Hip-Hop Legend P.E.A.C.E. of Freestyle Fellowship Dead, Group Confirms

[Diddly Drogba]

P.E.A.C.E. honed his craft at Los Angeles’ legendary Good Life Cafe in the late 1980s, where he met Myka 9, Aceyalone, and eventually Self Jupiter, forming the trailblazing group Freestyle Fellowship. Their lyrically dense, innovative, and grounded sound helped define alternative hip-hop, leaving a lasting mark on acts like The Pharcyde.

Freestyle Fellowship’s seminal albums, including 1991’s To Whom It May Concern... and 1993’s Innercity Griots, showcased P.E.A.C.E.’s unmatched penmanship. He also released solo projects, Southern Fry’d Chicken (2000) and Megabite (2004), further cementing his legacy. Beyond records, he contributed to the Project Blowed collective, one of hip-hop’s longest-running open-mic workshops.

Tributes from across the hip-hop community poured in. Blu, frequent collaborator with Myka 9, wrote on Instagram, “P.E.A.C.E. is the illest emcee from the most infamous Freestyle Fellowship… There will never be another. Peace P.E.A.C.E., rest in power & paradise.” Other artists honoring him included Exile, Open Mike Eagle, Kenny Segal, Saul Williams, and Aesop Rock.

https://www.complex.com/music/a/markelibert/hip-hop-legend-peace-of-freestyle-fellowship-passes-away

 

[Art Barr]

Rest in power fellow fellowship.


Art Barr

 

[NikFuq]

R.I.P.

West Coast underground legend

 

[boogers]

oh my god, i totally missed this

a friend of mine made music with him. he died a couple years back, but he put me on to freestyle fellowship and the whole good life scene. wow

i didnt know until it until just now (it was recent) and i was gonna make a thread, thankfully there was one already

so many good artists are dying off. its horrible

i was literally looking him up from seeing he featured on another album and i saw his wiki page said "WAS". i had no idea he passed away. wow

 

[boogers]