Before his passing, Irv Gotti made a power move that cemented his legacy beyond music. He sold his music catalog for a staggering $300 million, securing generational wealth for his family. While some ...

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. Def Jam Recordings, which was the ...

His A&R success opened the door for him to co-found Murder Inc. with his brother Chris Gotti, which helped elevate their protege Ja Rule from a grimy Queens MC to a multi-platinum star.

Irv Gotti, the prominent music producer who founded Murder Inc., has died at the age of 54 ... whose clients included Jennifer Lopez, Ja Rule, Ashanti, DMX, and JAY Z—died after suffering ...

Irv Gotti founded Murder Inc. Records and was instrumental in the careers of Mic Geronimo, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Jay-Z, DMX, Ruff Ryders and others. Gotti is survived by his children Angie ...

Murder Inc.’s blazing run in the early 2000s produced some of music’s biggest crossover records, usually involving his two biggest stars, like Ja Rule and Ashanti’s “Always On Time,” “I’m Real” by ...

He played a pivotal role in crafting chart-topping singles such as I’m Real and Ain’t It Funny with Jennifer Lopez and Ja Rule and Foolish and Always on Time with Ashanti. Before launching Murder Inc.

Wood, whose real name is Alfred Jesse Smith, was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1941. Rock music world rocked by deaths of ...

In a post to Instagram, Jackson showed himself on the couch with a hookah and decorative tombstone, reading "RIP", at his ...

It has been a heartbreaking year so far for the music world with nearly 30 singers or industry insiders having died already. Country music stars who could headline a Super Bowl halftime show The ...

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