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Man Parrish (born Manuel Joseph Parrish, May 6, 1958, Brooklyn, New York) was a fixture of Studio 54's Warhol-adjacent nightlife scene -- his nickname came from Andy Warhol himself via Interview magazine -- before channeling Kraftwerk's man-machine electronics and Giorgio Moroder's disco-funk into 1982's instrumental single 'Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop),' one of the foundational tracks of electro. His self-titled 1982 debut album for Importe/12 sold over two million copies worldwide. Parrish said the single faced backlash within the Black hip-hop community once his race and sexuality became known, telling Red Bull Music Academy 'I was making the music that they played, and then they found out I was white and gay they pulled it.' He later found UK chart success with 'Male Stripper' (as Man 2 Man) and worked as a producer/mixer for Michael Jackson, Boy George, and Gloria Gaynor.

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