The late exec's Def Jam imprint sparked a run of hit R&B and rap records and catapulted Ja Rule and Ashanti to chart-topping heights.

Irv Gotti, a music mogul who founded Murder Inc. Records and was behind major hip-hop and R&B artists such as Ashanti and Ja ...

Irv Gotti, the famed hip-hop music executive from New York City, has died at the age of 54. Def Jam Recordings shared a message on social media late Wednesday night confirming his death, saying the ...