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Irv Gotti is trending this Monday (August 8) after the release of his explosive interview with the hosts of Drink Champs, revealing more details about the mogul’s romance with R&B star Ashanti. What has struck some observers as especially disturbing is how the Murder Inc. honcho entered into a relationship with the singer when she was barely out of her teens and he was a married man in his 30s.
Irv Gotti and Ja Rule sat down with N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN in the Florida studios of Drink Champs, detailing his rise with the Murder Inc. collective, his various business ventures, and coming up in Queens. However, what turned heads was a now-viral teaser clip of Gotti, now 52, dishing on his relationship with Ashanti, now 41.
What has Twitter truly buzzing is Gotti sharing with the podcast hosts that he put together Ashanti’s single “Happy” shortly after the pair allegedly had sex. The song was reportedly recorded between 2001 and 2002, which would make Ashanti around 20 years of age and Gotti in his early 30s. Gotti was also reportedly married at the time to the mother of three of his children, but that marriage ended back in 2013.
Gotti’s time on Drink Champs wasn’t all about the dating woes he suffered with Ashanti, although he did go into how he discovered when the singer began dating rapper Nelly and how it apparently broke his heart. Back in the days, social media and blog sites weren’t a thing so Gotti said he found out about Nelly and Ashanti while watching a professional basketball game.
On Twitter, Irv Gotti is getting framed as an industry creep for going after his much-younger artist at the time and using his influence incorrectly. It isn’t known if Ashanti has acknowledged Gott’s missives but we do have the reactions from Twitter below.
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Irv Gotti couldn’t wait to tell the world he was the typical industry predator.
— Ella Septima-Hamer (@jbrous41) August 7, 2022
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irv gotti and this “i’m hurt for real” tour.
stop.
— Xavier D’Leau (@XavierDLeau) August 8, 2022
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Nah this Irv Gotti Drink Champs episode is insane. Gotti was saying some sick shit.
— MAL (@MAL___) August 8, 2022
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Irv Gotti is proof you can’t give niggas pussy AT ALL.
— don’t fret, my negress. (@LeciJ_) August 7, 2022
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Irv Gotti: “Yeah so after me & Ashanti finished having sex…”
“Mr. Lorenzo, this is the Department of Motor Vehicles”
Irv Gotti: “& these parking tickets are foolish. Reminds me of the time when I was having sex with Ashanti”
— Maady The Gatekeeper (@MaadyBK67) August 8, 2022
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Irv Gotti beat the Feds in a million-dollar money-laundering trial but instead of telling that story, he chooses to talk about that time he slept with Ashanti 20 years ago.
— NUFF (@nuffsaidny) August 7, 2022
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Irv Gotti is disgusting. We can stop sharing clips of his interviews now.
— Little Miss Thique (@ZeeNTheCity) August 8, 2022
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Irv Gotti six minutes into his Drink Champs interview :
ASHANTI BOUGHT ME THIS WATCH ! pic.twitter.com/4g7Ul54GY1— MaltLiquorPapi (@LowkeyBrilliant) August 8, 2022
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Ashanti must got some A1 kewchie.
She got Irv Gotti confessing his love 20 years later and made Nelly remove that bandaid. pic.twitter.com/icojfWeyYg
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Irv Gotti is too old to be on the internet talking about when he had sex with Ashanti. I can’t stand a running mouth man.
— ACountryGirlWithALILCitySwag (@MsSouthernB4U) August 8, 2022
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Irv Gotti is 52 years pillow talking how he smashed Ashanti over 20 years ago. When he was in his 30s and she was like 21. Fam put that sh!t in Rice.
— Vada_Fly (@Vada_Fly) August 8, 2022
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Irv Gotti is a fucking loser.
— THIQUE (@ScottieBeam) August 7, 2022
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Irv Gotti went in on Ashanti, but in the same breath didn’t wanna hurt Jayz feelings over the “super group” thing. Does anybody see how crazy that is? Jayz feelings are more important than Ashanti? The artist that made u millions. Signed to your label. Smh.
— Isaiah Pope (@IQtheReal) August 8, 2022
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Irv Gotti is alot of things but he dont strike me as a liar. An obnoxiously annoying person? Absolutely.
— Ro Will (@RAW_SPK) August 8, 2022
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I wonder if Irv Gotti knows how silly it makes him look everytime he mentions Ashanti
— madlib fan acct (@TheRealAntonioA) August 7, 2022
