Irv Gotti

The hip-hop record exec turns 48 today.

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Yesterday, producer and founder of record label The Inc., Irv Gotti took to Instagram to announce the start of a new lifestyle company named MXV, a brand created by Gotti's sons, nephew and rapper Ja Rule's sons. Although very little information on the MXV brand has been revealed, the company brand was named after Ja and Irv's individual companies...

You know that friend who posts monologues of their lives on Instagram? The long, extended paragraphs that you automatically scroll past? Well, we've found the hip-hop equivalent. Hip-hop vet Irv Gotti has been getting rather emotional on Instagram lately...

They beat the Feds.

XXL revisits the late hip-hop impresario's 2003 feature story...

Crazy. One word, so many definitions; and in the world of hip-hop’s reality TV, there are so many interpretations. Once you get a camera, a cast of associated persons, and a semi-desperate scramble for a residual check or a cash prize, you’re bound to get a ton of drama. Now that L...

It's no secret that hip-hop and the law sometimes have a hard time coinciding. With an ongoing battle between the two parties, there are times when things fall into a bit of a gray area. Looking back over some of those incidents XXL presents "Rappers Who Were Found Not Guilty...

What do you do when the game's hottest rapper is your enemy? When the Feds want to put you out of business? If you're Irv Gotti and Ja Rule you sit down with XXL and hope that the people are still listening. Words: Elliott Wilson Photos: Clay Patrick McBride It’s been a hectic year for Irving “Irv Gotti” Lorenzo and Jeffrey “Ja Rule” Atkins. At the beginning of the new ...

Ja Rule and Irv Gotti’s recent press run (The Breakfast Club, Hot 97 with Angie Martinez) was a sign of bigger things to come. After Ja spent nearly two years behind bars in NY, he’s ready to take control of his music career. And Gotti’s got his back. In July, Gott...

Amongst the many conflicts Murder Inc. has endured throughout the years, there's one in particular that Irv Gotti whole heartedly takes the blame for. Taking the fault for his once tarnished relationship with Jay-Z, Gotti says that he was completely wrong for attempting to sign Nas at the time of his beef with Jigga...

During the 2000s, the feud between Murder Inc. and the conglomerate of Shady/Aftermath/G-Unit Records captured the imagination of hip-hop fans. The focal point of the battle was the feud between fellow Queens rappers Ja Rule and 50 Cent...