Hurby Azor

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.

Hurby Azor
Birth nameHerby Azor[1]
Also known as
  • Hurby Luv Bug
  • Hurby's Machine
  • Fingerprints
Born (1964-09-26) September 26, 1964
Port-de-Paix, Haiti
OriginNew York City, New York, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • producer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • keyboard
Years active1982–present
Associated acts

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

References
  1. In Search of the Black Fantastic : Politics and Popular Culture
  2. "Notable Haitians". Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  3. 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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