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 ...

Hip-hop icon and record executive Irving “Irv Gotti” Lorenzo Jr., the mastermind behind Murder Inc. Records, has died at 54.

Music mogul Irv Gotti — who cofounded Murder Inc. and worked with Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez, and Kanye West — has died. He was 54 ...

The Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral could have accommodated up to 2,500 people in its main sanctuary. Given Gotti’s immense impact on the music industry, his funeral was expected to draw thousands of ...

Just 54, the longtime music executive was robbed of the chance to truly grow old, a theme far too common these days, especially in Hip-Hop.

Irv Gotti/ Instagram Irv always encouraged his ... It was JJ's idea for his father and sister to appear on Growing Up Hip Hop: New York. “My friend hit me up and told me, ‘Yo, bro, we are ...

Ashanti is the latest star and collaborator to remember Irv Gotti. Hitting Instagram, Ashanti acknowledged she and Gotti weren’t on the “best terms” before he passed and expressed she is ...

By Shirley Halperin Irv Gotti, a noted record executive ... his mother, Nee Nee Lorenzo; sisters Tina and Angie; and his brother Chris Lorenzo, with whom he co-founded Murder Inc. Reaction ...

Gotti – real name Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr – is best known for founding Murder Inc Records in New York in 1988 with his ...

Irv Gotti, the Def Jam record executive behind ... mother Nee Nee Lorenzo; and sisters Tina and Angie.

“Brothers and sisters, please don’t let Irv Gotti go without acknowledging the tragedy of his death and the state of Black health in America,” Simmons urged. “This talented ...