In post shared by TNT, Gotti’s artist and good friend, Ja Rule, is seen emotionally remembering the mogul who brought him, DMX, and JAY-Z to Def Jam Records, essentially saving the label in the ...

It has been a heartbreaking year for for the music world in 2025, as several legends have already died or have been touched ...

The Alchemist has made beats for legends like Nas, Mobb Deep, and The LOX and has found himself in the middle of memorable rap beefs like Lil Kim versus Foxy Brown and Drake versus Kendrick Lamar.

Trending on Billboard Over the course of his career as an executive and creative, Gotti logged producer credits on 28 charting Billboard Hot 100 hits from Ja Rule, Ashanti, DMX, Jay-Z, Mary J.

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The late DMX had an onstage technique that "scared ... Ja also described an "epic battle" between DMZ and Jay-Z on the Hard Knock Life Tour in 1999. "The dog energy, it was so electric," Ja ...

As both an executive and creative, he had producer credits on 28 chart-topping Billboard Hot 100 hits from Ja Rule, Ashanti, DMX, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, Fat Joe and Ye. After helping bring DMX to ...

The record label founder—whose clients included Jennifer Lopez, Ja Rule, Ashanti, DMX, and JAY Z—died after suffering a stroke, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Back To Top ...

Irving “Irv Gotti” Lorenzo’s unexpected passing has left his loved ones in grief, with many of his family members, friends and business associates attending the Murder Inc founder’s ...

Gotti was a pioneer in the rap community, co-founding Murder Inc. Records in 1998 and signing several major rappers to the label, such as Jay-Z, the late DMX, Ja Rule, Ashanti and Lloyd.

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