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logo appeared on the screen and Irv Gotti decided to use the name for his label because Murder,вЂ…Inc. While watching Biography on A&E during gangster week, a Murder, Inc. Gotti changed his label's name last year to deflect negative publicity from the investigation.After helping DefвЂ…Jam with the success of DMX and Jay-Z, RussellвЂ…Simmons gave Irv Gotti his own label under Def Jam. At least five other defendants, including associates of McGriff, already have been charged. Investigators suspect that after he finished serving about nine years for drug conspiracy in 1997, he set about reviving his lucrative - and deadly - drug-dealing operation.ДЇederal agents closed in on McGriff and the Gottis in recent months with arrests that netted Ja Rule's manager and a bookkeeper for The Inc., who also are named in Wednesday's indictment. McGriff, 44, founded the Supreme Team, once one of the city's most violent drug crews. They also are charged with the slaying of up-and-coming rapper E-Money Bags that summer. The indictment charges McGriff and several associates with the murder of potential government cooperators Dwayne Thomas and Karon 'Buddha' Clarrett outside a Baltimore-area stash house in August 2001. In exchange, Irv Gotti paid McGriff's travel and hotel expenses and cut him checks from Gotti's personal and business accounts, prosecutors charge. McGriff and his partners delivered hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug proceeds to the Manhattan offices of Murder Inc., according to the indictment. The indictment charges McGriff and his associates with running a drug operation stretching from New York through Baltimore into North Carolina. McGriff's lawyer, Robert Simels, said his client told him from prison Wednesday 'that it's a shame that people who tried to help him in a legitimate way are involved in defending themselves in a criminal case.' 'Ultimately I expect Irv and Chris to be vindicated.' 'I think it's a perfectly legitimate operation,' Lefcourt said Wednesday. A Universal spokesman declined to comment.Дefense lawyer Gerald Lefcourt said the Gotti brothers had been unfairly targeted for trying to help a respected figure from their rough Queens neighborhood. A source familiar with the Universal/Gotti joint venture said the arrangement would be dissolved if Gotti is convicted. The charges were not expected to have a major impact on Universal.

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Ashanti is now appearing in the movie 'Coach Carter,' which debuted atop the box office list two weeks ago. Ja Rule's current album, 'R.U.L.E.,' peaked at No. has sold about 20 million records behind Ja Rule and Ashanti, who were not charged in the indictment. Recording in a studio dubbed 'The Crackhouse,' The Inc. Prosecutors said McGriff and the Gottis funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in McGriff's drug profits through The Inc., a chart-topping label owned partly by Def Jam, a subsidiary of Universal Music.

McGriff already is in prison on a relatively minor gun charge. Gotti's childhood friend, Kenneth 'Supreme' McGriff, one of New York's most notorious drug kingpins, was charged with murder, racketeering and other crimes that prosecutors said were intended to eliminate and intimidate potential witnesses. Label head Irv 'Gotti' Lorenzo and his brother Christopher surrendered to the FBI on money-laundering charges Wednesday as federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment seeking to confiscate Irv Gotti's real estate and business holdings.

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NEW YORK - The hip-hop label behind music superstars Ashanti and Ja Rule was part of a murderous criminal enterprise that protected its interstate crack and heroin operation with calculated street assassinations, federal authorities charged Wednesday. First ever post, thought we all had to get a chance to snark on this here.Д«y MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, Associated Press Writer

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