Mary J Blige and Jay-Z.

He also co-produced and co-wrote Lopez and Ja Rule's 2002 single Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix) — which was, confusingly, a completely different song from Lopez's solo hit Ain't It Funny (2001 ...

where he discovered Ja Rule, before moving to Def Jam, where he worked with Jay-Z and DMX. Def Jam gave Mr. Gotti $3 million in 1997 to start his own label, Murder Inc., which he co-founded with ...

Irv Gotti, the influential music executive who cofounded Murder Inc. Records — the label that helped launch Ja Rule, Ashanti, and more to stardom — has died at age 54. Def Jam Recordings ...

Three-year-old Lillian surprises family members in Texas and Arkansas with a 'Big Sis' T-shirt revealing her mom's pregnancy.

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 ...

Beyond his success as an executive, he also produced countless classic records including Jennifer Lopez and Ja Rule’s “I’m Real (Murder Remix),” Ja Rule’s “Always on Time” featuring ...