Sneaky Pete Bio
"AKA Harvey Pekar-- The Anti-Hero" Sneaky Pete's music bridges the gap between black and white, rich and poor, chasing dreams and taking responsibility. A legitimate hip hop emcee with huge cross over potential. !!Check out the New Video: Live @ Virgin College Mega Tour !!
Sneaky Pete is a lot of things to a lot of people. But mostly, the Brooklyn-cultivated wordsmith is an emcee on the rise. Never one to compromise, Sneaky Pete takes soul/hip-hop to the next plateau both lyrically and musically. Sneaky Pete has garnered a reputation for crafting his rhymes to cross all racial, social and cultural barriers. A testament to his microphone skills is the acclaim Sneaky Pete has received from audiences after giving blown-out performances at such venues as the Knitting Factory, Club Speed and Bowery Ballroom in New York City. Sneaky Pete was also selected to perform at such esteemed music festivals as NXNE in Toronto, the South Park Music Festival in Colorado, the Dewey Beach Music Conference in Delaware and Voodoo Music Festival in New Orleans-- where he and his crew, the 00Agents, opened up for the legendary hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest. In the last quarter of 2006, Sneaky Pete leaked the mp3 version of "U Don't Know" (the title track off his upcoming solo album - scheduled to drop September 2007) "U Don't Know" was selected as an editor's pick on download.com and included on a myriad of mixtapes and compilations throughout the world.
Sneaky Pete is an artist-in-residence at the prestigious AS220 in Providence, Rhode island. In his spare time between performances and recording his upcoming album, Sneaky Pete is a mentor to the "Rhode Show" - a program designed to give Providence youth an opportunity to create, record, and perform his or her own music. Pete's goal is to excite today's young people about the "original soul" and "deeper roots" of hip hop culture... to set an example of what they can do by themselves, with their own words and work, and that great art exists beyond corporations and commercial radio. You can also hire Sneaky Pete to Deejay your wedding.
