Kevin Smith (May 16, 1960 – February 8, 2018), best known by his stage name Lovebug Starski, was an American MC, musician, and record producer. He began his career as a record boy 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 claimed that he coined the phrase, while trading the two words back and forth, while improvising lines with Keef Cowboy of the Furious Five, at a farewell party for a friend who was headed into the Army.
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DJ Hollywood
American rapper and DJ
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Kurtis Blow
American rapper
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Busy Bee Starski
American rapper
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Grandmaster Flash
American rapper and DJ
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Spyder-D
American rapper
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Larry Smith
American musician and record producer (1952-2014)
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Disco King Mario
rapper
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The World's Famous Supreme Team
American hip hop radio show crew and recording group
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Double Dee and Steinski
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Afrika Bambaataa
American DJ, record producer and activist
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Force MDs
band
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Grandmaster Caz
American rapper
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Arthur Baker
American musician, record producer, dj, songwriter
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DJ Harvey
British DJ
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Dimitri from Paris
French music producer and DJ of Turkish origin
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Todd Terry
American DJ and house producer
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Rudy Grant
Reggae musician
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Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
American hip hop duo
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John Benitez
American musician
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Little Louie Vega
American musician
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Funky 4 + 1
American hip-hop group
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Jim Jones
American rapper and music video director from New York
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Marley Marl
American DJ, record producer, rapper and record label founder
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DJ Magic Mike
American record producer and disc jockey
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J Boogie
American record producer
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Spoonie Gee
American musician
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Tony Humphries
American disc jockey
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The Fat Boys
American hip hop trio
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Scatman Crothers
American entertainer (1910-1986)
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The Real Richie Rich
American record producer
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Run-DMC
American hip hop group
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François Kevorkian
French DJ of Armenian descent
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Grooverider
British DJ
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D. Train
American musical ensemble
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Wayne Garfield
Collaborating Songwriter, producer, vocalist, for four decades
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Whodini
American hip-hop group
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Cameo
American band
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
American hip-hop group
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Crooked I
American hip-hop artist
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Prince Markie Dee
American rapper and producer, member of the Fat Boys
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Kool Moe Dee
American rapper
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MC Shan
American rapper
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Junior Reid
Jamaican reggae and dancehall singer
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Scratch Perverts
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Liondub
musical artist
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DJ Rhettmatic
American DJ
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Melle Mel
American hip-hop musician and member of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
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DJ Cassidy
DJ