NEW YORK (AP) — Irv Gotti, the boisterous, smiley music mogul who founded Murder Inc. Records and was behind major hip-hop and R&B artists, has died. He was 54.

and he co-founded the record label Murder, Inc., which helped launch the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti. Shelley Wade, a radio host for 94.7 The Block, said Gotti's body of work continues to ...

By Shirley Halperin 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. A cause of death has not yet been confirmed for the Queens-born co-founder of Def Jam imprint Murder Inc. Records, according to The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. Gotti, born Irving ...

ATLANTA — The music world is mourning the death of Irv Gotti, the legendary hip-hop producer and co-founder of Murder Inc. Records. He died at the age of 54. Def Jam Records reported his passing ...

Ashanti at the Target Center in Minneapolis (Photo by Nagashia Jackson for rolling out) The music industry continues to process the sudden loss of Irv Gotti, the influential founder of Murder Inc ...

Following his tenure as A&R at Def Jam, Gotti co-founded Murder Inc. with his brother Chris Gotti in 1998 and released Ja Rule’s debut album “Venni Vetti Vecci” the following June.