Ashanti addressed record producer Irv Gotti's death with an Instagram post on Feb. 7. The record producer, who worked with Ashanti in the early 2000s, died on Feb. 5.

The Gotti brothers and Murder Inc. as a whole were hit with numerous legal issues over the years. This includes a federal raid on the label’s headquarters in 2003 as part of an investigation ...

Irv Gotti, the producer and music industry mogul who launched the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti, has died at the age of 54, according to the Hollywood Reporter and sources close to the situation. A ...

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 ...

Irv Gotti Explains How Jay Z, DMX and Ja Rule Got Their Record Deals Murder Inc. head honcho Irv Gotti took to Instagram today to tell the stories of meeting Jay Z, DMX, Ja Rule and Ashanti and ...

Real name Irving Lorenzo, he co-founded Murder Inc. records and was instrumental in the rise of DMX, Ja Rule and Ashanti, among other artists ...

Irv, you will be missed.” In 2003, the FBI and the police raided Murder Inc.’s offices in New York, the Times reported. That was followed by a federal investigation into whether the label was ...

Murder Inc.’s vice grip on mainstream music slipped after federal agents raided its offices on suspicion of drug money laundering in Jan. 2003, and took a reputational hit after Ja Rule engaged ...

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 ...