Irv Gotti, the Homicide Inc. Data founder and music producer who labored with DMX, Aaliyah, Kanye West and Jay-Z, has died. He was 54.
The Grammy winner reportedly died on Wednesday in New York Metropolis, his household informed a number of media retailers. Though he has confronted well being points prior to now, a reason for loss of life was not revealed.
TMZ’s report of Gotti’s loss of life got here after The Breakfast Membership introduced on Tuesday that the music producer was on life help following a number of strokes.
Born June 26, 1970 in Queens, New York Metropolis, Gotti rose to success as DJ Irv, producing Jay-Z’s ‘Can I Reside’ from his 1996 debut album Cheap Doubt. He additionally recruited DMX to Def Jam and oversaw his 1998 debut studio album It’s Darkish and Hell Is Scorching.
Def Jam subsequently gave Gotti his personal label, which he referred to as Homicide Inc., working with the likes of Ja Rule, Ashanti, Jennifer Lopez, Fats Joe and Eve.
In 2013, Gotti relaunched Homicide Inc. as an imprint beneath his new label Visionary.
