Posted: Tue., Apr. 2, 2002, 10:00pm PT

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Def Jam reups with Murder Inc.

Label inks 5-year pact with hot music co.

Island Def Jam has reupped its exclusive joint-venture pact with the highly successful hip-hop and R&B label imprint Murder Inc., home to multiplatinum rap artist Ja Rule, for a new five-year term, sources close to the situation said.

Terms of the new deal weren't disclosed.

"I re-signed with Island Def Jam because of my relationship with 'Lansky,' a.k.a. Lyor Cohen, who I feel is like my father in the music business," Murder Inc. founder Irv Gotti said of IDJ's prexy and chief exec. "I started with him, and I'm going to finish with him."

Gotti started Murder Inc. in 1997, following a stint in the A&R department at Def Jam Records. Exec's signings include Rule, whose two LPs "Rule 3:36" and "Pain Is Love" have been certified triple- and double-platinum, respectively.

Exec has also produced work from Jay-Z, DMX, Mary J. Blige and Michael Jackson, among others.

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