Hip-hop loses a pioneer as Irv Gotti, founder of Murder Inc. Records, passes away at 54. Learn about his monumental contributions to music.

Irv Gotti, the famed music producer, industry executive, and TV producer, has died at the age of 54. Def Jam Recordings, the parent label of Gotti’s Murder Inc. company, confirmed his death, though ...

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 ...

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

It was confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter that Irv Gotti, the pioneering producer and co-founder of Murder Inc. Records, ...