Master Peace is demanding your attention

It would be easy for me to give you a kind of highlight reel of Master Peace’s career. Back in 2019, during
his rap days, there was Night Time. That featured JME and, naturally, got the attention of Skepta. There
was his feature on Wrong Answers Only, a single from none other than The Streets. Just last year there was his debut album, How to Make a Master Peace. That solidified just why the Londoner, 25, has earned
himself comparisons to the likes of Bloc Party and LCD Soundsystem.

Last but certainly not least, there was his Ivor Novello award. It’s impressive but it doesn’t tell you much about Peace Okezie, the man behind the moniker.

My take? His energy is infectious. That might seem obvious if you’ve seen him on social media, where he dances around and, as he puts it, “[looks] silly”. That doesn’t always translate to the real world, though.
Previously, I was never quite sure if his whole schtick was entirely real, but when I sit across from him on
Zoom — and when colleagues send me videos of him on set, dancing to The 1975 — I can see how he’s got to where he is. I can see it’s by no miracle that he’s made Instagram his playground and got himself a mentor in the form of Mike Skinner.

This excerpt was taken from HUNGER Issue 34: Fight Back. Stay tuned for the full story.