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.

Ja Rule opens up about Irv Gotti, Murder Inc, and his feud with 50 Cent in a candid interview with The Breakfast Club.

Irv Gotti, the producer and music industry mogul who launched the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti, has died at the age of 54, according to the Hollywood Reporter and sources close to the situation.