Lovebug Starski, born Kevin Smith in New York City, was a well-known DJ and rapper in the South Bronx in the 1970s and 1980s. He is regarded as having coined the term "hip-hop" with a member of the rap collective the Furious Five. He died on Feb. 8, 2018, in Las Vegas.
Survived his mother, Martha Bowes, two sisters, Kim Shaw, and Karen Rivers, three daughters, Tiffany Williams, Shantel Williams, and Bryanna Smith, three granddaughters, and one grandson.
