Magik (rapper)

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{{Short description|Polish rapper}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

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| birth_name = Piotr Łuszcz

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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1978|03|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Jelenia Góra, Jelenia Góra Voivodeship, Polish People's Republic

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|12|26|1978|03|18|df=yes}}

| death_place = Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

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| genre = Hip hop

| occupation = Rapper, songwriter

| years_active = 1992–2000

| label = S.P. Records, Gigant Records

| associated_acts = Kaliber 44, Paktofonika

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Piotr Łuszcz (18 March 1978 – 26 December 2000), also known as Magik (pol. Magician), was a Polish rapper and record producer. From 1993 to 1998, he was a member of the Polish hip-hop group Kaliber 44. After he left Kaliber 44, he formed the group Paktofonika with Sebastian Salbert (stage name Rahim) and Wojciech Alszer (stage name Fokus).{{cite web | url=http://www.wiadomosci24.pl/artykul/od_dziesieciu_lat_nie_ma_z_nami_magika_piotra_luszcza_175131.html | title=Od dziesięciu lat nie ma z nami "Magika" Piotra Łuszcza | publisher=Wiadomości24 | date=December 26, 2010 | accessdate=October 18, 2012 | author=Błochowiak, Katarzyna}}{{cite web | url=http://www.wiadomosci24.pl/artykul/ulotne_chwile_lapie_jak_fotka_84318.html | title=Ulotne chwile łapię jak fotka | publisher=Wiadomości24 | date=December 9, 2009 | accessdate=October 18, 2012 | author=Majchrzak, Paweł | language=Polish}}

Łuszcz committed suicide on 26 December 2000 around 6.15 a.m. by jumping from the window of his ninth-floor apartment.{{cite web | url=http://www.money.pl/archiwum/wiadomosci_agencyjne/pap/artykul/rozpoczely%3Bsie%3Bzdjecia%3Bdo%3Bfilmu%3Bfabularnego%3Bo%3Bzespole%3Bpaktofonika,113,0,776049.html | title=Rozpoczęły się zdjęcia do filmu fabularnego o zespole Paktofonika | publisher=Money.pl | date=February 22, 2011 | accessdate=October 18, 2012 | language=Polish}} He was pronounced dead at a local hospital at around 6.45 a.m., leaving behind his wife Justyna and their 3-year-old son Filip.{{Cite web |title=Rocznica śmierci Magika - co się stało 26.12.2000 w Katowicach? |url=https://www.eska.pl/news/magik-rocznica-smierci-magika-co-sie-stalo-26-12-2000-w-katowicach-2023-aa-hcAG-FQcR-UN75.html |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=www.eska.pl |language=pl}}