Irv Gotti’s older brother Chris Lorenzo says it was a “massive hemorrhagic stroke” that claimed the 54-year-old earlier this month.
As Breitbart News reported, the music mogul had battled diabetes-related issues and suffered what was described as a “minor stroke” in early 2024.
Lorenzo, 58, told the 2Way podcast his brother had been consuming Chinese food prior to suffering the catastrophic medical event.
“He’s 54 – I believe he was diagnosed in his late 40s,” Lorenzo said of the late Grammy-winning producer. “But Irv doesn’t go to the doctor so that’s why he’s so late being diagnosed.
“And when he finally did go get a real physical and a check-up, they were like, ‘You’re diabetic,’ and he didn’t believe it.”
Irv Gotti of Inc., Ja Rule and Chris Gotti of Inc. in 2004 (Johnny Nunez/WireImage via Getty)
Lorenzo appeared on the podcast, titled Remembering Irv Gotti Lorenzo: Fighting Diabetes and Stroke Awareness, with Gotti confidante Damon Dash, 53, and host Mark Halperin, 60.
Born Irving Lorenzo in Hollis, Queens, in 1971, his career began as a producer for New York MC Mic Geronimo, under the moniker DJ Irv.
His big break came when he contributed to Jay-Z’s debut album, Reasonable Doubt, in 1996.
The rapper christened him the “don of hip-hop”, renaming him Irv Gotti in reference to the mafia boss John Gotti.
Gotti earned a Grammy for co-producing Ashanti’s eponymous debut in 2002, which won best contemporary R&B album, the BBC report notes.
He is survived by his three children, Angie, Sonny and Jonathan Wilson; his mother, Nee Nee Lorenzo; sisters Tina and Angie; and his brother with whom he co-founded Murder Inc.
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