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Murder Inc. was an American East Coast hip hop supergroup composed of Jay-Z, DMX, and Ja Rule, formed by record executive Irv Gotti in 1995. [1] They first appeared in tandem on fellow New York-based rapper Mic Geronimo's 1995 song "Time to Build."
Ja Rule's second album, Rule 3:36, was released on October 10, 2000, and went in a much different stylistic direction from Venni Vetti Vecci, changing his almost trademark hardcore hip-hop sound to mainstream-oriented pop-rap, debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 276,000 copies sold in its first week, making it Ja Rule's first number one album.
After helping Def Jam with the success of DMX, Jay-Z, and Ja Rule, Russell Simmons gave Irv Gotti his own label under Def Jam. While watching Biography on A&E during gangster week, a Murder, Inc. logo appeared on the screen, inspiring Irv to name his label after the organized crime group, paralleling his desire to put out hit records to the crime group's purpose of putting out contract hits.
Venni Vetti Vecci is the debut studio album by American rapper Ja Rule.It was released on June 1, 1999, by Def Jam Recordings and Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. Records.It was the first album to be released on Murder Inc. Production was mostly handled by Irv Gotti (who also executive produced the album), with additional work provided by Lil Rob, Ty Fyffe, Erick Sermon and Self Service.
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(Irv Gotti featuring Ja Rule, Ashanti, ... "Murda Murda" Cuban Link: 24K "Feelin' the Hate" Funkmaster Flex, Murderahs 60 Minutes of Funk "State to State" 2001
"Reign" (originally known as "Murder Reigns" [2] and also known as "The Reign" [3]) is a song by American rapper Ja Rule, released in June 2003 [1] as the third and final single from his fourth studio album, The Last Temptation (2002). It was written by Ja Rule, 7 Aurelius and Irv Gotti and produced by the latter two.
Blood in My Eye is the fifth studio album by American rapper Ja Rule, released on November 4, 2003, by Murder Inc., Island Def Jam Music Group and Def Jam.The album was originally planned to be released as a mixtape.