George the Poet described the actions of the Empire as "pure evil"George the Poet has rejected the offer of an MBEAward-winning spoken word artist George the Poet has turned down an MBE because of what he describes as the “pure evil” of the British Empire. George the Poet, whose real name is George Mpanga, was born in London and is of Ugandan heritage. Whilst he said he “deeply appreciated” the gesture, he could not accept the […]The post George the Poet turns down MBE over British Empire: "The gesture is deeply appreciated, the wording is not" appeared first on NME.