Master Peace

Peace Okezie, known as Master Peace, is a British musician. Initially collaborating with Jme and the Streets and releasing three EPs, in 2024 he released his debut album How To Make A Master Peace which received high praise from critics and won him a Rising Star Ivor Novello Award. He followed this with a fourth EP How To Make A(nuva) Master Peace.

Early life Okezie was born in London, to a Nigerian family, and moved from South East London as a child to Morden,

He had a childhood interest in UK rap, he often listened to rap with friends and played music by indie rock bands such as Arctic Monkeys and Bloc Party at home.

Career

2018–2023: Early career and EPs Okezie initially was part of a rap group, which he left before it became successful. In 2018, Okezie released "The Lift", which involved him rapping over a-ha’s "Take On Me". Public Display Of Affection, his second EP, was released 2 July 2021. Its track "Boyfriend", featuring Mae Muller, was released alongside a music video. The Streets released a single featuring Okezie, "Wrong Answers Only", on 14 January 2022. He was due to support the group on a 2022 tour which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In January 2023, Okezie released "Veronica", about young love, in the run-up to his EP Peace Of Mind.

2024–2025: How To Make A Master Peace and A(nuva) Master Peace

On 1 March 2024, and Matt Schwartz on the album, The music video for "I Might Be Fake" was later nominated for Best Independent Video at the AIM Independent Music Awards 2024. Rolling Stone UK stated that Okezie was "leading the way for a new generation of indie stars" with the album, comparing it to Bloc Party, LCD Soundsystem, the Rapture, Pete Doherty, M.I.A. and the Smiths, whereas NME compared specific songs to the Hives, In May Okezie won the Ivor Novello Award for Rising Star, and stated that he was working on a deluxe version of How To Make A Master Peace to be followed by a second album, which would be "sleazier" and "poppier". He performed "Wrong Answers Only" with The Streets at Glastonbury Festival 2024.

Okezie released the single "Home" featuring Wale in July 2024, and announced his second EP How To Make A(nuva) Master Peace. and singer TSHA released her single "Can't Dance" which featured Okezie. His 9 September single "Dancing With A(nuva) Man" was called "one of his poppiest offerings yet" by DIY, and his final single for the EP, "This Time", was released 2 October. How To Make A(nuva) Master Peace released on 4 October through PMR Records.

He performed at South by Southwest in March 2025, and supported Franz Ferdinand on the band's 2025 U.K. and U.S. tours. Okezie performed the song "Hooked" live on stage with Franz Ferdinand at Barrowland in Glasgow, a performance that was subsequently released on a single.

Artistry Okezie has cited M.I.A., Blood Orange, Public Display Of Affection (2021) Peace of Mind (2023) How to Make a(nuva) Master Peace (2024) Stupid Kids (2026)

Singles "The Lift" (2018) "Buck Me" (2018) "Night Time" (2019) "Veronica" (2023) ""LOO SONG" (2023) "I Might Be Fake" (2023) "Start You Up" (2023) "LOS NARCOS" (2023) "Home" (feat. Wale, 2024) "I Might Be Fake-Arrr" (2024) "Save Me" (2024) "Dancing with a(nuva) Man" (2024) "This Time" (2024) "Harley" (2025) "Shake Me Down" (2025) "There's No More Underground" (2025) "Spin the Block" (2025) "Good Times" (2025) "Fuck It Up" (feat. Declan McKenna, 2026) "Love Hate" (feat. Thomas Day, 2026) "One of One" (2026) "Sucker Punch !" (2026