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Peter Phillips was born in [[The Bronx]] in [[New York City, New York]]<ref name="peterock.tribe.net">{{cite web |url=http://peterock.tribe.net/thread/032f66d2-a223-400c-a902-fe166be14676 |title=Wax Poetic interview – Pete Rock – tribe.net |publisher=Peterock.tribe.net |date=February 12, 2004 |access-date=May 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220125121/http://peterock.tribe.net/thread/032f66d2-a223-400c-a902-fe166be14676 |archive-date=February 20, 2012 }}</ref> the fourth of five children born to [[Jamaica]]n immigrant parents,<ref>[http://nature-sounds.net/artists/pete-rock/ Pete Rock.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308112931/http://nature-sounds.net/artists/pete-rock/ |date=March 8, 2011 }} Nature-sounds.net. Accessed on November 24, 2010.</ref>, Leighton Phillips<ref name="credit">{{cite AV media notes|title=Pete Rock, PeteStrumentals 2|others=[[Pete Rock]]|year=2015|publisher=[[Mello Music Group]]|type=CD booklet}}</ref> and Eda Phillips{{better source needed|date=July 2024}} . His family moved to [[Mount Vernon, New York]] when he was seven years old. Around the time, his parents would take him and his younger brother (Grap Luva) to see [[James Brown]] at a concert in his neighborhood to where performers such as [[Marva Whitney]], [[Lyn Collins]], [[The JB's]] would come perform and do shows and acts in front of the audience. He would meet James Brown backstage after a show for a meet and greet.<ref name="UPROXX_2021-06-07"/> Rock started scratching at the age 7 when one of his parents brought him home a toy record player by [[Fisher-Price]]. He began scratching after his first cousin, Floyd Myers, the older brother of [[Heavy D]], taught Rock how to DJ. When Rock was 17, he learned how to make beats with the [[E-mu SP-1200]] that [[Freddie Foxx]] have given him.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2019/04/pete-rock-unreleased-beats-sp1200-video/ |title=Pete Rock Has Music With Heavy D That He's Thinking About Releasing |date=2019-04-16 |access-date=2024-07-12 |work=Ambrosia for Heads |first=Jordan |last=Commandeur}}</ref> Rock attended [[Mount Vernon High School (New York)|Mount Vernon High School]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2016/11/after-22-years-pete-rock-and-cl-smooth-are-finally-ready-to-make-new-music/ |title=After 22 Years, Pete Rock and CL Smooth Are Finally Ready to Make New Music |work=Spin.com|date=November 28, 2016 |access-date=12 July 2024}}</ref>

After the breakup with [[CL Smooth]] in 1995, Rock continued working, remixing and producing for artists. He would be on Future Flavas with [[Marley Marl]] on Hot 97, which debuted in January of 1995.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2015/07/check-out-this-1995-future-flavas-set-from-pete-rock-marley-marl-audio/ | title=Check Out This 1995 Future Flavas Set From Pete Rock & Marley Marl (Audio) }}</ref> In 1996, he produced a song called "The Rap World", which Rock would rap on alongside with [[Large Professor]] on ''[[High School High (soundtrack)|High School High]]'' soundtrack. He made other guest appearances on albums, including Diamond D's 1997's ''[[Hatred, Passions and Infidelity]]'' LP, the song called "Painz & Strife" featuring [[Phife Dawg]] of [[A Tribe Called Quest]]. Rock released his first solo debut album, ''[[Soul Survivor (Pete Rock album)|Soul Survivor]]'' on November 10, 1998, on [[Loud Records]]. The album would feature hit singles, "Tru Master" featuring [[Inspectah Deck]] amd [[Kurupt]] and "Take Your Time" featuring R&B group [[Loose Ends (band)|Loose Ends]]. In the early year of 2000,<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Pete Rock, PeteStrumentals|others=[[Pete Rock]]|year=2001|publisher=[[Barely Breaking Even|BBE]]|type=CD booklet}}</ref>, he worked out a deal with [[Barely Breaking Even|BBE]], a label based in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and released ''[[PeteStrumentals]]'', an instrumental album that features no vocals, excerpt for tracks 'Cake" and "Nothin' Lesser" which performed by the UN (Divine, Godfree, Laku and [[Roc Marciano]]), a group that Rock brought in. The second version of the album''PeteStrumentals'' for the Beat Generation series would be updated with new tracks after the release of [[J Dilla]]'s ''[[Welcome 2 Detroit]]'' album in 2001.

In 2003, Rock would also release a compilation album, ''[[Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics]]'' on October 27, [[2003]] on [[Barely Breaking Even|BBE]] records.<ref name=web.archive.org>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbemusic.com/data.pl?release=RR0025CD|title=bbe : Pete Rock - Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics|date=September 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040602193239/http://www.bbemusic.com/data.pl?release=RR0025CD|archive-date=2004-06-02}}</ref>. The album contains a double disc package that feature two albums that were recorded in 1995-96 and shelved by the label [[Elektra Records]]. He went on to release more albums under [[Barely Breaking Even|BBE]], including his third album ''[[Soul Survivor II]]'' on May 11, 2004<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbemusic.com/data.pl?release=RR0032CD|title=bbe : Pete Rock - Soul Survivor II|date=February 13, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050213014843/http://www.bbemusic.com/data.pl?release=RR0032CD|archive-date=2005-02-13}}</ref> and his second instrumental album, ''[[The Surviving Elements: From Soul Survivor II Sessions]]'' on January 31, 2005<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbemusic.com/data.pl?release=RR0040CD |title=Bbe : Pete Rock - the Surviving Elements: From Soul Survivor II Sessions |website=www.bbemusic.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050213015621/http://www.bbemusic.com/data.pl?release=RR0040CD |archive-date=13 February 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Rock would collaborate with Boston rapper [[Ed O.G.]] on a project called ''[[My Own Worst Enemy (album)|My Own Worst Enemy]]'' in 2004, by produced entirely by Rock, with additional production by [[Diamond D]], DJ Revolution and DJ Supreme One. In 2006, after Rock parted ways with [[Barely Breaking Even|BBE]], Rock signed with [[Nature Sounds]] for his fourth album, ''[[NY's Finest]]'' on February 26, 2008.

* ''21 Grams: Worth It's Weight Inin Soul''{{sic}} <small>(with AMXXR)</small> (2021)

* ''[[The Auditorium, Vol. 1]]'' <small>(with [[Common (rapper)|Common]])</small> (2024)