"Peace" is a song by Nigerian street-pop musician

MohBad Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba (3 January 1996 – 12 September 2023), known professionally as MohBad, was a Nigerian rapper, singer, and songwriter from Lagos. Mohbad was formerly signed to Naira Marley's Marlian Records and left the label in 2022 ...

, released on 2 September 2022 through Marlian Music, and produced by

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. On 3 September 2022, the music video was released and directed by Ibidunni Oladayo. "Peace" debuted at number 25 on Nigeria's Top Street-POP Songs. "Peace" peaked at number 5 on the Official Nigeria Top 100, and number 8 on Nigeria radio.

Lyrical content

In the song, MohBad speaks about trying to find his peace, after being through many things and dealing with frenemies without resting.

Versions

*2022: "Peace" *2023: "Peace" – Covered by Chrissy Spratt

Commercial performance

Following the passing of the singer, the song gained 837,000 on-demand streams within September 12 – 14 2023, as reported by

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. In the report, "Peace" gained about 1378% in the two and half days. He became the 46th best-selling digital artiste in the world. On 15 September 2023, the song debuted at number 1 on

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in Nigeria. On the week of 23 September 2023, "Peace" debut on

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's TCL Radio ranked "Peace" at number two, on its weekly top 10 most played songs on airplay in Nigeria.

's also said; MohBad dethroned Burna Boy's "City Boys" from the number 1 spot. In 2023, MohBad set a new Spotify record with "Peace" after the demise. On 26 September 2023, "Peace" peaked at number 23 on

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