Michael Peace

Who is Michael Peace?

Michael Peace is an American rapper and one of Christian rap's first solo artists. Peace was raised in New York City as the second oldest of four children.

Considered the Grandfather of Christian hip hop, he received the "African-American of Distinction" award in 1994 for his commitment to urban communities from then New York Governor Mario Cuomo.

Peace is the founder and president of Michael Peace and Associates, a multi-faceted youth, urban affairs, music and general consulting organization. He has developed curriculum for educational at-risk children and is part of a team spearheading the establishing of abstinence education funding for the city of Rochester, as well as being an instructor in public schools.

Peace is the Urban Youth Ministries Director at Bethel Christian Fellowship Church in Rochester, New York. He earned a B.S. degree in 1981 in Mass Media/Speech Communications from State University of New York at Brockport. In the early 1990s he was a contributing writer to Christian music publication Digital Audio Notebook/Diganote. He was the co-author of an article in 2000 in the Journal of Community Health entitled "Abstinence Education for Urban Youth."