caption associated_acts years_active birth_place label name background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name
professor green in 2012 adele the saturdays tori kelly labrinth plan b lily allen example royce the streets tinie tempah ny da 5 ' 9 '' emeli sandé 2005 -- present upper clapton , london , england the 2010 -- present -rrb- beats -lrb- 2006 -- 08 -rrb- virgin -lrb- professor green solo_singer 27 november 1983 vocals hip hop grime electronica profesor green2012.jpg professor green
 stephen paul manderson
professor green

stephen paul manderson -lrb- born 27 november 1983 -rrb- , better known by his stage name professor green , is an english rapper and singer-songwriter .
he was signed to the beats , a record label run by mike skinner and ted mayhem , until 12 february 2008 , when the label terminated .
he rose to success upon winning the inaugural jumpoff myspace # 50,000 battle rap tournament in july 2008 .
following this in 2009 , he worked with lily allen on her 2009 concert tour .
in 2006 he released his first mixtape , `` lecture # 1 '' .
after his first record label , the beats , went under he produced on his own an ep called `` the green ep '' .
after he toured with lily allen he was signed to virgin records and released `` i need you tonight '' featuring ed drewett , based on inxs 's `` need you tonight '' through the label .
he also joined up with allen on his second single `` just be good to green '' , which is based on the sos band 's `` just be good to me '' .
in july 2010 , green released his debut album , `` alive till i 'm dead '' , which features guest vocals from lily allen , emeli sandé , fink , labrinth and example , as well as the streets .
he followed this with the album `` at your inconvenience '' in october 2011 .
