Wood, whose real name is Alfred Jesse Smith, was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1941. Rock music world rocked by deaths of ...

Hip-hop icon and record executive Irving “Irv Gotti” Lorenzo Jr., the mastermind behind Murder Inc. Records, has died at 54.

The loss of Irv Gotti, who died last week at the age of 54, is immense. The Hollis, Queens native was a relic from an era when being a hip-hop multi-hyphenate wasn’t about diversifying your portfolio ...

Just 54, the longtime music executive was robbed of the chance to truly grow old, a theme far too common these days, especially in Hip-Hop.

Ashanti and Irv Gotti. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Essence and Prince Williams/ Getty Images This story was originally published in 2022. It has been ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Irv Gotti, the boisterous, smiley music mogul who founded Murder Inc. Records and was behind major hip-hop and R&B artists, has died. He was 54. Def Jam Recordings, which was the ...

The hip-hop world mourns the loss of Murder Inc. founder Irv Gotti. Tributes from Kanye West, Ja Rule, 50 Cent, and others.

Irv Gotti started out in A&R at the hip-hop label. Irv Gotti, a renowned music executive and co-founder of Murder Inc Records, has passed away. His death was confirmed by Def Jam Recordings ...

Hip-hop icon and record executive Irving “Irv Gotti” Lorenzo Jr., the mastermind behind Murder Inc. Records, has died at 54. The cause of death has not been announced, though Gotti had battled ...

Irv Gotti rose to prominence working with rap artists who went on to become major stars in the late 1990s and early 2000s ...

Irv Gotti, the Def Jam record executive behind the Murder Inc. label, has died. He was 54. In a statement posted to Gotti’s Instagram, his family wrote, “It is with heavy hearts that we ...

The music producer and co-founder of Murder Inc. Records welcomed three kids — Angie, Sonny and JJ — with his ex-wife Debbie ...