"George the Poet: 'Rappers have so much power to do good and they squander it'"

"George the Poet is the hottest name in spoken word. And his journey from tough London estate to university has convinced him that entertainers have a duty to educate young people"

Link to The Observer

"George Mpanga looks faintly exhausted after our meeting. He wants to be speaking at rallies, not discussing his manifesto over coffee in the Albert Hall. The concerns of the 22-year-old poet include the catastrophic effect of some rap music on young black men, the danger of blind cultural adherence to Americ,a and the belief that racial equality can only be met through an appreciation of difference.

"He says:

"Rappers have so much power to do good and they squander it. I want to tell them, I wish you knew you were like my big brother. I wish you knew I could have been in the best mood, but I wanted to have a fight directly after listening to your song."

"George the Poet is a spoken word artist, a third-year student at King's College, Cambridge, and a rapper who has spent the last few years trying to 'give up' rap. He was born and raised on the Stonebridge Park estate in Harlesden, north-west London."