Celebrated Name: | Irv Gotti |
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Real Name/Full Name: | Irving Domingo Lorenzo, Jr. |
Gender: | Male |
Age: | 51 years old |
Birth Date: | 26 June 1970 |
Birth Place: | Hollis, New York, United States |
Nationality: | American |
Height: | 1.78 m |
Weight: | 110 kg |
Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
Marital Status: | Single |
Wife/Spouse (Name): | N/A |
Children: | Yes (Sonny Gotti, Angie Gotti, JJ Gotti) |
Dating/Girlfriend (Name): |
N/A |
Profession: | American record executive, DJ, and record producer and is the CEO and co-founder of Murder Inc |
Net Worth in 2024: | $70 million |
Last Updated: | January 2024 |
Irving Domingo Lorenzo, Jr., known popularly as Irv Gotti, is a famous American R and B and Hip hop music producer. He is well known as one of the founders of the controversial record label Murder Inc.
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Early Life
Irv was born on June 26, 1970, in Hollis, Queens. He is a mixture of African and Dominican heritage. He has seven older siblings.
He is married to his long-time girlfriend, Debbie Lorenzo, and together they have three beautiful children, Sonny, JJ, and Angie.
There was a legal battle that required Gotti and his brother to change the name of their record label from Murder Inc. to The Inc. in 2005.
The investigation in 2003 led the FBI to carry out a raid on the offices in 2003. The troubles escalated as shootings and stabbings became a prominent part of the case. It was splashed all over the news, including MTV as well as the New York Times.
Further shootings ensued in New York in the company of 50 Cent’s management company. His brother Chris was also shot as well.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 26 June 1970, Irv Gotti is 51 years old as of today’s date 10th January 2024. His height is 1.78 m tall, and his weight is 110 kg.
Career
Irv and his brother Chris co-founded the record label Murder Inc. Records. However, they faced a lot of legal challenges in 2003 and eventually had to rename it to just The Inc. in 2005.
He has produced multiple songs for artists like Ashanti, Charli Baltimore, DMX, Ja Rule, Vanessa Carlton, Jay-Z, and Fat Joe.
He has also produced Jay-Z’s “Can I Get A…”, DMX’s “What’s My Name?” and Ja Rule’s “Holla Holla.”
Along with Rick Rubin, Stephan Jenkins, and Channel 7, Gotti produced Heroes and Thieves, which was the third album of Vanessa Carlton.
In 2009 The Inc. separated from Universal Records.
Irv first came into the limelight when he produced a song for Jay-Z’s debut album, Reasonable Doubt.
Venni Vetti and It’s Dark, and Hell Has Hot established Gotti’s reputation as a hitmaker.
His production for Ja, for the latter’s album Rule 3: 36, had a number of hits that contributed to Gotti’s fame.
Both the album above, as well as his next album Pain, Is Love, had a number of chart-topping hit songs.
As a reward for his enormous success, Def Jam allowed Gotti and Murder Inc. greater liberties to establish themselves on par with record labels like Bad Boy and Roc-A-Fella.
Gotti went on to produce three hit songs in the early 2000s: Fat Joe’s “What’s Luv?”, Ashanti’s “Foolish” and Ja’s “Always on Time.”
In 2002, he released another album, Irv Gotti Presents The Remixes, which basically had remixes of songs he had produced with the likes of Ja and Ashanti.
Awards & Achievements
He won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album for “Ashanti” in 2002.
Net Worth & Salary of Irv Gotti in 2024
As of January 2024, Irv Gotti’s net worth stands at $70 million. His source of revenue is from his career as a record producer for various famous artists like Jay-Z. He built up a reputation for creating groovy beats that earned the adulation of fans worldwide.
Gotti had cultivated his own persona as kind of an underworld don. This, among other factors, led to the shootings and, eventually the FBI investigation, which put a pause on his rise in the music industry. He had to face a lot of legal hassles for this issue. However, he pulled through this controversy and continued to produce songs for the likes of Ashanti, Vanessa Carlton, and Memphis Bleek.
In spite of all the legal disputes that he has been involved in, Gotti’s reputation as a hit record Producer remains formidable.