The New York native was even the mastermind behind the hip-hop super group that would’ve consisted of Jay Z, Ja Rule and DMX.

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. Blige, Fat Joe and Ye.

Record executive and music producer Irving "Irv Gotti" Lorenzo, who helped launch music careers for Ashanti, DMX and Ja Rule, has died at 54. Def Jam Recordings, where Gotti worked as an executive ...

He served as executive producer on DMX’s groundbreaking 1998 debut album ... with his brother Chris Gotti in 1998 and released Ja Rule’s debut album “Venni Vetti Vecci” the following ...