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 ...

Also producing the song “Can I Live” from JAY-Z’s 1996 debut, Reasonable Doubt, under the moniker DJ Irv. As an imprint of Def Jam, Murder Inc.’s first release was Ja Rule’s 1999 debut ...

Ashanti is opening up about her relationship with Murder Inc. cofounder Irv Gotti in the wake of his recent death. “I can’t believe things ended like this,” Ashanti, 44, said via Instagram o ...

Before launching Murder Inc. in New York City in 1998 ... Under the moniker DJ Irv, he produced the song “Can I Live” from Jay-Z’s 1996 debut, Reasonable Doubt. Later called The Inc ...

Irv Gotti, the Murder Inc Records co-founder and producer behind ... at Def Jam and had an early credit as DJ Irv on “Can I Live”, which featured on the rapper’s 1996 debut.

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. NEW YORK (AP) — Irv Gotti ...

He founded Murder Inc. Records in 1998 with his brother ... Gotti had initial success as DJ Irv and produced Jay-Z’s “Can I Live” from his 1996 debut album, “Reasonable Doubt,” Deadline ...