Freestyle Fellowship’s P.E.A.C.E. Has Died, Group Confirms

Overview

• Freestyle Fellowship announced Mtulazaji Davis’s death on their official Instagram, calling him “one of West Coast hip-hop’s royal treasures.”
• No cause of death has been provided as music outlets report they are seeking further information from the group.
• Peers and fans shared remembrances, including Blu, Exile, Open Mike Eagle, Kenny Segal, Saul Williams, Aesop Rock, DJ Rhettmatic, and others.
• Davis honed his skills at South Central L.A.’s Good Life Cafe, co-founded Freestyle Fellowship with Myka 9, Aceyalone, and Self Jupiter, and helped build Project Blowed.
• His catalog includes Freestyle Fellowship touchstones To Whom It May Concern... (1991) and Innercity Griots (1993) and solo albums Southern Fry’d Chicken (2000) and Megabite (2004).