{"id":16828,"date":"2014-11-18T16:06:41","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T15:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=16828"},"modified":"2014-11-18T16:06:41","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T15:06:41","slug":"george-the-poet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=16828","title":{"rendered":"George the poet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ugandan born, North West London raised and Cambridge University educated 23 year old George The Poet (real name George Mpanga), is one of the most unique artists to emerge in the UK in recent years.<\/p>\n

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The world is a lovely place so long as George is talking, which might explain his phenomenal success to date.Graduating with a degree in Politics, Sociology and Psychology from the University of Cambridge and in addition to having a successful musical career of his own George has written with some of the biggest names in the industry. Despite this, there isn’t a hint of arrogance about him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over 4 million people have watched George The Poet on YouTube, while he’s notably earned the praise of the legendary rapper and producer Nas after supporting him live.\u00a0George The Poet<\/span>\u00a0continues to make waves in the spoken word scene, reaching\u00a0minds with his storytelling in ways that not just any\u00a0can master.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Island Record\u00a0signee\u2019s latest EP \u2018The Chicken and the Egg\u2019 is set to be released on 1st December and\u00a0George\u00a0said of the project:\u00a0\u201cI wrote the ‘The Chicken and the Egg’ about premature parenthood. Through the story of a rocky relationship, it outlines the cycle of fatherlessness in seven tracks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n