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. By Trevor Anderson At the turn of the millennium, Irv Gotti ...

Ja Rule and Ashanti still made hits together. In 2005, for instance, Ja released “Wonderful,” a song that featured both Ashanti and the cursed R. Kelly, and that single made it to #5.