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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 |
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Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor (born September 26, 1964), also known as Fingerprints, is a Haitian musician and hip-hop music producer. Azor is best known for discovering and producing the hip–hop trio Salt-N-Pepa and the rap duo Kid 'n Play.
Early life
Born in Port-de-Paix, Azor is Haitian.[2]
Career
In late 1985, with the rise of hip-hop response records all the rage, Azor 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." He also went on to produce Dana Dane, Sweet Tee, Kwamé and others.
Azor wrote and performed in Salt-N-Pepa's music video for "Push It", on keyboards and backup vocals, and also wrote the trio's song "Let's Talk About Sex, among others." In 1995, he co-wrote and produced Snow's single "Anything for You," which became the top-selling single in Jamaica that year.[3]
Personal life
Azor also dated Salt from 1984 to 1989, during which time he conceived a baby with another woman.
Bibliography
- Kurutz, Steve, "Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor," Allmusic.
References
- ^ In Search of the Black Fantastic : Politics and Popular Culture
- ^ "Notable Haitians". Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ 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.