Irv Gotti

**Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr.** (26 ga Yuni, 1970 - 5 ga Fabrairu, 2025), wanda aka fi sani da **Irv Gotti** ko **DJ Irv**, ƙwararren mai shirya waƙoƙi ne na Amurka kuma babban jami'in rikodin. Gotti ya fara aiki a matsayin DJ na hip-hop na New York a shekarun 1980, sannan ya zama mai neman ƙwararrun A&amp;amp;R na TVT Records a 1995 kuma ya koma Def Jam Recordings a 1997. Ya kafa kamfanin rikodin Murder Inc. Records tare da ɗan'uwansa Chris a 1999, wanda alama ce ta Def Jam. An yaba wa Gotti da ya taimaka wajen gano ko sanya hannu kan waƙoƙin rap Jay-Z, DMX, da Ja Rule, da kuma mawaƙa Ashanti da Lloyd .    

Gotti ya samar da kundin waƙoƙin farko na DMX ( It's Dark and Hell Is Hot ), Ja Rule ( Venni Vetti Vecci ), Ashanti ( Ashanti ) da Lloyd ( Southside ). Ya sami kyaututtukan samarwa don yawancin rikodin da mawakan da aka sanya hannu a kan lakabin suka yi—ciki har da Ja Rule ( Dokar 3:36, Pain Is Love, The Last Temptation, RULE ), The Inc. ( Irv Gotti Presents: The Inc. ), Ashanti ( Babi na II, Concrete Rose ), da Lloyd ( Street Love )—da kuma waƙoƙin waƙa ga wasu mawaka kamar Jennifer Lopez (" I'm Real (Murder Remix) ", " Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix) "), Fat Joe (" What's Luv "), Eve (" Gangsta Lovin' "), da Kanye West (" Violent Crimes "), da sauransu.

Mujallar *Rolling Stone* da jaridar *[[New York Times|The New York Times]]* sun bayyana Gotti a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka tsara salon hip-hop da R&B na ƙarshen shekarun 1990 da farkon shekarun 2000,   ya sami wakoki 28 na Billboard Hot 100, huɗu sun je na ɗaya a jadawalin.   A shekara ta 2002, Gotti ya sami Guinness World Record saboda ya samar da waƙar Billboard Hot 100 wacce ta riƙe matsayi na ɗaya tsawon makonni goma sha tara a jere.  Gotti ya lashe kyautar Grammy a shekara ta 2003 kuma an sake zaɓe shi a shekara ta 2004, duka biyun sun kasance saboda aikinsa da Ashanti.  Ya lashe kyaututtukan BMI goma sha tara kuma an nada shi a matsayin Marubucin Waƙar BMI na Shekara a 2002, 2003, da 2004.   Ya kasance ɗan takara sau biyu a gasar MOBO Awards a 2002  da 2003,  kuma an zaɓe shi a gasar Billboard R&amp;amp;B/Hip-Hop Awards sau uku a 2002  da kuma ɗaya a 2003. 

An haifi Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr. a unguwar Hollis da ke Queens, birnin New York, a ranar 26 ga Yuni, 1970.    Lorenzo ɗan asalin Afirka-Amurka ne kuma ɗan Filipino, kodayake ana yawan kuskurensa da cewa yana da asalin Dominican .  Mahaifinsa Irving direban tasi ne kuma mai aika kaya . Shi ne ƙarami a cikin 'yan'uwa takwas, ciki har da 'yan'uwa mata biyu da kuma wani babban ɗan'uwa mai suna Christopher, wanda daga baya aka san shi da Chris Gotti.   

## Sana'a

### 1985–1996: Farkon aikin da kuma TVT
Aikin Gotti ya fara ne tun yana ɗan shekara goma sha biyar lokacin da 'yar uwarsa Christina ta saya masa turntables don ranar haihuwarsa. A ƙarƙashin sunan DJ Irv, yana yin mixtapes tare da beats da DJ mixes a cikin ginshiki na iyali, yana sayar da su akan $10 a shagunan aski na gida. A cewar mawakin rap Jaz-O, Gotti yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka fara yin mixtapes na hip-hop a titi.  Yawancin abokan cinikinsa na farko masu sha'awar mixtape ne masu sha'awar giya da miyagun ƙwayoyi, kuma na ɗan lokaci Gotti ya kasance ɗan ƙaramin dillalin cocaine da crack cocaine . Bayan ya yi karo da 'yan sanda na gida, duk da haka, ya bar sana'ar.  Lokacin da ya kai shekara goma sha biyar, Gotti zai je wurin DJ a liyafa a wuraren shakatawa na gida da gidajen rawa na dare a Queens .  Wannan ya jawo hankalin babban jami'in kida Russell Simmons,  kuma rap Rev Run da LL Cool J za su ziyarci gidan iyalinsa yayin da labarin ya bazu. 

A ranar 25 ga Janairu, 2005, Lorenzos, manajan hazaka Ronald Robinson, da mai lissafin kuɗi Cynthia Brent  sun miƙa wuya ga hukumomi a birnin New York kuma an tuhume su da laifin halatta kudaden haram da kuma haɗa baki wajen halatta kudaden haram. An saki 'yan'uwan kan zargin halatta kudaden haram da kuma haɗa baki wajen halatta kudaden haram. An saki 'yan'uwan kan laifin halatta kudaden haram da suka kai dala miliyan 1 bayan sun ajiye gidan iyayensu don karɓar kuɗin.  Alkali Edward Korman ne ya jagoranci shari'ar.  Ofishin Roslynn Mauskopf ya ƙirƙiri rundunar aiki tare da Raymond Kelly, Pasquale D'Amuro, Michael J. Thomas, da William G. McMahon.    A lokacin shari'ar, Gerald B. Lefcourt ne ya wakilci Irv, kuma Gerald Shargel ne ya wakilci Chris, idan aka same shi da laifi, 'yan'uwan da ma'aikatan Murder Inc guda biyu kowannensu zai iya fuskantar ɗaurin shekaru 20 a gidan yari.   A ranar 2 ga Disamba, 2005, Lorenzos sun sami 'yancinsu daga dukkan tuhume-tuhumen.  Kudaden shari'a sun wuce dala miliyan 10. 

## Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa
Daga 2003 zuwa 2013, Lorenzo ya auri matarsa Debra (wanda aka fi sani da Debbie). Ma'auratan suna da 'ya'ya maza biyu da 'ya mace ɗaya tare.  Lorenzo ya yi iƙirarin cewa ya yi soyayya da Ashanti lokacin da ya rabu da matarsa, wanda mawakin ya musanta, kodayake ta tabbatar da cewa suna soyayya ba tare da wata matsala ba a wani lokaci. Su biyun sun sami matsala sakamakon rashin fahimtar juna a 2009 lokacin da Ashanti ya bar The Inc.