| Name |
Professor Green |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
English |
| Date of Birth |
27-November-1983 |
| Place of Birth |
Hackney, London, England |
| Famous for |
Singing |
Stephen Paul Manderson, better known by his stage name Professor Green, is an English rapper. He was signed to The Beats, a record label run by Mike Skinner and Ted Mayhem, until 12 February 2008, when the label terminated. He rose to success upon winning the inaugural JumpOff MySpace £50,000 battle rap tournament in July 2008. Following this in 2009, Manderson worked with Lily Allen on her 2009 concert tour. In 2006 he released his first mixtape, Lecture #1. After his first record label, The Beats, went under he produced on his own an EP called The Green EP. After he toured with Lily Allen he was signed to Virgin Records and released "I Need You Tonight" featuring Ed Drewett, based around INXS's "Need You Tonight" through the label. He also joined up with Lily Allen in "Just Be Good To Green" which is based around The SOS Band's "Just Be Good to Me".
Green released his debut album, Alive Till I'm Dead, on 19 July 2010, which features guest vocals from Lily Allen, Emeli Sande, Fink, Labrinth and Example, as well as The Streets. He followed this with the album At Your Inconvenience in October 2011.
Green has stated via Twitter he is already recording his third solo album. He has expressed interest to work with Lily Allen, Ed Sheeran, and Emeli Sande once more, as well as Lana Del Rey exclusively being asked and agreeing to work on the album. Possible producers so far for the album, includes Mike Skinner, Sid Wilson of Slipknot, iSHi, Pharrell Williams, and Skrillex. Green has created a single with former collaborator Example called "Fast Life" which he believes to be a massive hit.
Green also appeared on CBBC show 12 Again talking about his life at age 12.
