Irv Gotti — who co-founded the hitmaking Murder Inc. Records label and helped make early 2000s superstars out of Ja Rule and Ashanti — has died after suffering a stroke, The Hollywood Reporter ...

The label kick-started the careers of the rapper Ja Rule and the R&B singer Ashanti ... and created songs with catchy choruses like “Down 4 U,” “Mesmerize” and “Always on Time.” ...

He is credited as a producer on 28 Hot 100-charting hits, including those from Ja Rule, Ashanti, DMX, Mary J. Blige, Fat Joe, and Kanye West. Gotti also scored a Top 10 hit with his own track, “Down 4 ...

He’s responsible for hits like “Always On Time,” ”I’m Real,” “Down 4 U,” Put It On Me,” and much of Ashanti and Ja Rule’s catalogue, as well as DMX. Gotti’s rise was the subject of a 2022 BET ...

Irv Gotti sadly passed away Wednesday night (Feb. 5) after suffering a stroke, and the Hip-Hop community paid its respects to ...

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, Hip-Hop mogul, producer, and founder of Murder Inc. Records, is “declared dead.” According to AllHipHop, sources provided the update two days after Gotti suffered a second stroke ...

Irv Gotti, the producer and music industry mogul who launched the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti, has died at the age of 54, according to the Hollywood Reporter and sources close to the situation.

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 ...