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.

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.

Ja Rule is still profoundly torn by losing his longtime friend and collaborator, Irv Gotti. The hip-hop titan, best known as ...

Irv Gotti — who co-founded the hitmaking Murder Inc. Records label and helped make early 2000s superstars out of Ja Rule and Ashanti — has died after suffering a stroke, The Hollywood Reporter ...

In the wake of Irv Gotti's death, his longtime rival, 50 Cent, has spoken out with some final words about the late Murder Inc. Records co-founder.

Irv Gotti, cofounder of Murder Inc. Records who worked with artists including Ashanti and Ja Rule, is dead at age 54. "Irv has been struggling with diabetes for years, which caused him to have a ...

Irv Gotti produced records for Jay-Z, DMX, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Mary J. Blige, and several more artists. He was the founder of the record label Murder Inc. and an executive at the parent company Def Jam ...

After Irv Gottis's death, Ashanti discusses their musical legacy, shared triumphs, public conflicts and her hopes for ...

Irv Gotti, the famed music producer ... co-founded early 2000s rap stalwart Murder Inc. Records, which housed multiplatinum acts such as Ja Rule and Ashanti. The label has collectively sold ...