Lovebug Starski, Co-Inventor Of The Term ‘Hip-Hop,’ Dead At Age 57

Hip-Hop Original: Lovebug Starski during Magic Convention – Phat Farm Party at Palms Hotel in Las Vegas. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

Lovebug Starski may not have been the most famous name in hip-hop, but perhaps more than anyone else, he deserves credit for giving hip-hop its name. The Bronx-born DJ and rapper, who passed away yesterday in Las Vegas due to a heart attack, coined the term with the help of Cowboy of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (Cowboy died in 1989).

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