The UK’s poet laureate is a kindly gentleman named Andrew Motion, but the poet who best defines Brit culture today may just be a man who has refused all the trappings of the aristocracy, told the queen to “stick it,” and encouraged his countrymen to “stop going on about the empire. Let’s do something else.” The poetry of Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah is a fascinating blend of high culture and hip-hop, and he has become a legitimate star with the type of audience that most poets shy away from: the working class.