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Ye, Def Jam, 50 Cent & More React to Irv Gotti’s Death: ‘A Force That Reshaped the Soundscape of Hip-Hop and R&B’
After news broke of the death of Irv Gotti, tributes poured in from the hip-hop world, including from the label where he got his start, Def Jam.
After news broke of the death of Murder Inc. Records co-founder Irv Gotti on Wednesday (Feb. 5), tributes poured in from the hip-hop world, including from the label where he got his start, Def Jam. “His contributions at Def Jam, as both an A&R executive and in partnership with Murder Inc., helped pave the way for the next generation of artists and producers, a force that reshaped the soundscape of hip-hop and R&B. Ye — who worked with Gotti on the 2019 song “Brothers,” from the exec’s anthology series Tales — took to Instagram to post the news and share a simple white dove emoji.
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