Do you remember the Ashanti kingdom and the Golden Stool? The harmattan winds? Growing cocoa and mining gold in Ghana? Visiting the Ashanti heartland was a dream long deferred. But an academic ...

The producer, who founded the hip-hop label Murder Inc Records, produced nearly 30 Hot 100 hits in the US charts for artists including Ashanti, Ja Rule, Ye, DMX, Fat Joe, Mary J Blige and Jay-Z.

Irv Gotti, the music executive, songwriter and producer behind the reign of hip-hop and R&B stars Ja Rule and Ashanti in the early 2000s, has died. Gotti, the music mogul who 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. Irv Gotti, the producer and record executive behind Murder Inc. Records, died Wednesday in New York ...

Irv Gotti, the influential music executive who cofounded Murder Inc. Records — the label that helped launch Ja Rule, Ashanti, and more to stardom — has died at age 54. Def Jam Recordings ...

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Ashanti and Irv Gotti. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Essence and Prince Williams/ Getty Images This story was originally published in 2022. It has been ...

The Grammy-winning producer, who helped launch music careers for Ashanti, DMX and Ja Rule, is credited with the rise of several chart-topping R&B and hip-hop artists in the ‘90s and 2000s.

We're getting a look at the first official key art poster for the televised/streamed ceremony, and let's just say that O'Brien's hair isn't just looking great – it's downright "golden." ...

JOHANNESBURG - Five officials from Gauteng's Health and Infrastructure Development Departments have been dismissed after a disciplinary inquiry found them guilty of corruption at Anglo Ashanti ...