Hurby Azor
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{{short description|Haitian hip hop producer}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2009}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Hurby Azor
| alias = {{flatlist|
- Hurby Luv Bug
- Hurby's Machine
- Fingerprints
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1965}}
| birth_place = Port-de-Paix, Haiti
| origin = New York City, U.S.
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|keyboard}}
| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|new jack swing}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Musician|producer}}
| years_active = 1982–present
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Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor (born 1965), also known as Fingerprints, is a Haitian musician and hip-hop music producer. He 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.hot97.com/haitianindependence/index.aspx |title=Notable Haitians |access-date=March 26, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326080519/http://www.hot97.com/haitianindependence/index.aspx |archive-date=March 26, 2014 }}
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.Jamaican sales and charting data for "Anything for You" can be found in O'Brien Chang, Kevin and Chen, Wayne (1998) Reggae Routes: The Story of Jamaican music. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 211. {{ISBN|1566396298}}
Bibliography
- Kurutz, Steve, "[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p88757|pure_url=yes}} Hurby 'Luv Bug' Azor"], AllMusic.
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Category:American keyboardists
Category:American record producers
Category:Haitian emigrants to the United States
Category:Hip-hop record producers
Category:Musicians from New York City
Category:People from Port-de-Paix
Category:Haitian hip-hop musicians
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