Lovebug Starski

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Lovebug Starski (born Kevin Smith) is an American rapper and one of the pioneers of the form. His began his career as a record boy in 1971 as hip-hop first appeared in the Bronx area of New York City, and he eventually became a DJ at the club "Disco Fever" in 1978.

Starski recorded his first single, "Positive Life", on Tayster record label in 1981. Later, he recorded the soundtrack to the 1986 film Rappin' on Atlantic Records before recording his first album, House Rock, on Epic Records which featured his most successful chart single.

"Amityville (The House on the Hill)", a parody rap named in reference to the film The Amityville Horror (itself based on alleged supernatural activities surrounding the DeFeo murder case) was a Top 20 hit in the UK Singles Chart and the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. in 1986.

A five-year jail sentence derailed Starski's career in the late 1980s but in the 1990s he began DJing again with old friend DJ Hollywood.

According to some sources, Starski came up with the term "hip hop".