A hip-hop music legend best known for his work with DMX, Ja Rule and Ashanti is dead at age 54.

Murder Inc. Records founder Irv Gotti has died at 54. He helped launch careers for talent such as Ashanti, DMX and Ja Rule.

Although his cause of death has yet to be revealed, the music mogul reportedly suffered through multiple strokes in recent ...

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 ...

Irv Gotti, a noted record executive, music producer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Murder Inc. Records, has ...

Ja Rule took a starring turn with Gotti's help on ... where he was instrumental in getting Jay-Z and DMX — who died in 2021 — to sign with the label. Prior to Jay signing with the label ...

with the label gaining worldwide prominence through platinum-selling artists Ashanti and Ja Rule. Gotti had also worked with artists DMX, Fat Joe and Jay-Z, among other huge names in the genre.

His family told US media that the Grammy-winning music mogul – who was instrumental in the careers of artists such as Ja Rule, DMX and Ashanti – died on Wednesday (5 February) in New York City.

Irv Gotti, the producer and music industry mogul who launched the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti, has died at the age of 54, ...

Gotti produced nearly 30 Hot 100 chart hits in the US for artists including Ashanti, Ja Rule, Ye, DMX, Fat Joe, Mary J Blige ...