Thomas DeCarlo Callaway (born May 30th, 1974), better known by his stage name, CeeLo Green, is an American singer, songwriter and occasional rapper. He hails from Atlanta, Georgia.
Green’s musical career began in the mid-nineties with the southern hip hop group Goodie Mob; they rose to prominence by appearing on two tracks on Outkast’s classic debut album ‘Southernplaylisticadillacmuzik’, and released three full-length records that met with critical acclaim within the hip hop community in their native U.S. Green left the group after the release of ‘World Party’ in 1999, and after decidedly mixed fortunes for the next few years in which he pursued a solo career, Green would achieve worldwide fame when he hooked up with super-producer Danger Mouse to form the duo Gnarls Barkley.
Their single ‘Crazy’, from their debut album ‘St. Elsewhere’, became a number one smash around the globe in 2006, and would eventually be named song of the decade by rolling Stone magazine. Both ‘St. Elsewhere’ and the follow-up, ‘The Odd Couple’, met with critical and commercial success, but Green would go on to prove that he was no one-hit wonder; in 2010, when his solo record ‘The Lady Killer’ became one of the albums of the year, the lead single ‘Fuck You!’ - renamed ‘Forget You’ for radio reasons - topped the charts worldwide and scooped a clutch of Grammy nominations for the singer.
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