Tony! Toni! Toné! musician and co-founder D’Wayne Wiggins died on Friday (March 7). According to a statement posted to his ...

Irv Gotti produced records for Jay-Z, DMX, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Mary J. Blige, and several more artists. He was the founder of the record label Murder Inc. and an executive at the parent company Def Jam ...

Roy Ayers, the jazz-soul vibraphonist and bandleader behind 'Everybody Loves the Sunshine,' whose music became the backbone ...

The Queens native responsible for some of hip hop’s biggest acts like Ja Rule ... guest appearances — became the label’s first artist. The early successes of Ja Rule’s first four albums ...

NEW YORK -- Irv Gotti, the famed hip-hop music executive from New York City, has died at the age of 54. His three children shared a message on his social media, writing, "It is with heavy hearts ...

Many of the artists Jazz Is Dead works with are older musicians who have remained relevant with later generations of fans due to being sampled by rap and hip-hop artists. Some of these musical ...

A multi-genre music legend known as the Godfather of Neo Soul is dead at age 84 ... generations of artists, and became one of the most sampled musicians in hip-hop. Ayers can be heard on classics ...

Angie Stone, neo-soul singer and member of the pioneering all-female hip-hop group the Sequence, has died at the age of 63.

Irv Gotti, the music executive best known for founding Murder Inc. and signing artists such as Ja Rule and Ashanti, died last week, leaving three children, a musical legacy, and an expansive ...

Irv Gotti, the music producer who co-founded hip-hop label Murder, Inc., and signed stars such as Ja Rule, Ashanti and Lloyd, has died. He was 54.