Hurby Azor
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| Birth name | Herby Azor[1] |
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| Born | September 26, 1964 Port-de-Paix, Haiti |
| Origin | New York City, New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1982–present |
Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor, also known as Fingerprints, (born September 26, 1964) is a Haitian musician and hip-hop music producer. Azor is best known for discovering the successful female hip–hop trio Salt-n-Pepa and the also successful hip-hop duo Kid 'n Play.
Biography
Born in Port-de-Paix, Azor is of Haitian descent.[2]
Career
In late 1985, with the fad of hip-hop response records all the rage, Hurby and the group Salt-n-Pepa (then known as Super Nature) recorded a response to Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew's "The Show" called "The Show Stoppa." Hurby would also go on to produce Dana Dane, Sweet Tee, Kwamé, and others.
Hurby wrote and performed in Salt-N-Pepa's music video for "Push It", on keyboards and back vocals, and also wrote the duo's song "Let's Talk About Sex." In 1995, Azor co-wrote and produced Snow's single "Anything for You", which became the top-selling single in Jamaica that year.[3]
References
- Kurutz, Steve, "Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor," Allmusic.
- ^ In Search of the Black Fantastic : Politics and Popular Culture
- ^ "Notable Haitians". Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Jamaican sales and charting data for "Anything for You" can be found in Kevin O'Brien Chang and Wayne Chen, Reggae Routes: The Story of Jamaican music (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998), 211.
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