Pete Rock第一次出现在音乐圈是80年代晚期在纽约的电台WBLS 的节目"In Control with Marley Marl," 当DJ。当时节目都是在星期五还有星期六晚上播出。基于对于音乐的喜爱，pete想要精进自己的音乐功力，所以在90年代初期，Pete开始制作音乐(producing)。因为Pete是以DJ还有制作人的身分来制作音乐，所以他找了他的好朋友CL Smooth 来rap。从此之后这对拍档开创了Hip Hop音乐的历史。
91年发行EP All Souled Out ，92 年发行了Mecca & The Soul Brother 这张专辑有著两首HipHop经典名曲 They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" 跟 "Straighten It Out."有人如此评论这张专辑：在这80分钟里面，你完全不会想要跳到下一首歌。甚至还有人在葬礼中放这首歌，只因为它真的完美道出了人们追忆的心情。94年Main Ingredient这张专辑发行之后，他们两个人打算独自发展自己的音乐生涯。Pete Rock接著在Loud/RCA 这个厂牌发行了他的首张个人专辑Soul Survivor ， 在2001年他又与Rapster/BBE 这个厂牌合作，出了PeteStrumentals. 这张专辑。两年之后又发行了Lost and Found 。04年他推出了Soul Survivor II, 这张专辑这也是和一堆好歌手合作的专辑Pharoahe Monch, Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, 当然还有他的老拍档 C.L. Smooth.
Rapper, DJ, and producer Pete Rock first emerged in 1991 as one half of a duo with C.L. Smooth, debuting with the All Souled Out EP. A hit LP, Mecca and the Soul Brother, followed before the two went their separate ways in the wake of 1994's The Main Ingredient, with Rock remaining a prolific studio presence prior to the release of his solo debut, Soul Survivor, on Loud/RCA four years later. Dropped from the label, he continued his career as an independent producer, and later signed to Rapster/BBE in 2001 for PeteStrumentals. Two years later, the label released a two-part compilation of mid-'90s LPs with Lost and Found. In 2004, Rock produced the sequel to his debut, Soul Survivor II, with features coming from Pharoahe Monch, Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, and former partner C.L. Smooth. During the next few years, Rock focused on producing for other artists, including Edo G and Ghostface Killah, releasing his next solo album, NY's Finest, in early 2008.