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CeeLo Green
Thomas DeCarlo Callaway-Burton, known professionally as CeeLo Green, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, he gained initial prominence as a member of the Southern hip-hop group Goodie Mob in 1991. After three albums with the group, Green signed with Arista Records to release his solo albums Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfec…
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entertainment · American singer (born 1975) · singer · singer-songwriter · actor · composer · record producer · film actor · voice actor · rapper · songwriter · soul musician · also CeeLo Green, Cee Lo Green, Cee-Lo Green, Thomas Callaway, Cee-Lo, Gnarly Davidson
Born 30 May 1975 · Q4042
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2026· 11 entries
Published video “CeeLo Green - Sept 6 - Virginia Beach...🔥”.
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Published video “CeeLo Green - #mondaymood #vibes 😂 Thank you 🙏🏽 @ pamedutra and @ biadosvideos (On IG)”.
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Published video “CeeLo Green had everyone singing this in 2010 🎤 #CeeLoGreen #ForgetYou #JoolsHolland #Live2010”.
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Published video “CeeLo Green - Forget You (Later... with Jools Holland, October 10, 2010)”.
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Published video “CeeLo Green goes full blues mode 🎤 #CeeLoGreen #SingsTheBlues #JoolsHolland #Live2015 #Blues”.
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Published video “CeeLo Green Performs CeeLo Green Sings The Blues | Later... with Jools Holland (2015)”.
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Published video “CeeLo Green live on Jools Holland 🎶 #CeeLoGreen #MusicToMySoul #JoolsHolland #Live2015 #SoulMusic”.
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Published video “CeeLo Green - Music To My Soul (Later... with Jools Holland, November 3, 2015)”.
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Published video “CeeLo Green live at the Royal Variety 👑 #CeeLoGreen #Anyway #RoyalVarietyPerformance #Live2011”.
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Published video “CeeLo Green - Anyway (The Royal Variety Performance, October 14, 2011)”.
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2025· 1 entry
Performing alongside TikTok influencers such as Saxquatch, The Boston Deli Boys, and Kayla Murphy
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2023· 1 entry
Released ep “Serious”.
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2022· 1 entry
Provided the voice of Shuggie in the Disney+ series The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
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2020· 2 entries
Released album “CeeLo Green Is Thomas Callaway”.
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Green participated as the "Monster" on the British version of The Masked Singer
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2017· 2 entries
Green performed at the opening ceremony of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest
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Green guest-starred in the Cartoon Network series Teen Titans Go
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2016· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Singer and former "The Voice" star CeeLo Green was injured in a mobile phone explosion captured on video.” False.
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Released album “Open Heart (acoustic live)”.
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2015· 2 entries
Released album “Heart Blanche”.
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Released album “TV on the Radio”.
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2014· 3 entries
Green was criticized for tweets relating to his sexual battery case, including, "People who have really been raped REMEMBER
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Green pleaded no contest to one felony count of furnishing ecstasy and was sentenced to three years of probation, 360 hours of community service, and ordered to complete 52 Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous mee
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Green premiered his new reality-based docu-comedy television series CeeLo Green's The Good Life on TBS, in which he appears with the other members of Goodie Mob
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2013· 3 entries
Green pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of furnishing a controlled substance after the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office declined to file a charge of rape of an intoxicated person, citing insufficient evidence
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Green appeared as himself in the sitcom Anger Management, in the episode "Charlie & Cee Lo"
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Green released the song "Only You", featuring Lauriana Mae, a contestant on P
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2012· 3 entries
Green was accused of sexual battery by a woman with whom he had dined at a Los Angeles restaurant, leading to a nearly year-long investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department
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Released album “Cee Lo’s Magic Moment”.
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Appeared on the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards
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2011· 11 entries
Green sang John Lennon's "Imagine" just prior to the ball drop for New Year's Eve at New York City's Times Square
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Released ep “Anyway”.
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Green guest-starred on the NBC series Parenthood in the episode "Tales From the Luncheonette"
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Green appeared as himself in a live-action/voice appearance and as the voice of a hot tub in the American Dad
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Green appeared at WWE SummerSlam and performed both "Bright Lights Bigger City", the official theme song for the event, and his hit "Forget You"
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Green appeared at WWE SummerSlam, performing "Forget You" and the event's theme, "Bright Lights Bigger City"
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Journalist Andrea Swensson of City Pages negatively reviewed one of Green's performances, writing that it "failed to measure up to the fun factor of his recorded material
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Released ep “I Want You”.
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Green performed I Want You (Hold On to Love) in the studio and he was interviewed about its release after the performance
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Green both acted and performed in an episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live hosted by Gwyneth Paltrow, who, in November 2010, had covered his song "Forget You" in an episode of Glee
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It was estimated by a New York Times reporter that Green earned some US$20 million, predominantly from the endorsement deals, in that year alone
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2010· 9 entries
Released ep “It’s OK”.
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Green received five Grammy nominations for "Fuck You
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The album would go on to reach Double Platinum status in the UK, certified on November 4, 2011
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Released album “The Lady Killer”.
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Released ep “Fuck You”.
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Green released the single "Fuck You
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Released album “Stray Bullets”.
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Green resumed his solo career with his funk-inspired third album The Lady Killer, which spawned his biggest solo hit, "Fuck You" (more commonly censored as "Forget You")
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Appeared in T-Pain's Freaknik: The Musical as Light Skin
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2008· 1 entry
Green performed a rendition of the 1974 single "Kung Fu Fighting" by Jamaican vocalist Carl Douglas for the animated film Kung Fu Panda
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2006· 4 entries
Released album “The Collection”.
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Released album “The Closet Freak: The Best of Cee‐Lo Green the Soul Machine”.
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In the UK and May 2, 2006, in the United States
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Titled Closet Freak: The Best of Cee-Lo Green the Soul Machine
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2004· 1 entry
Released album “Cee‐Lo Green… Is the Soul Machine”.
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2002· 1 entry
Released album “Cee‐Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections”.
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2000· 2 entries
And Green was stepfather to her daughters, Sierra (born 1990) and Kalah
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Their son, Kingston, was born on September 30, 2000, and Green was stepfather to her daughters, Sierra (born 1990) and Kalah.
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1975· 1 entry
Born 1975-05-30.
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