Lil Pete is a rapper from San Francisco’s Fillmore district, where he was born and raised. He is known for melodic, introspective hip-hop with downbeat production and Bay Area influences. Coverage of his work describes his early releases as self-built and independent, and notes that his debut album, Hardaway, arrived in 2019 after earlier mixtapes and singles. His catalog includes projects such as I Made a Promise, Surviving the Drought, Hardaway, and Deeper Than Rap. He has collaborated with other Bay Area and Southern rap artists, including Lil Yee, and has also been associated with the D.S.G.B. collective. In live settings, he performs as a solo rap act centered on personal storytelling and street-rooted themes.