Music executive and hip-hop producer Irv Gotti dies at 54
Irv Gotti, music producer and co-founder of Murder Inc. Records who helped launch the careers of artists like Ja Rule and Ashanti, has died. He was 54. Def Jam Recordings, the parent company of Gotti's Murder Inc. Records, confirmed his passing in a statement posted to Instagram Jan. 5, saying they are "deeply saddened at the loss."