The spoken word artist, poet and
Rapper on his love of Harry Potter, tendency to over-explain, and the worst thing anyone’s ever said to him
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Born George Mpanga in
London, George the Poet, 30, studied politics, psychology and sociology at the University of Cambridge. He hosts Have You Heard George’s Podcast? and has created a sonnet entitled Natural Poetry, for
Samsung KX’s Wild Writing campaign. He is engaged and lives in London.
What is your greatest fear?That I will run out of time to do whatever I was put here for.