Irv Gotti is tagged as: under 2000 listeners, hh producer, producer, soul, rap Irv Gotti (born Irving Lorenzo on June 26, 1970[1]) was a prominent hip hop and R&B record producer and is the head of The Inc. (Formerly Murder Inc.) record label. He is known for producing many hit rap songs such as Jay-Z’s “Can I Get A…”, DMX’s “What’s My Name?”, and Ja Rule’s “Holla Holla. He chose the stage name Irv Gotti by naming himself after John Gotti. Legal trouble In 2004, The Inc came under investigation for allegedly laundering money through the label for New York City drug kingpin Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff. On January 25, 2005, Lorenzo and his brother Chris turned themselves in, alleging their innocence. They were released on $1 million bail, and would not be tried alongside McGriff for the charges against them. On November 16, 2005, the federal prosecutor Sean Haran said in his opening statement at U.S. District Court that Irving Lorenzo and his brother Christopher “used their corporate bank accounts to clean drug money”. According to Haran, convicted drug dealer Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff, had shopping bags and shoe boxes full of cash delivered to the label’s Manhattan office in 2000. The company then cut McGriff $280,000 in checks. Authorities alleg... Read More About Irv Gotti Biography... Send Irv Gotti ringtones to your cell |
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