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American musician and YouTuber

Nice Peter
Nice Peter performing at the DigiTour
Birth name	Peter Alexis Shukoff
Also known as
Born	() August 15, (age&#;45) Rochester, New York, U.S.
Genres
Occupations	Internet personality comedian singer rapper songwriter producer
Instruments	Vocals guitar keyboards bass drums
Years active	–present
Website

Musical artist

Peter Alexis Shukoff (born August 15, ),^[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, , NicePeter has over 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 ^[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], Forbes and the January issue of Wired.^[10][11]

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 two sisters.^[13] As a child, Shukoff would often Irish dance for his class.

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Shukoff graduated from the School of the Arts in 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]

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

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.

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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.

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From the late s to the early s, product pitchman Billy Mays was a ubiquitous presence on television, hawking household products and gadgets that he insisted would make viewers' lives cleaner, safer, and ultimately, happier. Mays had an outsized voice — somewhere between carnival barker and air raid siren — but an everyman's appearance and bearing, which made him both attention-grabbing and trustworthy, a winning combination for product makers and potential customers alike. That one-two punch boosted Mays into pop culture consciousness, a rare destination reserved for only a select number of product spokespersons see: also Flo from Progressive Insurance, the Geico gecko, et al. Mays parlayed his talents on TV until his untimely death at the age of 50 on June 28, Product pitchmen come and go, but Mays seems to remain evergreen, if the wealth of YouTube videos, memes, and other media devoted to his commercials is any indication.

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.

Billy mays son: William Darrell Mays Jr. (July 20, – June 28, ) [2][3] was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson. Throughout his career, he promoted a wide variety of products, including OxiClean, Orange Glo, Kaboom, Zorbeez, and Mighty Mendit.

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.

Personal life

Shukoff announced that he had married in He has two children, a daughter born in and a son born in ^{[citation needed]} They live in Culver City, California.^[23][24]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award Show	Category	Result	Recipient(s)
	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)

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