A founder of Murder Inc. Records, he helped launch the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti and was credited as a producer on 28 ...
Gotti, born Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr. in Queens, got his start as a talent scout in the mid-1990s, bringing future superstars DMX and Jay-Z to Def Jam. He was an executive producer on DMX's debut ...
When Dead Prez's former record label wanted a hit single, the rap duo decided to imitate mainstream ... the "streets love this shit." "New York don't know about this," he continued.