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Peter Alexis Shukoff (born August 15, 1979),[1] best known as his stage name Nice Peter[2] or Bluesocks,[3] is an American comedian, musician and Internet personality. A self-described "Comic/Guitar Hero", he is best known for the comedy on his YouTube channel, NicePeter,[4] and especially for the comedic series Epic Rap Battles of History which he co-created with Lloyd Ahlquist ("EpicLLOYD") . 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 Epic Rap Battles (ERB), 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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Peter Shukoff
Nice Peter performing in Paris in July 2014
Background information
Birth name	Peter Alexis Shukoff
Also known as	Nice Peter
Born	(1979-08-15) August 15, 1979 (age 43) Rochester, New York, U.S.
Genres	Comedy hip hop, nerdcore, geek rock
Occupation(s)	Internet personality comedian singer rapper songwriter producer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums
Years active	2000–present
Website	nicepeter.com

Life and career

Shukoff was born in Rochester, New York to a Russian father and an American mother. He has 2 sisters.[12] 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.[12][13][14] He later became a birthday party magician.[15] Shukoff learned to play guitar before he had finished school, but spent a time pursuing a comedic career.[16] Once settled in Chicago, he began playing live in bars and comedy clubs in the area, where he met Lloyd Ahlquist, his future partner.[17] He also adopted a rescue dog named Charlie from an animal shelter. Shukoff tweeted on March 1, 2018 that he had gotten married.[18]

Epic Rap Battles of History went on hiatus after Shukoff announced he had become a father. The hiatus lasted a little under a year until the series returned on December 7, 2018, and a new episode was released for the first time in nearly two years.

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.[19]

Career

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.[20] 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.", "Miley Cyrus vs. Joan of Arc", and "Michael Jordan vs. Muhammad Ali".[21] 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.[22]

Personal life

Shukoff announced that he had married in 2018.[18] He has 2 children, a daughter born in 2018 and a son born in 2020. They live in Culver City, California.[23][24]

Awards and nominations

Awards and Nominations for Epic Rap Battles of History

Year	Award Show	Category	Result	Recipient(s)
2013	3rd Streamy Awards	Best Writing: Comedy	Nominated	Peter Shukoff, Lloyd Ahlquist
		Best Online Musician	Won	Peter Shukoff
		Best Original Song	Won	Peter Shukoff, Lloyd Ahlquist (Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates)

Discography

B-Sides for Kate

1. All I Got (the Christmas Song)
2. I'm Just a Man
3. High With Pauly
4. My Favorite Bar
5. Chuck Norris
6. Spanglish (unreleased full band recording)
7. Sarah Palin

Live in Preston

1. Intro
2. Smoke That Weed
3. Daniel the Boyfriend
4. Knickers
5. The Redwings
6. 50 Cent is a Pussy
7. F$%k London
8. Spanglish
9. Cover Bands
10. Tru Gangster
11. Chavs
12. If You Really Love Me
13. White Trash Woman
14. My Right Hand
15. The Bush Song
16. Mystery of the Clitoris
17. I Quit, You Fat Mother F$%cker

Songs about people

1. I Fell Asleep on her Boobs
2. Bald Guy
3. Cell Phones
4. Put Your Coat On
5. Cover Bands
6. Jennifer
7. Porn Star
8. Friends
9. Hard To Stay
10. Radical Muslim Penpal
11. Sugar Momma
12. The Masterpiece Part II (bonus)
13. Superman Socks

Songs For Moms

1. The Bush Song
2. Spanglish
3. Tru Gangster
4. I Quit, You Fat Mother F$%cker
5. My Right Hand
6. If You Really Love Me
7. Old and Fat Together
8. Popsi
9. Make Up Sex
10. Smoke That Weed

Suburban Highschool

1. White Trash Woman
2. Suburban Highschool
3. F**k Guitar Center
4. Snufulupugus
5. 50 Cent is a Pussy
6. You Shouldn't Have Pissed Me Off
7. STD Test
8. It's Time to be Gay
9. The Masterpiece
10. Mystery of the C**t
11. Dude, I'm So High

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010–present	Epic Rap Battles of History	various roles	web series
2015	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	Surfer Dude, Painty the Pirate
2021	The Mitchells vs. The Machines	additional voices

References

External links

• Nice Peter on YouTube
• Nice Peter on Twitter
• Nice Peter on Facebook

На других языках

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- [en] Peter Shukoff

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[ru] Шуков, Питер

Nice Peter (имя при рождении — Питер Алексис Шуков; 15 августа 1979[1], Рочестер, штат Нью-Йорк, США)[2] — американский шоумен, комик, певец, рэпер, композитор, поэт-песенник, режиссер, продюсер. Стал широко известен благодаря своим проектам на YouTube[3], до этого занимался музыкальной карьерой — выступал в барах Чикаго со своей группой, также называвшейся Nice Peter. Группа неоднократно выезжала за пределы США; наиболее часто группа выступала на территории Соединённого Королевства. Со своим партнёром Ллойдом Алквистом появились в камео в фильме Губка Боб в 3D.

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