Hip-hop icon and record executive Irving “Irv Gotti” Lorenzo Jr., the mastermind behind Murder Inc. Records, has died at 54.

Just 54, the longtime music executive was robbed of the chance to truly grow old, a theme far too common these days, especially in Hip-Hop.

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.

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 ...

Hip-hop icon and record executive Irving “Irv Gotti” Lorenzo Jr., the mastermind behind Murder Inc. Records, has died at 54.

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

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Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Irv Gotti, cofounder of Murder Inc. Records who worked with artists including Ashanti and Ja Rule, ...

While the cause of Irv Gotti's death remains unknown, he did suffer what his representatives previously described as a 'minor ...

Irv Gotti, the founder of Murder Inc. label that served as the launching pad for the prosperous careers of rapper Ja Rule and ...