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Percee P
Person · male · United States · The Bronx · born 1969
hip hop artist from The South Bronx, New York City
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Also known as 珀西·P
Timeline
1960s
Biography
Biography
Percee P is an American rapper from the Bronx, New York. He first gained recognition in the hip-hop community in the early 1990s for his fast-paced, intricate rhymes and unique flow. He is known for his collaborations with other notable hip-hop artists, including Lord Finesse and Madlib. Percee P has released several albums throughout his career, including Perseverance in 2007. He continues to be a respected figure in the underground hip-hop scene.
Career
In 2007, Percee P released his debut studio album, Perseverance, on Stones Throw Records. Entirely produced by Madlib, it featured guest appearances from Aesop Rock, Chali 2na, Diamond D, Guilty Simpson, and Prince Po.
He has also collaborated with a number of musicians, including Lord Finesse, Kool Keith, Jurassic 5, and Jedi Mind Tricks.
Compilation albums
Now and Then (2004)
Legendary Status (2005)
Perseverance: The Remix (2007)
Oh No vs. Percee P (2008) (with Oh No)
Singles
"Now They Wanna See Me" / "Lung Collapsing Lyrics" / "Puttin' Heads to Bed" (1992)
"Nowhere Near Simple" / "Don't Cum Strapped" (1996)
"Put It on the Line" (2005)
"Percekusion" / "NY to the UK" (2005)
"Throwback Rap Attack" (2006)
"Watch Your Step" (2007)
"The Hand That Leads You" (2007)
"No Time for Jokes" / "Last of the Greats" (2008)
"Get Down" (2013)
Guest appearances
Lord Finesse - "Yes You May" from Return of the Funky Man (1992)
Kool Keith & Godfather Don - "You're Late" from Cenobites (1993)
Maestro Fresh-Wes - "Pray to da East" from Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be from Canada?!! (1994)
Shazam X - "Respect Costs More Than Money" (1996)
Aesop Rock - "Wake Up Call" from Music for Earthworms (1997)
C-Rayz Walz - "Stupid Def" from The Prelude (2001)
Jurassic 5 - "A Day at the Races" from Power in Numbers (2002)
Jaylib - "The Exclusive" from Champion Sound (2003)
Wildchild - "Knicknack" from Secondary Protocol (2003)
Jedi Mind Tricks - "Walk With Me" from Visions of Gandhi (2003)
Edan - "Torture Chamber" from Beauty and the Beat (2005)
Four Tet - "A Joy" from Remixes (2006)
Mekalek - "The Gritty Bop" from Live and Learn (2006)
Wildchild - "The League" from Jack of All Trades (2007)
DJ Babu - "SBX2LAX2OX" from Duck Season Vol. 3 (2008)
The Heliocentrics - "Distant Star" (2008)
Connie Price and the Keystones - "International Hustler", "Thundersounds", and "Catatonia (Get Em)" from Tell Me Something (2008); "Four Pound." from Lucas High (2019)
Grip Grand - "Paper Cup" from Brokelore (2008)
Jazz T - "Percekusion (Boot Remix)" from All City Kings (2008)
Terra Firma - "Hall of Fame" from Music to Live By (2008)
Ivan Ives - "Kill Em" from Newspeak (2009)
The Whitefield Brothers - "Reverse" from Earthology (2010)
Beat Bop Scholar - "Authentic Minded Intro" from Authentic Minded (2012)
Nix - "Encore" from The Nixtape (2012)
Substance Abuse - "Paper Tigers" from Background Music (2013)
Dudley Perkins - "Hearing Test" from Dr. Stokley (2013)
Kid Tsu - "Down Pat" from The Chase (2013)
The Extremities featuring Ghettosocks - "Keep On" from Instruments (2014)
Namek - "Universal Energy" from Namifest Destiny (2014)
The Brkn Record - The Architecture of Oppression Part 2, Track A2. Cut the Cheque (featuring Percee P & Great Okuson) (2024)
GreatScott - "Industry Ignited" - From GEM - Golden Era Music (2025)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Percee P head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Percee_P.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202502genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202502seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percee_Pbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percee_P
Why this artist is in the database
- List of hip-hop musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Stones Throw · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q202502 · MusicBrainz: be9303c8-d2e1-4e80-9c12-0ba31436c2c7
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