{"id":148415,"date":"2025-02-06T03:40:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T03:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/06\/irv-gotti-murder-inc-records-cofounder-dead-at-54\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T03:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T03:40:34","slug":"irv-gotti-murder-inc-records-cofounder-dead-at-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/06\/irv-gotti-murder-inc-records-cofounder-dead-at-54\/","title":{"rendered":"Irv Gotti, Murder Inc. Records Cofounder, Dead at 54"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"60.707068766808\">\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.7%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Irv Gotti<\/strong>, cofounder of Murder Inc. Records who worked with artists including<strong> Ashanti<\/strong> and <strong>Ja Rule<\/strong>, is dead at age 54.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple outlets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/music-news\/irv-gotti-murder-inc-founder-dies-1236128314\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed the news<\/a> on Wednesday, February 5. The cause of death is not yet known, but hip-hop record executive and manager <strong>Wack 100<\/strong> told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/08\/28\/wack100-shares-irv-gotti-stroke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ<\/a> last year that Gotti had recently suffered a stoke and was diabetic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIrv has been struggling with diabetes for years, which caused him to have a minor stroke over six months ago,\u201d Gotti\u2019s representative told the outlet in August 2024. \u201cHe has since changed his diet to eating more healthy. He\u2019s been successful in making a full recovery. Irv is not in a rehab facility. He is at home with his family, enjoying life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/music-news\/irv-gotti-murder-inc-founder-dies-1236128314\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Hollwyood Reporter<\/em><\/a> was first to report the news of Gotti\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.5\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.482288828338\">\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/rapper-dj-unk-dead-at-43\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">&#8216;Walk It Out\u2019 and \u20182 Step\u2019 Rapper DJ Unk Dead at 43<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tRap star DJ Unk has died. He was 43. \u201cIt is with a heavy heart and profound sadness that we announce the passing of a true ATL legend, Anthony Platt better known as DJ Unk,\u201d his former record label wrote in a Friday, January 24, Instagram statement. \u201cOn behalf of Big Oomp Records and the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>An icon in the music industry, he was a producer and record executive who founded Murder Inc. Records in 1998. At that label, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings, he\u00a0signed such artists as Ja Rule, Ashanti, Jennifer Lopez, Kanye West, Fat Joe and Eve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cDef Jam has lost one of its most creative soldiers who was hip-hop,\u201d Gotti\u2019s former colleague, executive Lyor Cohen, told <em>THR<\/em> in a statement. \u201cWhen we were on bended knee, he brought the heat and saved our asses. He comes from a very tight beautiful family from Queens and it\u2019s an honor and a privilege to have known him. Irv, you will be missed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>This story is developing.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/irv-gotti-murder-inc-records-cofounder-dead-at-54\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images Irv Gotti, cofounder of Murder Inc. Records who worked with artists including Ashanti and Ja Rule, is dead at age 54. Multiple outlets confirmed the news on Wednesday, February 5. The cause of death is not yet known, but hip-hop record executive and manager Wack 100 told TMZ last year that Gotti [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-148415","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}