Peter Shukoff

Peter Shukoff
Nice Peter performing in Paris in July 2014
Background information
Birth name	Peter Alexis Shukoff
Also known as	Nice Peter
Born	August 15, 1979 Rochester, New York, U.S.
Genres	Comedy, Comedy rap
Occupation(s)	Internet personality, comedian, singer, rapper, songwriter, producer
Years active	2000–present
Associated acts	EpicLLOYD, Lisa Donovan, George Watsky, DeStorm, Alex Farnham, Zach Sherwin, Ray William Johnson, Timothy DeLaGhetto, Colin J. Sweeney, Shay Carl, Rhett and Link, KassemG, Pauly Doerr, Red Bar Radio, Skrillex, Snoop Dogg, Weird Al, Smosh, Chali 2na, Dan Bull, PewDiePie
Website	www.nicepeter.com

Peter Alexis Shukoff (born August 15, 1979), also known as Nice Peter,^[1] is an American comedian, musician and personality. A self-described "Comic/Guitar Hero," he is best known for the comedy on his YouTube channel, NicePeter,^[2] especially the comedic series Epic Rap Battles of History. As of September 6, 2013, NicePeter has over 2.4 million YouTube subscribers.^[3] 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.^[4] His two channels, Nice Peter and Epic Rap Battles have a total of 12 million subscribers and over a billion views as of September 2013. He also has a third channel that he uses for vlogs and "Monday Shows", a show that he uploads on either Mondays or Tuesdays that he shows a couple different segments including "Viewer Mail", "Twitter Question Time", and "Ask a Giraffe". They have been featured on the Huffington Post,^[5] Billboard.com, and the January 2012 issue of Wired.^[6] An interview with Forbes^[7] details Peter and his partner Lloyd Ahlquist's rise to fame. Both of his Youtube channels are inactive as of late 2014.

Life and career

Shukoff learned to play guitar before he had finished school, but spent a time pursuing a comedic career.^[8] Once settled in Chicago, he began playing live in bars in Chicago, the midwestern USA, and the UK.^[9] Shukoff states in Monday Shows that he has previously known how to Irish dance, a talent he says has deteriorated since his childhood days. He also adopted a rescue dog from an animal shelter named Charlie. On the 14th of August, 2014, Peter released a video on his vlog channel, stating that Charlie had died whilst Peter was touring. According to the description of the "Rasputin vs Stalin" installment of Epic Rap Battles of History, Shukoff is of Russian descent.

Career

Epic Rap Battles of History is an internet series created by Peter Shukoff and Lloyd Ahlquist. 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" and "Abraham Lincoln vs. Chuck Norris". 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 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".^[10] Shukoff and Ahlquist also contributed a rap battle to the film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water and performed it with Matt Berry. He also made a cameo appearance as a surfer dude in the film.

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

References

1. official website - Home. Nice Peter. Retrieved on 2011-10-23.
2. Nicepeter's Channel. YouTube (2006-07-11). Retrieved on 2012-10-26.
3. "NicePeter - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
4. Nice Peter the King of Dot Com Comedy. Nice Peter's Facebook (2011-09-27). Retrieved on 2011-10-27.
5. Mr. T Vs. Mr. Rogers Rap Battle (VIDEO). Huffingtonpost. 16 September 2011
6. The YouTube Laugh Factory: A Studio System for Viral Video. Wired (2011.12.16). Retrieved on 2012.01.30.
7. Epic Rap Battles of History: Talking Brash Wit With A YouTube Hit. Forbes (2011-10-26). Retrieved on 2011-10-27.
8. nicepeter.com | about
9. Nice Peter sticks it to 50 Cent at the High Noon. Daily Page (2007-09-30). Retrieved on 2011-11-04
10. Shukoff, Peter (Apr 23, 2012). "Monday Shooooooooooooooo". YouTube.

External links

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