Gotti reportedly suffered from heart-related issues and strokes over the years before he died in February 2025.

Ashanti addressed record producer Irv Gotti's death with an Instagram post on Feb. 7. The record producer, who worked with Ashanti in the early 2000s, died on Feb. 5.

In 2022, Gotti infamously claimed he had an alleged romantic and sexual relationship with Ashanti during an appearance on the “Drink Champs” podcast. He later doubled down on his comments while appearing on an episode of “The Murder Inc Story,” claiming the pair had sex before the singer recorded her 2002 hit “Happy.”

The late record executive died at the age of 54 after reportedly suffering from a few health issues in recent years.

50’s post reminded me of one very simple truth: I’m nowhere NEAR as petty as I think I am because I absolutely thought that 50 went too far and, despite their issues, unnecessarily mocked a man in death.

Ashanti is setting the record straight about her alleged relationship with Irv Gotti. “Let’s clear this up,” Ashanti told Angie Martinez on the IRL podcast on October 26. “We dealt with each other, but was Irv my boyfriend? Was I his girlfriend? Never. Irv had several girlfriends, so I’m a little confused by the label and the description.”

I can’t believe things ended like this….and it makes me so sad,” Ashanti said, paying her respects to the late