Irv Gotti, the influential file government, music producer and entrepreneur greatest generally known as the founding father of Homicide Inc. Information, has died.

The Hollywood Reporter, TMZ and different retailers confirmed the passing however the reason for dying is as but unknown. Gotti began as an A&R at Def Jam, earlier than co-founding the dominating Homicide Inc. imprint together with his brother, Chris Gotti. In an announcement posted to Instagram, Def Jam stated the label was “deeply saddened” by Gotti’s dying at age 54.

“Def Jam Recordings and the prolonged Def Jam household of artists, executives and workers, are deeply saddened on the lack of Irv Gotti,” the assertion reads. “His contributions at Def Jam, as each an A&R government and in partnership with Homicide Inc., helped pave the way in which for the following technology of artists and producers, a power that reshaped the soundscape of hip-hop and R&B. His inventive genius and unwavering dedication to the tradition birthed numerous hits, defining an period of music that continues to resonate with followers worldwide. Our ideas are together with his household, mates, and all those that had been touched by his work.”

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— Ja Rule (@jarule) February 6, 2025

Earlier than launching Homicide Inc., Gotti as an A&R at Def Jam helped carry DMX, Jay-Z and Ja Rule to the label, which was contemplating probably the most profitable imprints of Common Music.

In true 50 Cent fashion, the rapper posted a photograph of himself smoking subsequent to a grave gravestone that reads “RIP” alongside the caption: “I’m smoking on dat Gotti pack, nah God bless him LOL.” The 2 had a really troubled and tense relationship over time, as everyone knows.