Fat Joe’s “What’s Luv?,” featuring Ashanti, peaked at No. 2; and her own “Foolish” spent 10 weeks atop the Hot 100. Murder Inc. also lent their rap bona fides to Jennifer Lopez’s ...

Irv Gotti, a noted record executive, music producer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Murder Inc. Records, has ...

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 ...

Def Jam subsequently gave Gotti his own label, which he called Murder Inc., working with the likes of Ja Rule, Ashanti, Jennifer Lopez, Fat Joe and Eve. In 2013, Gotti relaunched Murder Inc. as an ...

Irv Gotti, who founded Murder Inc. Records and produced albums for Ja Rule, Ashanti, and DMX, has died. He was 54. The Hollywood Reporter first reported the news on February 5. Def Jam Recordings ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Irv Gotti, a music mogul who founded Murder Inc. Records and was behind major ... Gotti had also worked with artists DMX, Fat Joe and Jay-Z, among other huge names in the genre.

Murder Inc. artists Ja Rule and Ashanti ruled the Billboard Hot 100 with Gotti with songs like “Always on Time” (2001) and Fat Joe’s “What’s Luv?” (2002). The combination of Ashanti ...

Fat Joe, Eve and more. 50 Cent’s feud with Gotti began in the late 1990s due to the rivalry between Murder Inc. and 50 Cent’s G-Unit Records. In 1999, 50 Cent’s close associate allegedly ...

By Shirley Halperin Irv Gotti, a noted record executive, music producer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Murder Inc. Records ... Memphis Bleek, Fat Joe and Christina Milian.

before bringing back Murder Inc. in 2013. Gotti is also known for creating BET’s hip-hop centric “Tales” and producing several songs by West (now known as “Ye”) and working with Fat Joe ...

Irv Gotti, a music mogul who founded Murder Inc Records and was behind major hip ... Gotti had also worked with artists DMX, Fat Joe and Jay-Z, among other huge names in the genre.