Nice Peter

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Nice Peter
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Nice Peter performing at the 2011 DigiTour
Background information
Birth namePeter Alexis Shukoff
Also known as
  • Nice Peter
  • Bluesocks
Born (1979-08-15) August 15, 1979 (age 44)
Rochester, New York, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Internet personality
  • comedian
  • singer
  • rapper
  • songwriter
  • producer
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • keyboards
  • bass
  • drums
Years active2000–present
Website nicepeter.com

Peter Alexis Shukoff (born August 15, 1979), [1] best known as his stage name Nice Peter [2] or Bluesocks, [3] is an American musician, rapper and Internet personality. A self-described "Comic/Guitar Hero", he is best known for the comedy on his YouTube channel, Nice Peter, [4] and especially for the comedic series Epic Rap Battles of History which he co-created with Lloyd "EpicLLOYD" Ahlquist . As of June 8, 2016, NicePeter has over 2.6 million YouTube subscribers. [5] The day after hitting one million subscribers, the video game channel G4 crowned Nice Peter the King of Dot Comedy on Attack of the Show . [6] His two channels, Nice Peter and ERB (Epic Rap Battles of History), have a total of over 17 million subscribers and 4 billion views as of February 2019. [7] [8] He also has a third channel that he uses for vlogs and "Monday Shows", a show that he uploads on either Mondays or Tuesdays consisting of different segments including "Viewer Mail", "Twitter Question Time", and "Ask a Giraffe". They have been featured on the Huffington Post, [9] Billboard.com, Forbes and the January 2012 issue of Wired . [10] [11]

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Life and career

Shukoff was born in Rochester, New York to a Russian father, Igor Shukoff and an American mother Denise Shukoff (née Hayes). [12] He has 2 sisters. [13] As a child, Shukoff would often Irish dance for his class. Shukoff graduated from the School of the Arts in 1997 and attended Fredonia State University, where he majored in education and history. He originally planned on becoming a history teacher, but the plan did not work out. [13] [14] [15] He later became a birthday party magician. [16] Shukoff learned to play guitar before he had finished school, but spent a time pursuing a comedic career. [17] Shukoff later moved to Chicago. He began playing live in bars and comedy clubs in the area where he met Lloyd Ahlquist, his future partner. [18] [19]

Shukoff has explained that although he was initially more active on social media, his social media usage decreased as he felt it was artificial. He explains that his baldness helped him realize this. [20]

Career

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Nice Peter in 2014

Epic Rap Battles of History is a comedic music video series created by Peter Shukoff and Lloyd Ahlquist. Ahlquist and Shukoff met at a house party in Chicago organized by an improv group that Ahlquist was a part of. [21] The series features historical and popular fictional and real-life figures battling each other through the medium of rap. Battles have included "Darth Vader vs. Adolf Hitler", "Abraham Lincoln vs. Chuck Norris", and "Miley Cyrus vs. Joan of Arc". Some episodes use characters that are fictional, whether it be television or movie characters, as seen in "Rick Grimes vs. Walter White". Others use comic book characters, as seen in "Goku vs. Superman". Episodes typically consist of Nice Peter and EpicLLOYD rapping against each other in character, but sometimes feature guest stars in addition to or replacing Shukoff and Ahlquist. Occasionally, the pair appear in non-speaking background roles, as in the episodes "Cleopatra vs. Marilyn Monroe", "Gandhi vs. Martin Luther King Jr.", "Michael Jordan vs. Muhammad Ali", and "Stephen King vs. Edgar Allan Poe". [22] Shukoff and Ahlquist also contributed a rap battle to the film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water and performed it with Matt Berry. Shukoff also made a cameo appearance as a surfer dude in the film. He also did additional voices for film The Mitchells vs. The Machines. [23]

Personal life

Shukoff announced that he had married in 2018. [19] He has two children, a daughter born in 2018 and a son born in 2020.[ citation needed ] They live in Culver City, California. [24] [25]

Awards and nominations

Awards and Nominations for Epic Rap Battles of History
YearAward ShowCategoryResultRecipient(s)
2013 3rd Streamy Awards Best Writing: ComedyNominatedPeter Shukoff, Lloyd Ahlquist
Best Online MusicianWonPeter Shukoff
Best Original SongWonPeter Shukoff, Lloyd Ahlquist (Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates)

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010–present Epic Rap Battles of History various rolesweb series

also co-creator alongside EpicLLOYD

2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Surfer Dude, Painty the Pirate
2021 The Mitchells vs. The Machines additional voices

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References

  1. ↑ @ERBofHistory (August 15, 2016). "Happy birthday @nicepeter!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ official website - Home. Nice Peter. Retrieved on October 23, 2011.
  3. ↑ Shukoff's username on various platforms such as Discord.
  4. ↑ Nicepeter's Channel. YouTube (July 11, 2006). Retrieved on 2012-10-26.
  5. ↑ "NicePeter - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  6. ↑ Nice Peter the King of Dot Com Comedy. Nice Peter's Facebook (September 27, 2011). Retrieved on 2011-10-27.
  7. ↑ "NicePeter - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  8. ↑ "ERB - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  9. ↑ Mr. T Vs. Mr. Rogers Rap Battle (VIDEO). Huffingtonpost. September 16, 2011
  10. ↑ The YouTube Laugh Factory: A Studio System for Viral Video. Wired (2011.12.16). Retrieved on 2012.01.30.
  11. ↑ Epic Rap Battles of History: Talking Brash Wit With A YouTube Hit. Forbes (October 26, 2011). Retrieved on 2011-10-27.
  12. ↑ https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/democratandchronicle/name/elizabeth-highland-obituary?id=25503072
  13. 1 2 "Nice Peter hits the road solo for Epic Rap Battles of History". June 3, 2014.
  14. ↑ "2 Jul 1997, Page 119 - Democrat and Chronicle at". Newspapers.com. July 2, 1997. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  15. ↑ "BA #121: 'Nice' Peter Shukoff | the Box Angeles podcast". March 14, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Nice Peter (Of Epic Rap Battles of History) + the Jackpot Golden Boys". May 22, 2014.
  17. ↑ nicepeter.com | about Archived March 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  18. ↑ Nice Peter sticks it to 50 Cent at the High Noon Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine . Daily Page (September 30, 2007). Retrieved on November 4, 2011
  19. 1 2 @nicepeter (March 2, 2018). "Register" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  20. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : "'Nice' Peter Shukoff Talks Balding". YouTube .
  21. ↑ "Meet the Two YouTubers Behind Epic Rap Battles of History, Which Has Racked up More Than 2.9 Billion Views". August 2018.
  22. ↑ Shukoff, Peter (April 23, 2012). "Monday Shooooooooooooooo". YouTube.
  23. ↑ "Login • Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved May 3, 2021.{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  24. ↑ "The (re)Birth of Epic Rap Battles of History". www.youtube.com.
  25. ↑ "Epic Rap Battles of History - Live Stream". www.youtube.com.
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