Vibe Talks With Irv Gotti

Lyor Cohen, head of the Island Def Jam label group, is trying to explain why he gets along so well with Irv Gotti, his hardheaded, trash-talking protégé. “I could be in my office with [Vivendi Universal CEO] Jean-Marie Messier, and Gotti will barge in and say, ‘All I know is, this guy working for you here is a fu**ing bastard!’ And Jean-Marie will say [Cohen puts on a French accent], ‘Really? Why is that?’ And Irv will say, ‘Because if I don’t have any hits, he will throw me the fu** out, and if I do have hits, he will take the most money possible for himself.'”