By Alex Williams and John Yoon Irv Gotti, who rose from spinning records as a D.J. in Queens parks to become a hip-hop and R&B titan as a founder of Murder Inc. Records, a label that turned Ja ...

Irv Gotti named himself after his idol, the feared gangster John Gotti Gotti was born in the Hollis section of the Queens borough in New York as Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr. He later adopted the ...

Still, Gotti never changed the nickname he shared with the late Gambino family boss John Gotti, which he said was given to him by Jay-Z. “I ain’t going to change it," he said of his name.

NEW YORK -- Irv Gotti, the famed hip-hop music executive from New York City, has died at the age of 54. His three children shared a message on his social media, writing, "It is with heavy hearts ...

LEXINGTON — It all started when Linda Dougan went on the search for the perfect sentimental wedding anniversary ... art teacher John Evers — working to use that same gift to benefit the scholarship ...

Prince Williams/ Getty Irv Gotti, the famed music producer and cofounder of Murder Inc. Records who worked with artists including Ashanti and Ja Rule, has died at 54, PEOPLE has confirmed.