Irv Gotti, Murder Inc. founder, dead at age 54 and 50 Cent responds
After the Murder Inc. co-founder’s passing was reported Wednesday, the “In da Club” rapper paid tribute to him with a shady post.In the second slide of the post, 50 — born Curtis Jackson III — posted a photo of Gotti, whose real name was Irving Lorenzo Jr.“I’m smoking on dat Gotti pack, nah God bless him 🕊️LOL,” he captioned a photo of himself smoking hookah next to a tombstone that read, “RIP.
“I have no dog in this fight, but Yall forget they tried to blackball this man in the industry, and the n–a was rolling with the n–a that literally tried to kill him. How do yall want this man to react,” one user noted.At the time, Ja Rule , who was one of Murder Inc.’s biggest artists, was allegedly robbed by one of the “Candy Shop” rapper’s associates in Queens, New York.
At the time, 50 was just breaking out as a rapper and he later released the song “Your Life’s on the Line,” dissing Ja — born Jeffrey Atkins — and Gotti’s whole Murder Inc. label.The following year, 50 was stabbed by a Murder Inc. rapper when a fight broke out with the “Always On Time” emcee.In May 2000, 50 was shot nine times in Queens. A federal investigation revealed that Queens drug lord Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff and members of Murder Inc. plotted to kill him.
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