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| occupation = {{hlist|Music producer|DJ|rapper}}
| years_active = 1987–present
| label = {{hlist|[[Babygrande Records|Babygrande]]|[[Elektra Records|Elektra]]|[[Loud Records|Loud]]|Rapster
| past_member_of = [[Pete Rock & CL Smooth]]
| associated_acts = {{hlist|[[Pete Rock & CL Smooth]]|[[Ed O.G.]]|[[Heavy D]]|[[INI (hip hop group)|INI]]|[[Skyzoo]]|[[Smif-N-Wessun]]|[[Smoke DZA]]}}
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==Biography==
===Early life===
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>
During high school, he met his future recording partner [[CL Smooth]].{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} He briefly attended [[John Jay College of Criminal Justice]] but was not a serious student and left to focus on his music career.<ref name="Complex">{{cite web |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2011/06/interview-pete-rock-classics/down-with-the-king|title=Pete Rock Tells All: The Stories Behind His Classic Records|website=Complex.com|date=June 9, 2011|access-date=May 24, 2021|first=Daniel |last=Isenberg}}</ref> According to Phillips, his father was also a part-time DJ who had an impressive record collection. Rock would often accompany his father to a [[cricket]] club called Wembley in The Bronx and watch as he spun records for the guests.<ref name="peterock.tribe.net"/> His first job was as a [[paperboy (newspaper delivery)|paperboy]], in his neighborhood.<ref name="peterock.tribe.net"/> His first major exposure to the hip hop audience was in the late 80s with [[Marley Marl]] as a DJ on New York's WBLS radio show "In Control With Marley Marl" at the age of 13. <ref name="UPROXX_2021-06-07">{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr4IMZbfqg0 |title=Talib Kweli & Pete Rock Talk C.L. Smooth, 'Illmatic,' J Dilla, Heavy D, Biggie People's Party Full |via=Youtube |date=2021-06-07 |access-date=2024-07-12 |publisher=[[UPROXX]]}}</ref> Propelled by the growth of his popularity, he began producing in the early 90s.
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==Solo career==
[[File:Pete Rock at Launch Party.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Pete Rock performing at [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]/[[Stüssy]] launch party in Los Angeles, 2011]]
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
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>
Rock oversaw the production of ''[[Jay Stay Paid]]'', a posthumous album by the producer [[J Dilla]], released June 2, 2009, on [[Nature Sounds]]. Following that, Pete Rock joined [[Kanye West]] in Hawaii, who traveled there to work on the latter's fifth album, ''[[My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/news/good-ass-job-marks-kanye-wests-return-to-real-hip-/38897/ |title='Good Ass Job' Marks Kanye West's Return to 'Real' Hip-Hop |work= Prefix |access-date=May 7, 2012}}</ref> In addition, he and [[DJ Premier]] have announced that they are working on a joint album together, although further details are unknown.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ballerstatus.com/2010/07/02/pete-rock-dj-premier-working-on-joint-album/ |title=Pete Rock, DJ Premier Working on an Album |date=July 2, 2010 |publisher=BallerStatus.com |access-date=May 7, 2012}}</ref> In London, he confirmed that [[Big Pooh]] and [[C.L. Smooth]] will be on his half of the VS album and he planned on releasing five albums in 2011, including reuniting with C.L. Smooth for a third album, and dropping his fourth album on [[Nature Sounds]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehiphopchronicle.com/2010/12/13/exclusive-pete-rock-interview-video/ |title=Exclusive: Pete Rock Interview (Video) | the Hip Hop Chronicle UK |website=www.thehiphopchronicle.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217170001/http://www.thehiphopchronicle.com/2010/12/13/exclusive-pete-rock-interview-video/ |archive-date=17 December 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> His next few collaborative albums are both due for a summer release with ''[[Monumental (album)|Monumental]]'' first then with [[Camp Lo]]'s "80 Blocks From Tiffanys" LP.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soulculture.co.uk/blogs/camp-lo-x-pete-rock-release-80-blocks-from-tiffanys-mixtape-ahead-of-new-lp-free-download/ |title=Camp Lo x Pete Rock release 80 Blocks From Tiffany's mixtape ahead of new LP {{pipe}} Free Download |publisher=SoulCulture |date=March 29, 2011 |access-date=May 7, 2012}}</ref>
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==Personal life==
Rock is an avid [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] fan. He enjoys reading and collecting comic books of his favorite superhero characters, such as [[The Incredible Hulk]], [[Spider-Man]], and [[X-Men]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv2DyM6YC8o |title=Pete Rock - Favorite Marvel Comics, Not A DC Guy, Music For Black Panther (247HH Exclusive) |date=August 2, 2016 |publisher=247HH |via=YouTube |accessdate=July 12, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmOcpKIewcQ |title=Stussy x Marvel - DJ Pete Rock |date=August 2, 2011 |publisher=StussyVideo |via=YouTube |accessdate=July 12, 2024}}</ref> Rock is also a avid fan of the [[NFL]] football team [[New York Giants]] and the [[NBA]] basketball team [[New York Knicks]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHn4PJc_3TM&t=92s |title=Godcast on Little Mermaid backlash, Pete Rock joins to talk about the SP-1200, Jay Dilla and MORE! |date=July 21, 2019 |publisher=Yanadameen Godcast |time=1:32 |via=YouTube |accessdate=July 12, 2024}}</ref>
==Legacy==
A publisher from TV One called Pete Rock "the most visionary and renowned producers in Hip Hop history".<ref>{{cite news|last=Jhanaya|first=Belle|date=March 22, 2022|title=Celebrating the Legacy of Super Hitmaker Pete Rock|url=https://tvone.tv/106287/celebrating-the-legacy-of-super-hitmaker-pete-rock/|website=TVone.com|access-date=August 11, 2024}}</ref> Rock is viewed as the most prolific, influential, and respected hip-hop producers of all-time.<ref>{{cite news|last=Isenberg|first=Daniel|date=June 9, 2011|title=Celebrating the Legacy of Super Hitmaker Pete Rock|url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/daniel-isenberg/interview-pete-rock-classics|website=complex.com|access-date=August 11, 2024}}</ref> A writer from Yellow Brick, called Pete Rock's music "a unique sound, which blends jazz and soul samples with hard-hitting drums, has inspired countless producers and helped shape the sound of hip hop."<ref>{{cite news|last=Brick|first=Yellow|date=July 30, 2023|title=Celebrating the Legacy of Super Hitmaker Pete Rock|url=https://www.yellowbrick.co/blog/music/the-legendary-pete-rock-a-master-of-hip-hop-production|website=www.yellowbrick.co|access-date=August 11, 2024}}</ref>
==Discography==
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* ''[[Don't Smoke Rock]]'' <small>(with [[Smoke DZA]])</small> (2016)
* ''[[Retropolitan]]'' <small>(with [[Skyzoo]])</small> (2019)
* ''21 Grams: Worth It's Weight
* ''[[The Auditorium
'''Collaboration EPs'''
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