Gotti died at age 54 after cofounding Murder Inc. Records with his brother, Chris, in 1998. Irv Gotti, the influential music executive who cofounded Murder Inc. Records — the label that helped ...

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.

By Shirley Halperin Irv Gotti, a noted record executive, music producer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Murder Inc. Records, has died, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Gotti quickly ascended to prominence, producing DMX’s critically acclaimed debut album, It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot, the following year. That same year, he co-founded Murder Inc. Records ...