Irv Gotti’s family has provided an update on the impending services for the late Murder Inc. co-founder. Gotti died on February 5 at the age of 54, days after suffering a massive stroke.
Sources originally told AllHipHop that a funeral would be held at Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral in Jamaica, Queens, the borough where Gotti launched his career as DJ Irv. The Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral could have accommodated up to 2,500 people in its main sanctuary. Given Gotti’s immense impact on the music industry, his funeral was expected to draw thousands of people. After all, he was instrumental in launching the fruitful careers of Ja Rule, Ashanti, JAY-Z and more.
Ashanti, who had a complicated relationship with Gotti, expressed her shock on Instagram shortly after his death.
