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Lovebug Starski

Resident DJ · DJ · Performer

Resident DJDJPerformer4 rooms · 23 connected figures

Biography

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Rooms they shaped

Disco Fever

1976–1986 · Highbridge, Bronx

ClosedClub

Resident DJ, Held the Monday night slot.

Harlem World

1978–1985 · Harlem, Manhattan

ClosedClub

DJ, Born Kevin Smith (Bronx); performed regularly at Harlem World and is widely credited with coining the term 'hip-hop' in live rhymes. His May 1979 performance at the club reportedly inspired Sylvia Robinson to record 'Rapper's Delight.' Died 2018, age 57.

Hotel Diplomat

1934–1993 (as hotel; building demolished 1994) · Midtown / Times Square, Manhattan

TransformedBallroom

DJ, Documented on the Dec. 24, 1979 hip-hop party flyer (Cornell University Library) and Easter 1981 recording (Troy L. Smith Collection).

Ecstasy Garage

late 1970s–early 1980s · Morrisania, Bronx

ClosedClub

Performer, MC and early hip-hop figure; performed at Ecstasy Garage.

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