NEW YORK, NY – Irv Gotti, wanda aka fi sani da sunan sa na asali Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr., wanda ya kafa kamfanin kiɗa na Murder Inc. Records, ya rasu a ranar 5 ga Fabrairu, 2025. Ba a san dalilin mutuwarsa ba tukuna, amma ya sha fama da bugun jini a bara.
Gotti ya sami shahara a ƙarshen shekarun 1990 da farkon 2000s, inda ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin kiɗan hip-hop da R&B na lokacin. Ya yi aiki tare da manyan masu fasaha kamar Ja Rule, Ashanti, da DMX, waɗanda suka sami babban nasara a kasuwa. Salon shiryansa na musamman ya haɗa waƙoƙin hip-hop da waƙoƙin waƙa, wanda ya haifar da waƙoƙin da suka zama sananne a cikin shekarun 2001 zuwa 2004.
A cikin waƙoƙinsa da suka yi fice akwai waƙoƙin Ja Rule da Jennifer Lopez kamar “Always On Time,” “I’m Real,” da “Ain’t It Funny,” da kuma waƙoƙin Ashanti kamar “Foolish,” “Rain on Me,” da “Mesmerize.”
Kafin ya kafa Murder Inc. a birnin New York a shekara ta 1998, Gotti ya yi aiki a matsayin A&R a Def Jam, inda ya taimaka wajen kawo masu fasaha kamar DMX, Jay-Z, da Ja Rule zuwa kamfanin. A ƙarƙashin sunan DJ Irv, ya shirya waƙar “Can I Live” daga kundi na farko na Jay-Z, Reasonable Doubt, a shekara ta 1996.
Daga baya, kamfanin ya canza suna zuwa The Inc., kuma Vanessa Carlton ta sanya hannu a kamfanin, inda Gotti ya haɗa kai da Rick Rubin da Stephan Jenkins na Third Eye Blind don shirya kundin ta na 2007, Heroes and Thieves.
Gotti ya kuma yi aiki tare da masu fasaha kamar Kanye West, Memphis Bleek, Fat Joe, da Christina Milian. Ya kuma fitar da kundin waƙoƙi da yawa a ƙarƙashin sunansa.
Lyor Cohen, wanda ya kasance shugaban Def Jam daga 1988 zuwa 2004, ya bayyana cewa, “Def Jam ta rasa ɗaya daga cikin sojojinta masu ƙirƙira waɗanda suka kasance hip-hop. Lokacin da muke kan gwiwoyi, ya kawo zafi kuma ya ceci mu. Ya fito daga dangin da ke da kyau a Queens, kuma abin alfahari ne a san shi. Irv, za a yi maka ƙwaƙwalwa.”
A tsakiyar shekarun 2000, Gotti ya fuskanci matsaloli saboda binciken FBI da kuma kutsawa ofisoshin Murder Inc. dangane da zargin alaƙa da mai sarrafa miyagun ƙwayoyi Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff. Ko da yake an wanke shi daga laifin, lamarin ya lalata sunan Murder Inc. A cikin ‘yan shekarun nan, Gotti ya sake fasalin kansa, ya faɗaɗa zuwa talabijin tare da ƙirƙirar shirin BET’s Tales, wanda ke haɗa hip-hop da labarun.
