Irv Gotti

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Irv Gotti
Gotti in February 2005
Background information
Birth name	Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr.
Also known as	DJ Irv, Gotti
Born	(1970-06-26) June 26, 1970 (age 51) Hollis, Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.[1]
Genres	Hip hop R&B
Occupation(s)	Record producer songwriter disc jockey
Instruments	Turntables keyboards drum machine sampler
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Murder Inc. Universal Def Jam
Associated acts	Murder Inc. Ashanti Black Child Charli Baltimore DMX Ja Rule Jay-Z Jaz-O Lloyd Mic Geronimo Vanessa Carlton

Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr. (born June 26, 1970),^[2] better known by his stage name Irv Gotti, is an American DJ and record producer and is the CEO and co-founder of Murder Inc. He is best known for producing multiple number-one records for Ashanti, Ja Rule, and Jennifer Lopez, as well as his collaborations with Jay-Z, DMX, and Kanye West. Gotti is also the creator of the BET series Tales.

Early life[]

Irv Gotti was born in the Hollis neighborhood of the borough of Queens in New York City.^[3]

Career[]

After helping Def Jam with the success of DMX and Jay-Z, Russell Simmons gave Irv Gotti his own label under Def Jam. While watching Biography on A&E during gangster week, a Murder, Inc. logo appeared on the screen and Irv Gotti decided to use the name for his label because Murder, Inc. put out hits for murder and Irv wanted to put out hit records.

Murder Inc. would change their name to The Inc. after a 2003 investigation, including a raid on the Manhattan offices of Murder, Inc., resulted in charges of money laundering being brought against Gotti and his brother Christopher in connection with alleged financial transactions associated with New York City drug kingpin Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff.^[4] On December 2, 2005, a jury acquitted the brothers of all charges.^[5] The label would change their name to appeal better to the public.

Under The Inc. banner, Irv would move the label to Universal Motown and sign Vanessa Carlton. Gotti co-produced Vanessa Carlton's third album, Heroes and Thieves, which was released October 9, 2007, with Channel 7, Rick Rubin and Stephan Jenkins.

In an interview with Angie Martinez in early May 2009, Gotti stated that his label, Murder Inc., was leaving Universal Records.

In September 2013, Murder Inc. was relaunched as an umbrella label under Irv Gotti's new label, Visionary.

Discography[]

Singles produced[]

• 1994
  • "Shit's Real" (Mic Geronimo)
• 1996
  • "Can I Live" (Jay-Z)
• 1998
  • "Can I Get A..." (Jay-Z featuring Amil & Ja Rule)
  • "Hot Spot" (Foxy Brown)
• 1999
  • "What's My Name" (DMX)
  • "Holla Holla" (Ja Rule)
• 2000
  • "Come Back in One Piece" (Aaliyah & DMX)
  • "Between Me and You" (Ja Rule featuring Christina Milian)
• 2001
  • "What's Luv?" (Fat Joe featuring Ashanti & Ja Rule)
  • "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" (Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule)
  • "Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)" (Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule & Caddillac Tah)
  • "I Cry" (Ja Rule)
  • "Always on Time" (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti)
• 2002
  • "Foolish" (Ashanti)
  • "Happy" (Ashanti)
  • "Down 4 U" (Irv Gotti featuring Ja Rule, Ashanti, Vita & Charli Baltimore)
  • "Mesmerize" (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti)
  • "Gangsta Lovin" (Eve (rapper) featuring Alicia Keys)
• 2004
  • "Breakup 2 Makeup" (Ashanti featuring Black Child)
  • "Wonderful" (Ja Rule featuring Ashanti and R. Kelly)
• 2005
  • "Infatuated" (Memphis Bleek)
• 2008
  • "Nice" (The Game) featuring Newz
• 2018
  • "Violent Crimes" (Kanye West)
• 2019
  • "Brothers" (Kanye West featuring Charlie Wilson)

References[]

External links[]

• Irv Gotti at IMDb