Before launching Murder Inc. in New York City in 1998, Gotti worked as an A&R at Def Jam, where he helped bring DMX, Jay-Z ...

C indy Mabe, Universal Music Group Nashville’s chair/CEO, has left the company, Billboard has confirmed. Mabe, whose reign lasted almost two years, was the successor to Mike Dungan, who retired in ...

Irv Gotti, a music mogul who founded Murder Inc. Records and was behind major hip-hop and R&B artists such as Ashanti and Ja ...

Irv Gotti, who founded Murder Inc. Records and produced albums for Ja Rule, Ashanti, and DMX, has died. He was 54. The ...

Irv Gotti, music producer, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Murder Inc. Records, has died. He was 54. His death was confirmed ...

Hip-hop legend Irv Gotti, founder of Murder Inc. Records, has passed away at 54, per Def Jam. A cause of death has not been released.

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 ...

The hip-hop world mourns the loss of Murder Inc. founder Irv Gotti. Tributes from Kanye West, Ja Rule, 50 Cent, and others.

Murder Inc. Records exec, Irv Gotti died yesterday and in typical 50 Cent fashion, the arch-nemesis made one last dig, ...

“Def Jam has lost one of its most creative soldiers who was hip-hop,” says YouTube’s Lyor Cohen. Jed Wallace targets the actress naming him in the sexual harassment and retaliation complaint she filed ...

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