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CeeLo Green

American singer, rapper, and songwriter
Also known as: Cee-Lo, Thomas Callaway, Thomas DeCarlo Burton(Show More)
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CeeLo Green (born May 30, 1974, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.) is an American singer, rapper, and songwriter known for his soulful voice and flamboyant persona, both as a solo performer and as part of the rap group Goodie Mob and the eclectic duo Gnarls Barkley. He was born Thomas Burton and grew up in Atlanta as the son of two ordained Baptist ministers, both of whom died when he was young; sometime after his father’s death,...

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