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The second of six children, John Percy Simon was just three when his mother moved his family to the Patterson projects in the South Bronx in the early ’70s It was there that Percy (as he was called) witnessed the birth of hip-hop

Perfec is a California rap artist from Long Beach, but not the typical gangsta rapper often seen from the area His creativity shows through on his full-length debut, Best Kept Secret on the Ark21 record label, released in 2001

Pete Philly & Perquisite Biography, Photos, Pictures

Vocalist Pete Philly and producer/instrumentalist Perquisite met up for the first time in Amsterdam, where both were living, in 2002 Perquisite, who also ran the Dutch indie nu jazz/hip-hop label Unexpected Records, liked what he heard in the Aruba-born singer and rapper, and by the next year the duo had issued its first EP, Mind

Rapper, DJ, and producer Pete Rock first emerged in 1991 as one half of a duo with CL Smooth, debuting with the All Souled Out EP A hit LP, Mecca and the Soul Brother, followed before the two went their separate ways in the wake of 1994’s The Main Ingredient, with Rock remaining a prolific studio presence prior to the release of his solo debut, Soul Survivor, on Loud/RCA four years later

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth Biography, Photos, Pictures

Mt Vernon, New Yorkers Pete Rock (a producer/DJ) and rapper CL Smooth emerged in 1992 as both a powerhouse performance duo and as prolific producers Their 1992 album Mecca and the Soul Brother was a hip-hop classic with great cuts including “They Reminisce Over You (T

The biggest hip-hop impresario of the mid-’90s, Sean Combs — known as Puff Daddy both here and in the world of rap until his professional name change to P Diddy, then just Diddy — created a multi-million-dollar industry around Bad Boy Entertainment, with recordings by the Notorious B

Rather than taking the underground route like most Southern rappers, Petey Pablo took the direct route into the rap game: he went straight to the top Though few knew much about him, Pablo suddenly broke in late 2001, and not just in the South but from coast to coast — MTV rotated his video and urban radio championed his debut single

Petter was not the first Swedish MC Neither was he the one that made Swedish an accepted language on the domestic hip-hop scene, that honor goes to the Latin Kings But Petter was the first Swedish hip-hop artist breaking through to a mass audience, making the genre marketable and, by that, making way for a great number of younger MCs

Pharoahe Monch Biography, Photos, Pictures

While a member of the New York City duo Organized Konfusion, Pharoahe Monch developed a reputation as one of underground hip-hop’s pre-eminent lyricists, crafting intricate and intelligent raps with partner Prince Poetry

Pharrell Williams Biography, Photos, Pictures

Pharrell Williams didn’t only help change the face of pop music during the late ’90s and early 2000s He also was one of the faces of pop music — as a charismatic star who often stole the show when producing and/or guesting on other artists’ hit singles