Rene Vasquez, who goes by the stage namePeace 586 and formerly MC Peace, is an American Christian hip-hop producer and MC whose career has spanned the period from the 1980s to the present. A beatmaker who also has rapped, he's made a mark with his signature, sample-based production style and down-to-earth lyrical content—best known for expressing his Christian faith as it relates to life here now, as well as that to be gained. His name is derived from the month and year that he became a Christian: May 1986.
Music career
Overview
Peace 586 was first known as "MC Peace" in the late 1980s, while recording with J.C. and the Boyz. Freedom of Soul was formed later—a partnership with DJ Cartoon that resulted in two albums and considerable attention in the early 90s. The development of Freedom of Soul’s fan base was helped by affiliation with other popular Christianhip-hop artists at the time, including SFC, Dynamic Twins, and I.D.O.L. King. Peace would eventually follow other pursuits in the mid-90s, making way for more collaboration with MCs Theory & Jurny of LPG, producing their landmark album The Earthworm, and becoming a member of the Tunnel Rats crew. From that time on he produced for the Tunnel Rats, along with his own solo projects starting with The Risen Son. After a number of years, a new album was released on Sphereofhiphop, simply titled 586. A markedly less-collaborative effort than his initial solo offering, which heavily featured the Tunnel Rats, 586 is said to have been largely produced and recorded in five days—an impressive feat to yield any collection of substantial songs. Generations was thought to be a retirement album from rap, and saw a reunion with musical peers from early on. 2009’s re-entry album heAr marked a significant turn in his artistry, as it was the first in a series of instrumental beat tapes to feature guest vocals by other MCs, with no rhymes from the artist himself. 2010 saw the release of heAr’s successor, aBle. aBle featured two songs that were indicative of a new recording project to be officially announced in February 2011, with Peace 586 on the beats and Jurny Big on the rhymes—together known as The Battery.
