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Kovas
Kovas

"A little Punk, A little thug people call it Thunk."....

Once there was a kid that was just as influenced by Nirvana as he was by Dr.Dre. Just as influenced by Radiohead as he was by Prince. On his 12th birthday he recieved a skateboard and a turntable and it forever changed his world.By skateboarding Kovas was introduced to kids with different world views. By spinning records on his turntable, he began to learn to DJ and developed a passion for music. Kovas began to write raps and music, inspired by the places, people and cultures he interacted with. Kovas' father came to America for a better life, so Kovas was no stranger to adjusting to new ideas.

Soon his new friends introduced him to new sounds, new records, new ideas that weren't familiar in his Brooklyn hood. So he began to pick up instruments and cultivate a sound all his own. Not relying on sampling to create his music, he began to compose soundtracks pulling from his Latin/Morrocaan background, Rock, Soul and Hip Hop influences.

Sometimes playing every instrument on his pieces, Kovas displays the musical proficiency seen in such artist as Dave Grohl, Lenny Kravitz, and Prince. With the diverse production chops of Rick Rubin, The Neptunes, Timbaland, and Dr. Dre. Kovas simultaneously created his own sound and his own genre of music. And he christened it Ghetto Beat. Now experience it for yourself.

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About

Kovas (born Kovasciar Myvette, August 1 1984, Brooklyn, New York) is a songwriter, record producer and recording artist of Spanish and French decent (Central America and Morroco).

He has produced and remixed records for 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" [1] 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 [2] would later post an article featuring Kovas and talking about his song.

Feb 13, 2007 Kovas released his debut ep The Arrogance of Youth EP" thorough his own digital label, Ghetto Beat.

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Discography

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Albums

The Arrogance of Youth EP
Released: 2007
Label: Ghetto Beat
No Place Like Brooklyn
Released: 2006
Label: Hollywood Records
Big City
Released: 2005
Label:V2 Records
Nick Cannon
Released: 2004
Label: Jive Records
Bring Me The Head of Freq Nasty
Released: 2004
Label:Skint
Ohh single
Released: 2000
Label: TommyBoy

Production credits

Remixes

  • 2005 Billy Crawford f.KOVAS - "Steamy Nights (KOVAS Ghetto Beat Remix)" V2 Records
  • 2006 Shakira f.Wyclef & KOVAS - "Hips Don't Lie (KOVAS Ghetto Beat Remix)"
  • 2006 Lady Sovereign - "Fiddle With The Volume (KOVAS Ghetto Beat Remix)" Chocolate Industries
  • 2007 Justin Timberlake - "Summer Love (KOVAS Ghetto Beat Remix)" Jive Records
  • 2008 Chris Brown - "With You (KOVAS Ghetto Beat Remix)" Jive Records / Ultra Records
  • 2008 T-Pain f Lil Wayne - "Can't Believe It (KOVAS Ghetto Beat Remix)" Jive Records
  • 2008 T-Pain f Ludacris - "Chopped & Skrewed (KOVAS Ghetto Beat Remix)" Jive Records
  • 2009 Ciara f Young Jeezy - "Chopped & Skrewed (KOVAS Ghetto Beat Remix)" Jive Records
  • 2009 Michelle Williams - "Hello Heartbreak (KOVAS Ghetto Beat Remix)" Sony Records
  • 2010 Usher f Will.I.Am - "OMG (KOVAS Ghetto Beat Remix)" Jive Records

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