The producer helped shape rap and R&B after founding the label Murder Inc., which launched artists like Ja Rule and Ashanti.

Irving Lorenzo Jr.—known to the music world by his professional name, Irv Gotti—has died. Through his work, first for Def Jam ...

Irv Gotti, a noted record executive, music producer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Murder Inc. Records, has died, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The cause of death is as yet ...

Recording artist and "Fast & Furious" regular Chris "Ludacris" Bridges has recently signed with United Talent Agency (UTA) ...

“Def Jam has lost one of its most creative soldiers who was hip-hop,” says YouTube’s Lyor Cohen. Jed Wallace targets the actress naming him in the sexual harassment and retaliation complaint she filed ...

The Queens native responsible for some of hip hop's biggest acts reportedly passed away Wednesday in New York City.

Now one of the most powerful and influential men in the music industry, once upon a time super-producer Rick Rubin was just ...

Basketball player-turned-rapper LiAngelo Ball has signed an $8 million label deal with Def Jam Recordings following ... has released two albums, and LiAngelo featured on Lonzo’s 2018 song ...

From there, she was put on the radar of Def Jam Records co-founder Russell Simmons ... Billboard 200 and No. 3 on the US Top ...

Following his tenure as A&R at Def Jam, Gotti founded Murder Inc. with his brother Chris Gotti in 1998 and released Ja Rule’s ...

LL Cool J burst onto the Hip Hop scene in 1984 when he signed with the iconic Def Jam Records, quickly becoming ... by classic hits featured on legendary albums like Bigger and Deffer, Walking ...