Irv Gotti — the music producer who co-founded hip-hop label Murder, Inc., and signed stars such as Ja Rule, Ashanti and Lloyd — has died. He was 54. Def Jam Recordings, Murder, Inc.'s ...

Irv Gotti, the music producer best known for co-founding the Murder Inc. record label that helped launch the careers of ...

Federal agents raided Murder Inc. in 2003 on suspicion the label was ... The label continued releasing albums by Ashanti and Lloyd, along with new signee Vanessa Carlton, but never reached past ...

Murder Inc. swiftly emerged as a turn-of-the-millennium ... Gotti rebranded the label as The Inc. in Dec. 2003, releasing albums from Lloyd and Ashanti in the years that followed.

and the singer Lloyd. After follow-up releases for Ashanti and Ja Rule underperformed compared to their earlier hits, the label began to shrink, and those headliners began to depart Murder Inc ...

Amid the controversies, Gotti rebranded Murder Inc as The Inc. In the late 2000s it signed Vanessa Carlton and continued to release albums by Ashanti and the R&B singer Lloyd but the label ...

In 1998, he co-founded Murder Inc. Records with his brother, Chris Gotti, creating a powerhouse label that launched the careers of Ja Rule, Ashanti, and Lloyd, among others. Beyond his work in ...

Gotti later co-founded Murder Inc. Records, a subsidiary of Def Jam, in 1998, which launched the careers of Ja Rule, Ashanti, Lloyd and others. After renaming the label The Inc., Gotti entered the pop ...