The music world is mourning the death of Irv Gotti, the legendary hip-hop producer and co-founder of Murder Inc. Records. He died at the age of 54. Def Jam Records reported his passing on social ...

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.