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, record producer, music composer and

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of Spanish and French descent (Central America and Morocco). He has produced and remixed records for Justin Timberlake,

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, Lady Sovereign,

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, M.I.A., Freq Nasty and

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. He has done ghost production and songwriting for many successful artists before branching out on his own. KOVAS' songs are represented by Downtown Music Publishing. In 2017 he won a Clio Award for the Dunkin Donuts campaign he produced, wrote and starred in with New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. Kovas is also the music composer for the Netflix series' On My Block and

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's " I Knew You Were Trouble" MTV VMA Award-winning music video, five Covergirl commercials. One directed by Hype Williams starring Queen Latifah and another starring Drew Barrymore which air in America and French Canada. His single " Ready" has been featured in the

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''. Kovas has also had his T.O.A.K featured on the season of

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's '' American Dad!'' from creator Seth MacFarlane who is also the creator of '' Family Guy''. His song "Up in Here" is featured on the '' Chocolate Swim'', Cartoon Network's

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compilation as well as the Oscar nominated film '' Captain Phillips''. Hot Girls appeared in the #1 film ''

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''. He is featured on Jeannie Ortega's '' No Place Like BKLYN'' album, on which, he wrote and produced three songs; "Pay It" featuring Kovas, "

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" and " Hear Me". He is also featured on the French recording artist's

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 & indie record label called Ghetto Beat & Art School Rebellion. He also runs a publishing company Infinite Rhythm Inc. KOVAS has appeared on tour with

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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. KOVAS produced, composed and appeared in Dunkin Donuts with New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.

Discography

Production credits

* 2001: "Words & Verbs" ( Maseo De La Soul) feat.(KOVAS) (single) * 2002: "Brooklyn to Brixton" ( Freq Nasty) feat.(KOVAS) (single) * 2003: "Attitude" ( Nick Cannon) * 2004: "Intro" (

)( Big City) * 2004: "Steamy Nights" (

)( Big City) * 2004: "Three Wishes" (

) feat.(KOVAS) ( Big City) * 2004: "Hiccups" (

)( Big City) * 2004: "Cowboy" (

) feat. (KOVAS) ( Big City) * 2005: "Bounce" (Rosette) feat.(KOVAS) (Uh Oh) * 2005: "Mirage" (Rosette) feat.(KOVAS) (Uh Oh) * 2005: "Delirious Ghetto Beat Remix" (Rosette) feat.(KOVAS) (Uh Oh) * 2005: "I Owe" (Rosette) (Uh Oh) * 2006: "Pay It" ( Jeannie Ortega) feat.(KOVAS) ( No Place Like Brooklyn) * 2006: "Green I'z" ( Jeannie Ortega) ( No Place Like Brooklyn) * 2006: "Hear Me" ( Jeannie Ortega) ( No Place Like Brooklyn) * 2008: "Say What" (KOVAS) (

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) * 2008: "Up in Here" (KOVAS) (

) * 2008: "Love & Touch" (KOVAS) (

) * 2008: "Popsicle" (KOVAS) (

) * 2008: "Popcorn" (KOVAS) (

) * 2008: "T.O.A.K" (KOVAS) (

) * 2008: "So Hot" (KOVAS) ( Prom Night) * 2008: "Love & Touch" (KOVAS) ( Prom Night) * 2008: "Hasta La Vista" (Camp Rock) ( Camp Rock) * 2009: "Wax on Wax Off" (KOVAS) (

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) * 2009: "Reagan Babies" (KOVAS) (

) * 2009: "Grape Drank" (KOVAS) (

) * 2009: "Can't Get Enough" (KOVAS) (

) * 2010: "It's On" (Camp Rock 2) ( Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam) * 2010: "Tear It Down" (Camp Rock 2) ( Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam) * 2010: "Been Doing My Thang" ( Nyne West) feat.( Yung Joc) * 2010: "Overdrive" ( Nyne West) feat.(

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)&(KOVAS) * 2010: "UpperCut" ( Nyne West) feat.( Red Cafe) * 2010: "Full Time Lover" ( Nyne West) * 2010: "Roll The Credits" (

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) * 2010: "Ready" (KOVAS) * 2013: "Ice Cream" (KOVAS) * 2013: "Hello Bright Lights" (KOVAS) * 2013: "Student to the Game Mixtape" (KOVAS) * 2014: "Hot Girls"(KOVAS)

* 2015: "Hello Bright Lights"(KOVAS) Hello, My Name Is Doris * 2016: "Like They Do" (Omarion f Nikki Glaser) * 2018: "Bottle rocket" KOVAS(feat. Domo Genesis) from Netflix Original Series On My Block * 2019: "Ratata"

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) from Netflix Original Series On My Block * 2020: "Lunch Money" Ainsley Riches) from Netflix Original Series On My Block * 2020: "Tricky Ricky"

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) from Netflix Original Series On My Block * 2020: "Beat On The Street"

) from Netflix Original Series On My Block

Remixes

* 2005

f. Kovas – "Steamy Nights (Kovas Ghetto Beat Remix)" V2 Records * 2006

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

– "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

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– "Chopped & Skrewed (Kovas Ghetto Beat Remix)" Jive Records * 2009 Ciara f

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– "Chopped & Skrewed (Kovas Ghetto Beat Remix)" Jive Records * 2009 Michelle Williams – "Hello Heartbreak (Kovas Ghetto Beat Remix)" Sony Records * 2010

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f will.i.am – "OMG (Kovas Ghetto Beat Remix)" Jive Records

Other albums and songs produced by Kovas

References

External links

Kovas official website
* AllMusic Guide* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kovas 1984 births American hip hop record producers Living people Rappers from Brooklyn Rappers from Manhattan American people of Moroccan descent 21st-century American rappers Record producers from New York (state) Singer-songwriters from New York (state)