CeeLo Green

Green in 2013, photo by prphotos.com

Birth Name: Thomas DeCarlo Callaway

Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Date of Birth: May 30, 1974

Ethnicity: African-American

CeeLo Green is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor. He is a member of music duo Gnarls Barkley, alongside Danger Mouse.

CeeLo is the son of Sheila J. Tyler-Callaway and Thomas Burton, both ordained ministers. His father died when CeeLo was two years old, and his mother died when he was eighteen years old. He has a son with his former wife, Christina Johnson.

CeeLo’s maternal grandparents were Raymond Robinson and Ruby Calloway (the daughter of Roland B. Calloway and Edna “Lady”).

Source: Genealogy of CeeLo Green (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com