Irv Gotti x HBO. Even though Irv’s Murder, Inc. days are well behind him you have to give credit for his hustle. Not only did he lock in a second season of “Gotti’s Way” on VH-1 (trailer), but now he is in talks with HBO to produce an “Entourage” style TV series but with focus on the music business instead of film. The show is tentatively called “160 Varick” which is the origianal Def Jam building.

Irv told XXL Mag that he even has super-agent Ari Emanuel pitching the script and locking in the deal. If that’s true then that is major. Ari owns Hollywood. This is what Irv had to say about the TV deal:

I got a show with HBO brewing and it’s called 160 Varick. That’s where I started at, that’s the address to the old Def Jam. Now the show is like Entourage but it’s based on the music side. That should tip you off. I’ve already met with the presidents of HBO but I just don’t like talking about it because it may never see the light of day if it’s not great the way I want it to be. My agent is Ari, the real Ari, Ari Emannuel. The guy that Jeremy Piven plays on the show, in real life, that’s my agent. So I’m in the process of finding the best writers to write the sexiest, wittiest, funniest shit that’ll make a great HBO series.

This sounds like it could actually be a great show. There have only been a few that really explore the music industry and how corrupt interesting it really all is. Props to NahRight for the heads up.

• Trailer to second season of VH-1’s “Gotti’s Way”
• Irv Gotti’s “Gotti’s Way” reality show renewed by VH-1