P.E.A.C.E.

A member of the Los Angeles-based underground rap foursome Freestyle Fellowship from the early to mid-'90s, P.E.A.C.E. (born Mtulazaji Davis) popped up here and there on singles and compilations since then. He was heard on the Beneath the Surface compilation put out by Celestial in 1999, and Fat Jack's double-disc release, Cater to the DJ, also in 1999. He followed up with his first solo effort in Southern Fry'd Chicken for 2000. P.E.A.C.E. died on October 24, 2025; he was 61 years old. ~ Brad Mills