He was born in the city of Brooklyn. He started his career in the 1970s as a recording engineer. He was lucky that he got the chance of working with stars like Bruce Springsteen and John Lennon. He provided support for recording for albums for Stevie Nicks, U2. He also produced albums for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Dire Straits, Simple Minds and Patti Smith. He co-founded the records company in Interscope Reco rds. He co founded it in the year 1990. Later it is called as Interscope-Geffen-A&M. It was called by this name when PolyGram was claimed by Universal. Iovine was selected co-chairman that time. In the year 2001, he was named as Chairman.
He helped Eminem to get signed with him for Aftermath. He co produced the Eminem hit movie 8 Mile. In the year 2004, he along with Paul Rosenberg signed a deal with MTV Films and Paramount Pictures so that they can work on their banners like Aftermath or Interscope or Shady.
The first film that was co-produced by Iovine which fell under this deal was Get Rich or Die Tryin'. In the year 2008, the combined group released the hit "Beats by Dr. Dre" . Iovine co-produced the album "Seven" of Enrique Iglesias. Iovine worked as co-producer for Maverick and LeBron James.
He married the famous model and writer Vicki Iovine. Vicki's was famous as a writer for her book "The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy". They used to live in Staten Island in New York together. They have four children together.
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