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The loss of Irv Gotti, who died last week at the age of 54, is immense. The Hollis, Queens native was a relic from an era when being a hip-hop multi-hyphenate wasn’t about diversifying your portfolio but a passion for hip-hop culture. In his time, he was a DJ, an …

Hip-hop impresario Irv Gotti, the former Def Jam executive who first signed DMX and later fostered the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti at his Murder Inc. Records label, is the subject of a new sexual assault lawsuit filed in Miami. Gotti, whose legal name is Irving Domingo Lorenzo, was …