Kovas
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| KOVAS | |
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| Birth name | Kovasciar Myvette |
| Born | August 1, 1981 |
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York |
| Genre(s) | Hip hop, R&B, Pop, Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, Actor, Record Producer |
| Years active | 2000–present (producer/rapper/songwriter) 1998–present (acting) |
| Label(s) | Ghetto Beat |
| Associated acts | Justin Timberlake,De La Soul, Nick Cannon, Billy Crawford, Jeannie Ortega, Freq Nasty |
| Website | ghettobeat.com |
Kovas (born Kovasciar Myvette, August 1, 1981, Brooklyn, New York) is an American songwriter, record producer and recording artist of Spanish and French decent (Central America and Morroco).
He has produced and remixed records for Justin Timberlake,Chris Brown,Nick Cannon, De La Soul, Nicole Wray, Jeannie Ortega, Shakira, Lady Sovereign, Kelis, Papoose, Freq Nasty and Billy Crawford. He has done ghost production and songwriting for a lot of successful artists before branching out on his own.
He is currently working on his own solo project. His song "Up In Here" is featured on the Chocolate Swim Adult Swim Cartoon Network compilation.
He is featured on Jeannie Ortega's No Place Like BKLYN album, on which, he wrote and produced three songs; "Pay It" featuring Kovas, "Green I'z" and "Hear Me". He is also featured on the Billy Crawford album, Big City. He produced and wrote four songs on it, including the single "Steamy Nights" and "Steamy Nights Ghetto Beat Remix".
Kovas has a production company called Ghetto Beat Productions.
His first recorded appearance was on the De La Soul record, Words And Verbs, which he wrote, co-produced and rapped on with Maseo of De La Soul when he was 17.
Kovas has appeared on tour with De La Soul, Billy Crawford and Jeannie Ortega. Kovas plays five instruments, sings, raps and engineers on most of his productions. He has done musical scores for film and TV, winning an Art Directors Award for the ad campaign he wrote and scored for Noggin television.
He has also scored music for a Levi's jeans ad campaign and a documentary film, Hip Hop Immortals.
Kovas' song "Up in Here" was featured in an episode of MTVs' series Maui Fever The response to the song was so great that The "Maui Fever" Fansite maui-fever.com would later post an article featuring Kovas and talking about his song.
February 13, 2007 Kovas released his debut ep The Arrogance of Youth EP" thorough his own digital label, Ghetto Beat.
December 2007 Kovas was commissioned to do the Official International remix of Summer Love for Justin Timberlake.
March 4, 2008 Kovas' Ghetto Beat Remix of Chris Brown's "With You" was released on Jive Records.
[edit] Discography
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[edit] Albums
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With You - Chris Brown |
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It's Time - Kovas vs. Billy Crawford
"It'S Time (Kovas'Deux Cafés Dans Montmartre Remix)", |
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The Arrogance of Youth EP - KOVAS
"Popsicle", "Love And Touch","Popcorn", |
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| No Place Like BKLYN - Jeannie Ortega
"Green I'z", "Hear Me" |
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Chocolate Swim
& in between song host and pro tools editing |
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Steamy Nights - Billy Crawford
"Steamy Nights Ghetto Beat Remix" featuring Kovas |
