Professor Green: 'Lily Allen put me back on my feet'

The former 'angry yoot' has swapped rap battles for chart hits, street life for TV. So has Professor Green grown up?Professor Green once made a career out of cussing people. In the dingy nightclubs of Neasden and King's Cross he'd go head-to-head in a ring with other MCs. A small-scale weed dealer at the time, it's not difficult to imagine how he earned his stage name. Back then, he had to be thick-skinned in receipt and callous in delivery. In 2005 he won a rap battle final and a £2,000 prize...

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