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.

Irv Gotti, who founded Murder Inc. Records and produced albums for Ja Rule, Ashanti, and DMX, has died. He was 54. The Hollywood Reporter first reported the news on February 5. Def Jam Recordings ...

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.

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Irv Gotti, the prominent music producer who founded Murder Inc., has died at the age of 54, leaving behind a lasting mark on the hip-hop world and a lavish property portfolio in California.

Music producer and mogul Irv Gotti, who helped propel Ashanti and ... for the Queens-born co-founder of Def Jam imprint Murder Inc. Records, according to The Hollywood Reporter and Variety.

At this point, no details have been released about how or when Gotti died. Irv Gotti, the man behind Murder, Inc. Shelley Wade, a radio host for 94.7 The Block, said Gotti's body of work continues ...

Ashanti at the Target Center in Minneapolis (Photo by Nagashia Jackson for rolling out) The music industry continues to process the sudden loss of Irv Gotti, the influential founder of Murder Inc ...

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 ...