Irv Gotti, the producer and music industry mogul who launched the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti, has died at the age of 54, according to the Hollywood Reporter and sources close to the situation.

Murder Inc. artists Ja Rule and Ashanti ruled the Billboard Hot 100 with Gotti with songs like “Always on Time” (2001) and Fat Joe’s “What’s Luv?” (2002). The combination of Ashanti ...

A hip-hop music legend best known for his work with DMX, Ja Rule and Ashanti is dead at age 54. Irv Gotti, the producer and record executive behind Murder Inc. Records, died Wednesday in New York ...

Though the “Always On Time” artist claims he won their confirmed physical altercation, Tony Yayo recently recalled it going down differently. “50 beat Ja Rule up in Atlanta,” the G-Unit ...

Ashanti’s longtime friend and collaborator Ja Rule is mesmerized over how the R&B songstress has embraced the newest chapter in her life: motherhood. “She’s a great mom,” the rapper, who has three ...

Irv Gotti, the producer and music industry mogul who launched the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti, has died at the age of 54, according to the Hollywood Reporter and sources close to the situation. A ...

His beatmaking chops were so versatile that he could make the gritty “Shit’s Real” for Mic Geronimo and be involved in the syrupy production of Ja Rule and Ashanti’s “Always On Time.” ...

He also worked with Ashanti, including on Ja Rule’s Always on Time, and was a key part of her rise to stardom. Addressing the shock news after several days, Ashanti – full name Ashanti ...

Ashanti’s “Foolish,” Ja Rule’s “Mesmerize” and Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 “Always On Time,” Jennifer Lopez’s “I’m Real (Murder Remix)” and many more.