02/06/2025
Hip Hop has lost a genuine trailblazer. Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr., widely known as Irv Gotti, the creative force behind Murder Inc. Records, has passed away at the of 54 due to a stroke. As the visionary behind a label that introduced us to Rule, Ashanti, and Lloyd, Gotti transformed the sound of the early 2000s with songs that seamlessly fused hip-hop and R&B.