The music producer and co-founder of Murder Inc. Records welcomed three kids — Angie, Sonny and JJ — with his ex-wife Debbie Lorenzo before he died at 54 years old on Feb. 5.

Irv Gotti, a famed music producer and founder of the hip-hop label Murder Inc., died. He was 54. "It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved father, Irving 'Irv Gotti' Lorenzo,

Irv Gotti, a music mogul who founded Murder Inc. Records and was behind major hip-hop and R&B artists such as Ashanti and Ja Rule, has died. He was 54.