Hot Peas 'N Butter

Hot Peas 'N Butter is a children's musical group founded by Danny Lapidus and Francisco Cotto, both professional musicians in New York City. Lapidus and Cotto have been best friends since childhood, both having grown up in New York (Brooklyn and The Bronx)

The band operates on the principle that one can create music that appeals to children without lowering musical standards. As a featured group on Kids' Stuff, and with the appearance of their hit videos, "Number 1" and "Deep Down", on Nickelodeon and Noggin on Jack's Big Music Show, Hot Peas 'N Butter's prominence and notability are on the rise.

The band was formed in 2000 by friends Danny Lapidus and Francisco Cotto.

Danny Lapidus was born in Belgium, but his family returned to Brooklyn when he was only three. Lapidus' love of music began back then, sparked by his father filling the house with the sounds of jazz, folk, blues, and bluegrass. Then in later years, Professor Louie—a pioneering children's musician—taught Danny how to reach young children through a caring, professional performance.

After attending the High School of Music & Art in New York City, Lapidus earned his undergraduate degree at Binghamton University. As a professional musician, he has performed with such acts as Dominico, Wendy Star, Zoot, The Skadanks, and Oliver Lake, and has been featured as a vocalist on various commercial recordings. His own rock band, The Danny Lapidus Band, has opened for high-profile groups like Stroke 9 at Irving Plaza and The Wetlands.

As a professional producer and engineer, Lapidus has composed, arranged, recorded, and mixed music for film and television with clients ranging from Oxygen, JP Morgan & Chase, Verizon, McCann-Erickson and many more. All the music he produces (including Hot Peas 'n Butter's) is created in his own midtown NYC recording studio - The Pod, Audio Productions.

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