Professor Green is tagged as: hip-hop, uk hip-hop, uk, london, ukhh Professor Green is a rapper from East London, currently signed to Virgin Records, after Mike Skinner’s The Beats label closed, and ended a run of his own radio shows on BBC Radio 1. Having fortified his name storming through the hip-hop battle rap circuit, 23 year old East London native Professor Green is set to drop his debut album on Mike Skinner’s The Beats label (via Warner’s). Growing up on the Northwold estate in Upper Clapton, Green’s familial situation saw him being raised by his grandmother while he traded up school attendance for just hanging on the estate, like kids do. While the usual nefarious stories of low budget living played a part in his life, Green’s formative years were also characterised by fun: skating was big on the estate, etc. He also had an early inkling that the art of verbal sparring would somehow play a part in his life, confessing how, he always wanted to be a barrister or a lawyer. “I like debates and I’ve always been argumentative, I think that’s helped me in battles a lot.” However, while becoming obsessed with hip-hop at the age of nine “Biggie [The Notorious BIG] is my greatest hip-hop influence”, Green only switched up from passive fan to active participant at a relativ... Read More About Professor Green Biography... Send Professor Green ringtones to your cell |
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