Ja Rule (rapping): “What’s my [expletive] name?” Jennifer Lopez (singing): “R-U-L-E.” Ja Rule: “Sometimes I don’t know if they’re saying ‘R-U-L-E’ or ‘Are you ready?’ ...

Irv Gotti, the Murder Inc. Records founder and music producer who worked with DMX, Aaliyah, Kanye West and Jay-Z, has died.

Following his tenure as A&R at Def Jam, Gotti co-founded Murder Inc. with his brother Chris Gotti in 1998 and released Ja Rule’s debut album “Venni Vetti Vecci” the following June.

R. Kelly’s racketeering and sex trafficking convictions, along with a 30-year prison sentence, were upheld Wednesday by a federal appeals court that concluded the singer exploited his fame for ...

R. Kelly’s racketeering and sex trafficking convictions, along with a 30-year prison sentence, were upheld Wednesday by a federal appeals court that concluded the singer exploited his fame for ...

R. Kelly's 30-year prison sentence for sex trafficking and racketeering has been upheld by a federal appeals court in New York. On Wednesday, the court ruled that the arguments in Kelly's appeal ...

The rapper, who has been caught up in a bitter feud with Gotti for over 20 years, posted a tasteless tribute to the ...

It started the careers of several commercially successful acts, including rapper Ja Rule and R&B singer Ashanti. Gotti battled legal challenges that rocked the hip-hop industry in the early 2000s.

but that isn’t stopping abuse victims of embattled R&B icon R. Kelly from trying to collect the millions the disgraced singer still owes them. Six victims who won a $10.3 million judgment ...