Piotr Łuszcz (18 March 1978 – 26 December 2000), also known as Magik (pol. ''Magician''), was a Polish

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

and

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. From 1994 to 1998 he was a member of the Polish hip hop group

Kaliber 44 Kaliber 44 is a hip hop band formed at the end of 1994 in Katowice, Poland. The group is dubbed the most influential Polish hip hop band, while their so-called ''hardcore psycho rap'' style is the most prominent. As revealed by Abradab in an ...

. After he left Kaliber 44 he formed the group Paktofonika with Sebastian Salbert (stage name "

Rahim Rahim (''Raḥīm'' , also anglicized as Raheem) is one of the names of Allah in Islam, meaning "Merciful", from the root ''R-Ḥ-M''. It is also used as a personal male name, short for Abdu r-Raḥīm "Servant of the Merciful". Spellings include ...

"), and Wojciech Alszer (stage name "Fokus"). Łuszcz committed suicide on 26 December 2000 at around 6.15 a.m. by jumping from the window of his ninth-floor apartment. He was pronounced dead in a local hospital at around 6.45 a.m., leaving behind his wife Justyna and his 3-year-old son Filip.

Discography

; Kaliber 44 * ''Usłysz Nasze Demo!'' (1994) (Demo) * '' Księga Tajemnicza. Prolog'' (1996) * ''

W 63 minuty dookoła świata ''W 63 minuty dookoła świata'' (Polish: ''Around the world in 63 minutes'') is the second studio album by Polish hip-hop group Kaliber 44 released March 2, 1998 on S.P. Records. On November 25, 1998 the album went gold according to ZPAV. In Pol ...

'' (1998) ; Paktofonika * ''

Kinematografia ''Kinematografia'' is the debut studio album by Polish hip-hop trio Paktofonika, released on December 18, 2000, on Gigant Records. The material for the project was being gathered for over two years from 1998 to 2000. The album was promoted with a ...

'' (2000) * ''Archiwum Kinematografii'' (2002)

References

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