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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1960-05-16
- Active to
- 2018-02-08
Discography
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Lovebug Starski (Kevin Smith, The Bronx, New York, U.S., May 16, 1960 – February 8, 2018) was an American MC, musician, and record producer. He began his career in 1971, as hip-hop first appeared in the Bronx, and he eventually became a DJ at the Disco Fever club in 1978. He is one of two people who may have come up with the term "hip-hop". Starski recorded his first single, "Positive Life," on the Tayster record label in 1981, sampled by the British Group MARRS with the single number one : Pum
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kevin
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Place of death
- Las Vegas
- Occupation
- record producer
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Epic Records
- Image
- Starski.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1960-05-16
- birth name
- Kevin Smith
- date of death
- 2018-02-08
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- pseudonym
- Lovebug Starski
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- Commons category
- Lovebug Starski
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