Lovebug Starski
Lovebug Starski (b. Kevin Smith) is an
American rapper and one of the pioneers of the form. His began his career as a record boy in 1971 as hip hop first appeared in the
Bronx area of
New York City, and he eventually became a
DJ at the club
Disco Fever in 1978.
Starski recorded his first single, "Positive Life", on
Tayster records in 1981. Later, he recorded the soundtrack to the 1986 film Rappin' on
Atlantic Records before recording his first album, "House Rock", on
Epic Records which featured his most successful chart single.
"Amityville (The House on the Hill)", a parody rap named in reference to the film
The Amityville Horror (itself based on alleged supernatural activities surrounding the
DeFeo murder case) was a top 20 hit in the UK and the USA in 1986.
A five-year jail sentence derailed Starski's career in the late
1980s but in the
1990s he began DJing again with old friend
DJ Hollywood.
According to some sources, Starski came up with the term "hip hop".
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