Paras Griffin/Getty Gotti produced Ashanti's chart-topping solo hits "Foolish," "Rain on Me" and "Mesmerize" in the early 2000s. He won the best contemporary R&B album Grammy in 2003 for co ...

featuring Ashanti, peaked at No. 2; and her own "Foolish" spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100. Billboard recently named "Foolish" and "I'm Real" among the Top Hot 100 Songs of the 21st Century.

Ashanti at the Target Center in Minneapolis (Photo by Nagashia Jackson for rolling out) The music industry continues to process the sudden loss of Irv Gotti, the influential founder of Murder Inc ...