Hurby Azor

Haitian hip hop producer

Hurby Luv Bug
Hurby's Machine
Fingerprints

Born1965 (age 58–59)^[1]
Port-de-Paix, HaitiOriginNew York City, U.S.Genres

Hip hop
new jack swing

Occupation(s)

Musician
producer

Instrument(s)

Vocals
keyboard

Years active1982–present

Musical artist

Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor (born 1965),^[1] 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.^[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 Crews "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]

Bibliography

Kurutz, Steve, "Hurby 'Luv Bug' Azor", AllMusic.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Iton, R. (2008). In Search of the Black Fantastic: Politics and Popular Culture in the Post-Civil Rights Era. Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities. Oxford University Press. p. 394. ISBN 978-0-19-972083-5. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
^ "Notable Haitians". Archived from the original on March 26, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
^ 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