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Career

He has produced and remixed records for

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, Lady Sovereign, Kelis, 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

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series' On My Block and The Comedy Line Up. He scored the music for the opening music sequence of

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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

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and French Canada. His single "

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" has been featured in the Vibe Magazine Music Mixer iPad app, and has been featured in USA Networks TV show '' Royal Pains'' and '' Necessary Roughness'' as well as in MTV Rob Dyrdek's '' Fantasy Factory''. Kovas has also had his T.O.A.K featured on the season of Fox's ''

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''. His song "Up in Here" is featured on the '' Chocolate Swim'',

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''. He is featured on

'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 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 De La Soul,

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and

. 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

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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" (

) * 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" (

) feat.(KOVAS) ( No Place Like Brooklyn) * 2006: "Green I'z" (

) ( No Place Like Brooklyn) * 2006: "Hear Me" (

) ( No Place Like Brooklyn) * 2008: "Say What" (KOVAS) ( The Arrogance of Youth) * 2008: "Up in Here" (KOVAS) ( The Arrogance of Youth) * 2008: "Love & Touch" (KOVAS) ( The Arrogance of Youth) * 2008: "Popsicle" (KOVAS) ( The Arrogance of Youth) * 2008: "Popcorn" (KOVAS) ( The Arrogance of Youth) * 2008: "T.O.A.K" (KOVAS) ( The Arrogance of Youth) * 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) ( Reagan Babies) * 2009: "Reagan Babies" (KOVAS) ( Reagan Babies) * 2009: "Grape Drank" (KOVAS) ( Reagan Babies) * 2009: "Can't Get Enough" (KOVAS) ( Reagan Babies) * 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.(

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) * 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" ( Roxxi Jane) * 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) ('' On My Block'') * 2019: "Ratata" Nina Dioz) ('' On My Block'') * 2020: "Lunch Money" Ainsley Riches) ('' On My Block'') * 2020: "Tricky Ricky"

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) ('' On My Block'') * 2020: "Beat On The Street"

) ('' 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

– "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

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

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– "Hello Heartbreak (Kovas Ghetto Beat Remix)" Sony Records * 2010 Usher 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)