Irv Gotti, a music producer and founder of an influential rap label, has died, Def Jam Recordings said. He was 54. Gotti was best known as the head of Murder Inc. Records, an imprint of Def Jam that ...

Irv Gotti, a famed music producer and founder of the hip-hop label Murder Inc., died. He was 54. "It is with heavy hearts ...

The producer, who died on Wednesday, built Murder Inc. into one of the most influential record labels of the early 2000s. His career was marred by a federal investigation and trial.

Irv Gotti, the co-founder of music label Murder Inc. and Grammy-winning producer behind some of the biggest names in hip-hop and R&B, has died. He was 54. Def Jam Recordings, the record label of which ...

Irv Gotti—the famed music producer who worked alongside various artists including Ja Rule, Ashanti, Aaliyah, Jennifer Lopez, Jay-Z and DMX—has died at the age of 54, Def Jam Recordings has announced.