Record executive and music producer Irv Gotti, best known for founding the Murder Inc. label, has died. He was 54. A cause of death has not been announced nor is it known yet when and where he died, but he suffered from diabetes and had a stroke in 2024, according to reports from The Hollywood Reporter, the New York Times, and Good Morning America.

Irv Gotti, the music producer who created hits for Ja Rule, Ashanti, DMX and Jennifer Lopez, has died at the age of 54. Best known as the founder of the record label Murder Inc., his signature style of blending hip-hop beats with smooth R&B melodies shaped the sound of the charts in the late 90s and early 2000s.

Murder Inc. Records founder Irv Gotti has died at 54. He helped launch careers for talent such as Ashanti, DMX and Ja Rule.

Irv Gotti, a famed music producer and founder of the hip-hop label Murder Inc., died, the record label's distributor Def Jam said in a statement. He was 54. "Def Jam Recordings and the extended Def Jam family of artists,