Member, Windrush Commemoration Committee
George Mpanga
Biography
George Mpanga was born to Ugandan parents on the St Raphael’s Estate in Neasden, north-west London and began performing rap and grime when he was 15 years old.
He attended Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet, an elite selective grammar school, during 2002 to 2009.
He subsequently studied politics, psychology and sociology at King’s College, Cambridge (2010 to 2013), where he decided to adapt his rap output into poetry to communicate more effectively with his audience.
In November 2014, it was announced that he had been shortlisted for the Critics’ Choice category at the 2015 BRIT Awards.
In March 2018 it was announced that he had been elected as a Member of the National Council of Arts Council England.