AP - Oct 23, 2007
Irv Gotti is hoping that his new reality show will help him get to the top of the music world once again. In the late 90s, Gotti was one of the most influential names in the industry. His record label...
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Murder Inc. Records CEO Irv Gotti is expected to be hit with federal racketeering charges this week in connection with the two-year federal probe of his label and its affiliation with former drug kingpin...
More »USRN - Aug 21, 2003
(8/21/03, 6 p.m. ET) -- Murder Inc. head Irv Gotti was arrested last Friday (August 15) night and charged with possession of ecstasy when stopped backstage at R. Kelly s concert in Oakland, California...
More »USRN - Aug 7, 2003
(8/7/03, 1 p.m. ET) -- Irv Gotti, the Neptunes, and Isaac Hayes were among the winner s at BMI s 2003 Urban Awards which were held in Miami, Florida on Tuesday (August 5). Murder Inc. Records CEO, Irv...
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(7/1/03, 3 p.m. ET) -- Murder Inc. entrepreneur Irving Gotti Lorenzo, who is under federal investigation for money laundering, recently told the Los Angeles Times that he was just helping friend and street...
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(5/8/03, 7 a.m. ET) -- Island Def Jam CEO Lyor Cohen and Def Jam Records--who were found guilty of fraud, copyright infringement, and breach of contract--were ordered to pay $131 million to TVT Records...
More »USRN - Apr 28, 2003
(4/28/03, 3 p.m. ET) -- Dexter (D.O.) Diamond, director of promotions for Murder Inc. Records, was arrested Thursday (April 24) in Los Angeles by federal authorities, for unlawful possession of a weapon...
More »USRN - Mar 26, 2003
(3/26/03, 3 p.m. ET) -- Island Def Jam CEO Lyor Cohen and Def Jam Records were found guilty of fraud, copyright infringement, and breach of contract in a $30 million lawsuit filed by TVT Records in New...
More »USRN - Feb 27, 2003
(2/27/03, 1 p.m. ET) -- Murder Inc. Records executive Chris Gotti (Chris Lorenzo), 39, who was shot in the left leg on Monday evening (February 24), maintains that the shot was fired from approximately...
More »USRN - Feb 26, 2003
(2/26/03, 3 p.m. ET) -- Dave Mays, publisher of The Source magazine, called an emergency meeting on Monday (February 24) to discuss the media s treatment of hip-hop. Some of the hip-hop heavyweights at...
More »USRN - Feb 25, 2003
(2/25/03, 3 p.m. ET) -- Murder Inc. Records executive Chris Gotti (Chris Lorenzo), 39, brother of Murder Inc. CEO Irv Gotti (Irving Lorenzo), was shot in the leg on West 49th Street in New York City Monday...
More »Yahoo! Music - Feb 5, 2003
(2/5/03, 1 p.m. ET) -- The Universal Music Group has canceled its post-Grammy Awards bash, which was scheduled to follow the 45th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony in New York on February 23. The Los Angeles...
More »USRN - Jan 23, 2003
(1/23/03, 3 p.m. ET) -- Vivendi Universal--the parent company to the Island Def Jam Group, which distributes Irv Gotti s (Irving Lorenzo) Murder Inc. Records--was served with grand-jury subpoenas by federal...
More »USRN - Jan 7, 2003
(1/7/03, 3 p.m. ET) -- Federal prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney s Office and New York Police Department officers raided the Manhattan offices of Murder Inc. Records on Friday (January 3). The label,...
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