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 ...

Irv Gotti, the music executive, songwriter and producer behind the reign of hip-hop and R&B stars Ja Rule and Ashanti in the ...

A hip-hop music legend best known for his work with DMX, Ja Rule and Ashanti is dead at age 54.

The Grammy-winning producer, who helped launch music careers for Ashanti, DMX and Ja Rule, is credited with the rise of several chart-topping R&B and hip-hop artists in the ‘90s and 2000s.

Murder Inc. Records founder Irv Gotti has died at 54. He helped launch careers for talent such as Ashanti, DMX and Ja Rule.

Irv Gotti, the producer and music industry mogul who launched the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti, has died at the ... Following his tenure as A&R at Def Jam, Gotti co-founded Murder Inc. with ...

Ja Rule and Ashanti, and "Southside" by Lloyd ft. Ashanti don't even begin to cover it. Before launching his prominent label, Murder Inc., in 1998, Irv worked as an A&R at Def Jam, where he helped ...

born Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr., played a key role in hip-hop and R&B records of the time, working with artists like Ja Rule, Ashanti and DMX, each of whom saw massive commercial success.