Irv Gotti produced records for Jay-Z, DMX, Ja Rule, 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 ...

Ashanti addressed record producer Irv Gotti's death with an Instagram post on Feb. 7. The record producer, who worked with Ashanti in the early 2000s, died on Feb. 5.

Irv Gotti’s family issued a heartfelt statement ... Gotti quickly ascended to prominence, producing DMX’s critically acclaimed debut album, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot, the following year.

Gotti had a legendary career in hip hop, producing “Can I Live” on Jay-Z’s debut album “Reasonable Doubt.” When Irv was at Def Jam, he signed DMX and served as executive producer on DMX ...

Ashanti is one of the many people grieving the death of producer Irv Gotti ... self-titled album. Unfortunately, months after their Grammy win, federal agents accused Gotti’s record label ...

Ashanti is sharing her feelings about her relationship with Irv Gotti in the months leading up to his passing.

Real name Irving Lorenzo, he co-founded Murder Inc. records and was instrumental in the rise of DMX, Ja Rule and Ashanti, among other artists ...

Irv Gotti — who co-founded the hitmaking Murder ... and the label’s first release was his 1999 debut album Venni Vetti Vecci, which included the rapper’s first top 40 Billboard Hot 100 ...

Prior to founding Murder Inc. in 1999, Irv Gotti was a DJ and record producer (he has a production credit on Jay-Z’s debut album, “Reasonable Doubt”) who became an A&R executive at Def Jam.

Under the moniker DJ Irv, he produced the song “Can I Live” from Jay-Z’s 1996 debut, Reasonable Doubt. Later called The Inc., Vanessa Carlton signed with the label and Gotti co-produced her 2007 album ...

Irv Gotti, the producer and music industry mogul ... He served as executive producer on DMX’s groundbreaking 1998 debut album “It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot” and the soundtrack for the 1998 ...