Irv "Gotti" Lorenzo is in the process of changing the name of his label Murder Inc. to The Inc. in an attempt to shed negative connotations surrounding the older moniker.

"I am changing the name so people can just try and focus on our music and not our name," Lorenzo told AllHipHop.com. "I've been making hits now for close to ten years in this game. All everyone seems to want to focus on is the word 'murder.'"

A press conference is scheduled in the near future to announce the name change. On that day, Lorenzo intends to announce that he will no longer use the name "Gotti."

Lorenzo named himself after New York mob boss, John Gotti. Similar to the original Gotti, Lorenzo is under scrutiny from the United States government in a drug and money laundering case.

"I feel it's a good idea," Def Jam's Founder, Russell Simmons, added. "They have always made music that focuses on love, so it makes sense to get rid of the word 'Murder,' it's just too negative."

Def Jam, the label that Simmons founded, distributes records by The Inc., whose roster includes multi-platinum artists Ashanti and Ja Rule.

The government is probing whether or not Lorenzo aided Queen's drug kingpin Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff in laundering drug proceeds through the record label.

Lorezno vehemently denies the charges and saying that McGriff is merely a friend that he attempted to help turn his life around.

"Hopefully people will focus on me and my artist's talents, which is making great records and entertaining fans," he said.

The label recently dropped Ja Rule's Blood In My Eye, which landed at number 6 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart. Ashanti s set to drop a Christmas album as well

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uhhhm, whatever?

Camarac whateva mutha fucka

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<b><table style=filter:GLOW(color=white)>I JUST DONT GIVE A FUCK </table></b>

<b><table style=filter:GLOW(color=red)>No sig is fucken needed aiight cunts</table></b>

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What the fuck.

i usually dont gossip in HL but dont hate on camarac for keeping us updated on hip hop newz........he brung us sum good info lately....and hating murder inc. now is old.....so if u got sumthng negative to say about the rec. label, keep it to urself

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I actually laughed when you said, your on a hustling mission/
and the only drug you been close to, wuz a doctor perscription/

^ Exactly.
Why the fuck you kids bitching about me posting up the threads? Thats what this forums for. If you dont like them - dont click them.

Simple.

I was just tryna help the site out.

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^ word..... ps. murda inc sucks

^word p.s. they cant change it to just the Inc cause the name is already taken, they were on hot or some radio station to get ideas for new names, got clowned HARD, 1luv.

Yo that would be fuckin gay if they made it to jus' THA Inc. Irv should jus' leave Murda makes it sound better anywayz

I copyrighted "The" already.

yo murder inc is horrible to me.... and ashanti has man sideburns... lmao

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this is real... you a joke...
"04"... the year of da militia

^That Has What Everyone Has Been Saying...

But Murder Inc, The Inc...

Same To Me...
I Think That The Inc Sounds Better...

murder inc sucks.........................

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Lol, why everyone hatin on ja??? 50 came out wid tha beef now everyone hatin, but y'all now back in '99 & '00 you was bumpin rule 3:36 shit lol.
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