Cee Lo Green: Bio of the Singer and Actor

he thinks you're crazy like him, welcome to watchmojo.com and today we take a look at the life and career of Cee Lo Green Thomas DeCarlo Callaway was born on May 30, 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia, he was inspired early by his parents, who Both were ordained ministers, unfortunately his father died when he was 2 years old and tragedy struck again when his mother was paralyzed in a car accident during his teenage years. His subsequent death affected him greatly and pushed him to dedicate himself to music taking the alias Cee Lo Green, which he joined. Atlanta rapper Goodie Mob featuring Timo Cujo and a big treat in 1994 Goodie Mob appeared on Atlanta rapper Outkast's debut album.

Both groups were also part of a larger collective of rappers called the dungeon family during this time, a year later Goody Mob released their debut soul. Food Much of the effort, critical praise was directed at Green's ability to sing and rap. The southern rap album was eventually certified gold thanks to several singles like Soul Food and Cell Therapy over the course of the next few years. Green appeared in two more. The gold-certified and critically acclaimed Goody Mob albums are still standing and the less well-received and poor-selling World Party, during the production of World Party Green left the group to pursue a solo career.

He released two albums with Arista Records before they both unceremoniously fired him. 2002 Cee Lo Green and his perfect imperfections and 2004 Cee Lo Green is the sole machine reached second place on the list of top R&B hip-hop albums, but barely made a dent in terms of sales and were therefore considered Commercial disappointments in putting these less-than-stellar albums behind him, Green joined forces with DJ Danger Mouse to form Gnarls Barkley, the duo's first album, st. Elsewhere was released in 2006, the alternative rock and hip-hop record debuted at number one on the UK charts and eventually peaked within the top 5 of the US Billboard 200.

It contained the smash hit Crazy, which became the first single to reach number one in the United Kingdom. Thanks to digital sales, he later won a Grammy for Best Urban Alternative Performance after riding the wave of success from that platinum-certified album. Bartley abandoned his follow-up The Odd Couple in 2008, although his various singles were well received by fans and critics. The record itself was only a moderate success compared to the duo's first effort, charting in the top 20 in both the US and UK. Green then decided to once again venture out on his own following the internet leak and viral success of the song.

Known as Forget You, he officially released the single online in mid-2010, it was a hit and topped the UK charts, peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, garnered a Grammy nomination and sold more. of 5 million digital copies in the US. Her third studio album, The Ladykiller, that same year reached the top 10 of the soul pop and funk mix and was nominated for a Grammy for its production and

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vocals. . In addition to You, other notable singles included the Grammy-winning Fool For You and the Synth Pop Bright Lights. City Green spent the next few years working on various projects and with different artists, this included a contribution to the soundtrack of the film Sex in the City and several live television performances outside of music.

Green spent time acting and developing a family comedy in 2011, he became a coach. and vocal mentor on the reality talent show The Voice and lent his voice to the computer-animated films Hotel Transylvania the following year while working on his next studio effort, Green released the Christmas album Seelos magic moment in 2012 from music producer to mentor musical CeeLo Green is a man of many talents and his over 20 years of experience in the industry shined through in every project he touched. He is a musical innovator whose songs everyone can enjoy and doesn't take himself too seriously if we don't like it.