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Hip-hop loses a pioneer as Irv Gotti, founder of Murder Inc. Records, passes away at 54. Learn about his monumental contributions to music.

NEW YORK -- Irv Gotti, the famed hip-hop music executive from New York City, has died at the age of 54. Def Jam Recordings ...

Hip-hop legend Irv Gotti, founder of Murder Inc. Records, has passed away at 54, per Def Jam. A cause of death has not been released.

Irv Gotti, the famed music producer, industry executive, and TV producer, has died at the age of 54. Def Jam Recordings, the ...

Before launching Murder Inc. in New York City in 1998, Gotti worked as an A&R at Def Jam, where he helped bring DMX, Jay-Z ...

Irv Gotti, the record executive and entrepreneur has died at 54 years old. His cause of death is currently unknown.

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