DMX once revealed what meeting Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was like back when he hoped to be signed to Bad Boy records.

Irv Gotti, the prominent music producer who founded ... The record label founder—whose clients included Jennifer Lopez, Ja Rule, Ashanti, DMX, and JAY Z—died after suffering a stroke ...

Ja Rule is still profoundly torn by losing his longtime friend and collaborator, Irv Gotti. The hip-hop titan, best known as the co-founder of Murder Inc. Records, died at the age of 54 on Feb. 5.

It has been a heartbreaking year for for the music world in 2025, as several legends have already died or have been touched by death. Most recently, country music icon Dolly Parton lost her husband, ...

Famed record producer Irv Gotti died on Feb. 5 ... Records in 1998 and was credited with helping get the likes of Jay-Z, DMX, Ja Rule and Ashanti going in the business. Garth Hudson, the last ...

Soon after, his Irv Gotti persona was created when he founded the rap label Murder Inc. Records, bringing along artists like DMX and Ja Rule and signing others like Ashanti. There he became the ...

Gotti, who was born Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr. and later went by DJ Irv, came on the scene as A&R for Def Jam. He brought in artists that would define the next generation of hip-hop to the label like ...

Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr., better known as Irv Gotti, passed away on February 5th ... for other legendary artists such as Mary J Blige, DMX, and Jay-Z. At the beautiful age of 100, World War ...

Irv Gotti was 54 years old at the time of his death, as reported by The Independent. He passed away on February 5, 2025. Jennifer Lopez, Ja Rule, Ashanti, DMX, Lloyd, Jay-Z, Ye, and Fat Joe were ...