Gotti, born Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr. on June 26, 1970, was a key figure in the sound of ‘90s and 2000s hip-hop, when brash ...

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Gotti started out in A&R at the hip-hop label, before co-founding the culture-dominating Murder Inc. imprint with his brother ...

Record executive and music producer Irv Gotti, best known for founding the Murder Inc. label, has died. He was 54. A cause of ...

Irv Gotti, the famed music producer, industry executive, and TV producer, has died at the age of 54. Def Jam Recordings, the ...

Murder Inc. Records founder Irv Gotti has died at 54. He helped launch careers for talent such as Ashanti, DMX and Ja Rule.

Gotti (real name: Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr.) co-founded the record label Murder Inc. Records, an imprint of Def Jam Records, in the late 1990s with his brother, Chris Gotti. From then on ...

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Def Jam Recordings, which was the parent company ... Gotti earned a Grammy in 2004 for best R&B song for Ashanti’s “Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)." The label, which got its name after Gotti watched ...