Hip-Hop Mourns Freestyle Fellowship Rapper P.E.A.C.E.
Los Angeles-bred MC P.E.A.C.E., a member of Freestyle Fellowship together with Myka 9, Self Jupiter and Aceyalone, has died. Social media tributes began pouring in on Saturday (October 26).
Freestyle Fellowship posted from their official Instagram account, writing, “Rest well brother P.E.A.C.E 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️ You had a great heart and you were authentic. One of West coast Hiphop royal treasures. You will be surely missed my friend.”
Condolences from fellow members of the Los Angeles Hip-Hop neighborhood peppered every publish—from Daddy Kev and Exile to the Visionaries and DJ Rhettmatic.
No explanation for loss of life has been revealed. AllHipHop has reached out to members of Freestyle Fellowship for extra info.
P.E.A.C.E. grew up largely in L.A. and, after exploring devices just like the accordion and double bass, began rapping throughout highschool years. Much like his crewmates, he honed his expertise at The Good Life Cafe, a neighborhood open-mic venue South Central L.A.
Freestyle Fellowship’s first album, To Whom It May Concern…, was launched in 1991 and highlighted their particular person rhyming types. Their second album, Innercity Griots, has been described as “an acknowledged underground masterpiece.”
P.E.A.C.E. launched his first solo album, Southern Fry’d Chicken, in 2000 and adopted up with Megabite in 2004.
In 2008, he was additionally featured within the award-winning documentary This Is the Life, which chronicled The Good Life Cafe’s influence on underground West Coast Hip-Hop.
P.E.A.C.E. and his Freestyle Fellowship brethren performed a groundbreaking function in shaping West Coast underground Hip-Hop by steering L.A. rap away from gangsta narratives towards a extra experimental, lyrical and jazz-infused sound. Their aforementioned albums established the blueprint for West Coast various rap, influencing artists similar to The Pharcyde, Hieroglyphics and even Bone Thugs-n-Harmony with their experimental cadences and harmonized flows.
In an period dominated by G-funk and industrial gangsta rap, Freestyle Fellowship helped construct the muse of L.A.’s underground Hip-Hop neighborhood, later embodied by the Project Blowed collective, their creative dwelling and one of many longest-running open mic workshops within the style’s historical past.
AllHipHop sends our condolences to all of P.E.A.C.E.’s family members.
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