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Gotti in February 2005 |
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Birth name | Irving Domingo Lorenzo, Jr. |
Also known as | Irv Gotti |
Born | June 26, 1970 |
Genres | Hip Hop, R&B |
Occupations | producer, |
Instruments | Turntable, Mixer, keyboards, Drum Machine, sampler |
Years active | 1992–present |
Labels | The Inc. Records |
Associated acts | Ja Rule, Jay-Z, DMX, Ashanti, Fat Joe, Charli Baltimore, Vanessa Carlton, Lloyd |
Irving Domingo Lorenzo, Jr., (born June 26, 1970[1]) better known as Irv Gotti is an American hip hop and R&B record producer and is the head and founder of The Inc record label.
He selected the stage name Irv Gotti by naming himself after John Gotti.[2]
He produced Jay-Z's "Can I Get A...", DMX's "What's My Name?", and Ja Rule's "Holla Holla".
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Gotti co-produced Vanessa Carlton's third album, Heroes and Thieves, with Channel 7, Rick Rubin and Stephan Jenkins, which was released October 9, 2007.[3]
In an interview with Angie Martinez in early May 2009, Gotti stated that his label, The Inc., was leaving Universal Records.