Bio

His mother gave birth to him at the age of sixteen and the multi-generational family lived in a small flat in the East End of London.
Although a bright student who had the desire to become a lawyer, suffered depression caused by the loss of family members and left school without any qualifications.
Sold cannabis as a youngster and smoked it on a daily basis from the age of 16 to 24. Had to identify his father in the morgue after he had committed suicide and stopped using any drugs from that point.
Came to prominence after winning the first JumpOff MySpace battle rap tournament in July 2008.
Toured with Lily Allen in 2009.
On 23 May 2009, Green was attacked with a broken bottle in a Shoreditch nightclub and sustained a life threatening injury to his neck as a result. The assailant was caught and sentenced to eight years in prison.
In 2012, Green released his own brand of beer, Remedy.
UK ambassador for sports brand Puma, creating his own apparel line for the company.
Published his autobiography, Lucky, in 2015.
Presented Suicide and Me on BBC Three in October 2015.
Is the patron of the suicide prevention charity Calm.
Fractured his neck during a seizure in 2019 just before he was due to leave for a UK tour.

Professor Green
November 27, 1983 (age 42)
Hackney, London, England, UK

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His mother gave birth to him at the age of sixteen and the multi-generational family lived in a small flat in the East End of London.
Although a bright student who had the desire to become a lawyer, suffered depression caused by the loss of family members and left school without any qualifications.
Sold cannabis as a youngster and smoked it on a daily basis from the age of 16 to 24. Had to identify his father in the morgue after he had committed suicide and stopped using any drugs from that point.
Came to prominence after winning the first JumpOff MySpace battle rap tournament in July 2008.
Toured with Lily Allen in 2009.
On 23 May 2009, Green was attacked with a broken bottle in a Shoreditch nightclub and sustained a life threatening injury to his neck as a result. The assailant was caught and sentenced to eight years in prison.
In 2012, Green released his own brand of beer, Remedy.
UK ambassador for sports brand Puma, creating his own apparel line for the company.
Published his autobiography, Lucky, in 2015.
Presented Suicide and Me on BBC Three in October 2015.
Is the patron of the suicide prevention charity Calm.
Fractured his neck during a seizure in 2019 just before he was due to leave for a UK tour.