By Shirley Halperin Irv Gotti, a noted record executive, music producer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Murder Inc. Records, has died, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

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.

Jam is now part of New Jersey's North to Shore festival, which takes place primarily in Newark and Asbury Park from June 14 ...

A private funeral service for Murder Inc. co-founder Irv Gotti was held ... to bring DMX to Def Jam, Gotti and his brother Chris co-founded Murder Inc. Records — titled after the crime syndicate ...

“My son is going to know that we made these records together ... During their time together at Murder Inc., Ashanti and Irv Gotti were responsible for some of the biggest hits of the early ...

Record executive and music producer Irving "Irv Gotti" Lorenzo ... born talent and his brother founded the Def Jam imprint Murder Inc. Records in 1998. The first album the label released was ...

Ashanti is sharing her feelings about her relationship with Irv Gotti in the months leading ... about their past relationship in his Murder Inc. docuseries on BET. Despite the controversy, Ashanti ...

Irv Gotti, the head of the Murder Inc. Records hip-hop label, helped shape the sound of American popular music in the early 2000s. Gotti passed away at the age of 54 on Feb. 5 after suffering a ...