Ashanti’s longtime friend and collaborator Ja Rule is mesmerized over how the R&B songstress has embraced the newest chapter in her life: motherhood. “She’s a great mom,” the rapper ...

Irv Gotti, the producer and music industry mogul who launched the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti, has died at the ... Following his tenure as A&R at Def Jam, Gotti co-founded Murder Inc.

A hip-hop music legend best known for his work with DMX, Ja Rule and Ashanti is dead at age 54 ... “His contributions at Def Jam, as both an A&R executive and in partnership with Murder Inc., ...

Ja Rule and Ashanti, and "Southside" by Lloyd ft. Ashanti don't even begin to cover it. Before launching his prominent label, Murder Inc., in 1998, Irv worked as an A&R at Def Jam, where he helped ...

Record executive and music producer Irving "Irv Gotti" Lorenzo, who helped launch music careers for Ashanti, DMX and Ja Rule, has died at ... as both an A&R (artists and repertoire) executive ...

Ja Rule, the late rapper DMZ and Ashanti, among many other A-list hip-hop and R&B figures. Gotti's style proved to be commercial gold for many of those artists with crossover appeal in the early ...

played a key role in hip-hop and R&B records of the time, working with artists like Ja Rule, Ashanti and DMX, each of whom saw massive commercial success. His signature production style blended ...