Ja Rule, the label's first artist, broke onto the Billboard Hot 100 in 1999 with "Holla Holla" from his debut album Venni Vetti Vecci, and went on to chart 17 total hits between 1999 and 2005. Ashanti ...

The late exec's Def Jam imprint sparked a run of hit R&B and rap records and catapulted Ja Rule and Ashanti to chart-topping heights.

The new record label company was under Def Jam. He produced Ja Rule's debut album, "Venni Vetti Vecci” under Murder Inc. The Houston Rockets were not entirely a scrub team last season ...

Ja Rule landed his first top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hit with Holla Holla from his 1999 debut album Venni Vetti Vecci, while the song Always On Time, which featured both him and Ashanti, became his ...

The label's first release was Ja Rule's debut album, "Venni Vetti Vecci," which went on to achieve platinum status. This was followed by the rapper's triple-platinum records "Rule 3:36" (2000 ...

The following year, Gotti lent his name to hits like Lopez and Ja Rule’s “I’m Real (Murder Remix)” as well as the latter’s debut album, “Venni Vetti Vecci.” Later, he’d also work ...

His first Murder Inc. release was Ja Rule's debut, Venni Vetti Vecci. The rise of Gotti's label was the subject of the 2022 five-part BET docuseries, The Murder Inc. Story. He also created the ...