At the turn of the millennium, Irv Gotti – who died Wednesday at age 54 – helped bring a new class of hip-hop and R&B acts to ...

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 ...

Gotti, real name, Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr, worked with some of the biggest hip-hop and RnB artists of the 1990s and 2000s, ...

"Reasonable Doubt" and Ashanti's single "Foolish" off her self-titled debut album in 2002. Following a successful stint working for Def Jam, where he signed DMX as an artist, the Queens-born ...

Irv Gotti, the US music producer who created hits ... DMX was the antidote to Combs' style - stripped back, raw and connected to the street. With Gotti as executive producer, his debut album ...

The producer, who founded the hip-hop label Murder Inc Records, produced nearly 30 Hot 100 hits in the US charts for artists including Ashanti, Ja Rule, Ye, DMX ... 1999 debut album Venni Vetti ...

George Michael scores two top 10 hits on the same chart, as his own "Careless Whisper" and Wham!'s "Last Christmas" continue to sell very well.

Image Among Mr. Gotti’s many noteworthy productions was Ja Rule’s first album ... on 28 Hot 100 hits, according to Billboard. Whether pushing snarling rap like DMX’s “Get at Me Dog ...

The waiting was the hardest part for Beyoncé fans, but patience finally paid off as she scored a win for album of the year at Sunday night’s Grammys, with “Cowboy Carter” scoring the top ...

At the 67th annual Grammy Awards, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter finally won album of the year. It's been a long time coming for the pop juggernaut who has a grand total of 99 nominations and 35 wins ...