Michael Peace – Threat To Society (1991)

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American rapper This biography of a living person **needs additional citations for verification**. Please help by adding reliable sources . Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced **must be removed immediately**, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. *Find sources:* "Michael Peace" – news **·** newspapers **·** books **·** scholar **·** JSTOR *(June 2021)* *(Learn how and when to remove this message)* \n","href":"./Template:Infobox_musical_artist"},"params":{"name":{"wt":"Michael Peace"},"image":{"wt":""},"caption":{"wt":""},"image_size":{"wt":"<!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels -->"},"background":{"wt":"solo_singer"},"birth_name":{"wt":""},"alias":{"wt":""},"birth_date":{"wt":"{{birth date and age|1958|11|30}}"},"death_date":{"wt":""},"origin":{"wt":"New York City, New York, United States"},"instrument":{"wt":""},"genre":{"wt":"[Christian rap], [Christian hip hop]"},"occupation":{"wt":"[Rapper], pastor"},"years_active":{"wt":"1985–1997"},"label":{"wt":"[Reunion Records|Reunion], [Starsong]"},"website":{"wt":""}},"i":0}}]}'> Michael Peace Born ( 1958-11-30 ) November 30, 1958 (age 67) Origin New York City, New York, United States Genres Christian rap , Christian hip hop Occupations Rapper , pastor Years active 1985–1997 Labels Reunion , Starsong Musical artist **Michael Peace** (born November 30, 1958) is an American rapper and one of Christian rap 's first solo artists. [ 1 ] Peace was raised in New York City as the second oldest of four children. Considered the Grandfather of Christian hip hop , [ 2 ] he received the "African-American of Distinction" award in 1994 for his commitment to urban communities from then New York Governor Mario Cuomo . [ 2 ] Peace is the founder and president of Michael Peace and Associates, a multi-faceted youth, urban affairs, music and general consulting organization. He has developed curriculum for educational at-risk children and is part of a team spearheading the establishing of abstinence education funding for the city of Rochester (the City-Wide Black Experience History game), as well as being an instructor in public schools. [ 2 ] Peace is the executive director and pastor of Bethel Express of AMERICA, a non-profit in Rochester, New York. He earned a B.S. degree in 1981 in mass media and speech communications from State University of New York at Brockport . In the early 1990s he was a contributing writer to Christian music publication Digital Audio Notebook/Diganote. [ 3 ] He was the co-author of an article in 2000 in the *Journal of Community Health* entitled "Abstinence Education for Urban Youth". [ 4 ] Peace started out in 1985 with several albums released by Reunion and StarSong Records in the late 1980s and early 1990s. [ 1 ] In 1995, he stopped touring in order to concentrate on mentoring at-risk youth in his hometown of Rochester. [ 5 ] After a long layoff, Peace made a live recording at Kingdom Bound in Darien Center , New York on August 7, 2007. It was his first new recording since 1994. During the live session, he assembled about two dozen artists to put together the "world's biggest freestyle single", where rappers each had several seconds to add their own unique lyrical spin to a funky beat. [ 5 ] Peace was married in 1987, and they have one son. He is also a 2018 recipient of the Martin Luther King Everyday Hero. [ *citation needed* ] Peace said that God told him "to minister by faith and not charge a fee." Thus, he only made $1,000-2,500 per concert at the height of his career. "The couple depended on God to provide for the ministry, and He did." [ 6 ] ### Discography [ edit ] - *RRRock It Right*, 1987 - *Rappin' Bold*, 1988 - *Vigilante of Hope*, 1989 - *Loud-N-Clear*, 1990 - *Threat to Society*, 1991 - *Outta Control*, 1994 ### References - 1 2 Powell, Mark Allan (2002). *Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music*. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. p. 681. ISBN 978-1565636798 . - 1 2 3 "Youth for Christ - Excel 2009" . Archived from the original on 2009-01-17 . Retrieved 2009-03-17 . - ↑ Diganote Publication - ↑ Carter-Jessop, Linda; Franklin, Lisa N.; Heath Jr., James W.; Jimenez-Irizarry, Gladys; Peace, Michael D. (2000). "Abstinence Education for Urban Youth" . *Journal of Community Health*. **25** (4): 293– 304. doi : 10.1023/A:1005160326267 . PMID 10941693 . - 1 2 Christian Rap at Kingdom Bound Deprecated link archived 2008-06-11 at archive.today - ↑ Tha Holy Hip Hop Database ### External links - The History of Christian Hip Hop & Christian Rap - Mike Peace Online - "Minister Raps About Faith" article in *Guideposts* magazine Authority control databases International - ISNI - VIAF - WorldCat National - United States Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Peace&oldid=1362705912 " Categories : - 1969 births - 20th-century American male rappers - 20th-century American rappers - Living people - Rappers from New York City - 21st-century American rappers - 21st-century American male musicians Hidden categories: - Articles with short description - Short description matches Wikidata - BLP articles lacking sources from June 2021 - All BLP articles lacking sources - Short description is different from Wikidata - Articles with hCards - Webarchive template archiveis links - All articles with unsourced statements - Articles with unsourced statements from June 2021