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 — 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 ...

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.

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 and Ja Rule to the label. Under the moniker DJ Irv, he produced the song “Can ...