DMX was the antidote to Combs' style - stripped back, raw and connected to the street. With Gotti as executive producer, his debut album, It's Dark and Hell is Hot, sold four million copies in the US ...

He also did the hip-hop medley he said has become his favorite part of every show (“Boyz-n-the-Hood,” “Ruff Ryders' Anthem,” “Lose Yourself,” “Ms. Jackson” and “Just a Friend”).

He also did the hip-hop medley he said has become his favorite part of every show (“Boyz-n-the-Hood,” “Ruff Ryders' Anthem,” “Lose Yourself,” “Ms. Jackson” and “Just a Friend”).

Ruff Ryders, the record label and management company that caught Gotti's attention when he was a Def Jam A&R executive thanks to DMX, shared a tribute on its official Instagram account.

A hip-hop music legend best known for his work with DMX, Ja Rule and Ashanti is dead at age 54. Irv Gotti, the producer and record executive behind Murder Inc. Records, died Wednesday in New York ...