Family! I need y'all in the building as we celebrate Port of Miami Tour 20 years of "Boss Classics" with my bro @RickRoss . It's going down at The Fox Theatre ATL . It's going to be epic. Grab your tickets here: https://t.co/XPgEf3qzdc
HAPPY BIRTHDAY...CeeLo Green! "FOOL FOR YOU". To check out music/video links & discover more about his musical legacy, click here: https://t.co/ZnlRX7LZA8 @CeeLoGreen#SOULTALK#LONDON
Born on This Day, CeeLo Green
(@CeeLoGreen)
(Friday, May 30, 1975)
Lineage, Origins, and Formation: Black American, Atlanta-born, rooted in Black Southern church life, public-service parents, Riverside Military Academy, and the Dungeon Family/Goodie Mob
Born Thomas DeCarlo Callaway in Atlanta, Georgia, CeeLo Green began with a voice that always sounded older than the room. Both of his parents were firefighters, and his early life carried real loss. His father died when he was young, and his mother later died after being paralyzed in a car accident. Before the world knew him through genre-bending crossover records, his formation came through church, Atlanta survival, and the creative laboratory that became the Dungeon Family.
As a founding member of Goodie Mob, CeeLo helped give Southern Hip-Hop one of its most important spiritual and political voices. Goodie Mob’s Soul Food did not just document Atlanta, it helped declare that the South had its own language, theology, bassline, grief, humor, prophecy, and social critique. The album was dedicated to his late mother, Sheila J. Tyler-Calloway, which makes that music feel even more personal. Records like “Cell Therapy,” “Soul Food,” “Dirty South,” and “Beautiful Skin” placed CeeLo inside one of the most important movements in 1990s Hip-Hop, alongside Goodie Mob, OutKast, Organized Noize, and the larger Dungeon Family ecosystem.
And before many mainstream listeners even knew his name, CeeLo’s voice was already moving through one of the defining records of the 1990s. He contributed background vocals to TLC’s “Waterfalls,” placing him inside Atlanta’s LaFace and Organized Noize history beyond Goodie Mob alone. That detail matters because CeeLo was not simply adjacent to Atlanta’s rise, he was woven into the sound of it.
CeeLo’s solo and collaborative work then made it clear that he was never meant to stay in one lane. He moved between Rap, Soul, Funk, Gospel feeling, Pop theatricality, and strange little emotional universes that only he could make believable. With Gnarls Barkley, his partnership with Danger Mouse produced “Crazy,” one of the defining records of the 2000s, while his solo hit “Forget You” became another major crossover moment and Grammy-winning signature.
His accolades reflect that range, including multiple Grammy wins, major chart success, television visibility through The Voice, voice acting, live performance, and a career that keeps circling back to reinvention. In 2026, CeeLo returned to public view through The Voice and through the return of Gnarls Barkley with Atlanta, the duo’s first new album after an 18-year gap.
CeeLo Green, one of Atlanta’s most unusual musical vessels, a church-rooted, Dungeon-formed, genre-breaking voice helped prove that Southern music could be political, theatrical, soulful, strange, and globally undeniable all at once.
Photo: CeeLo Green, March 2026 via Instagram
Meet me at the “FIFA Fan Festival Atlanta.” It's about to be a time! I'll be performing 7/7/26. Click that link and grab your tickets. 🎟️ : https://t.co/lWOy7lKBrj
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“Line Dance” is catching on 🕺🏾🔥
Shoutout to the creators and everybody stepping into the challenge, especially @merrittblanksjr, @sp_projectllc
Tap in, show us your moves, and don’t forget to tag @gnarlsbarkleyofficial
#GnarlsBarkley#LineDanceChallenge
The Atlanta album signing was all love from start to finish🤞🏾
Thank you to @jbsrecord and everyone who pulled up, got their copy signed, and celebrated this chapter with @gnarlsbarkleyofficial.
Stream Atlanta now 🍑
#GnarlsBarkley#Atlanta#CeeLoGreen#NewMusic
ALLAN HEDDIW
As well as the aforementioned Foos, out today we've got the highly anticipated @NoahKahan, the final album from @CeeLoGreen + Danger Mouse as Gnarls Barkley, soundtracks for Michael & the Elvis EPIC & ofc Mildred @dinkededition ♥️🎶👌
Keep the “Line Dance” videos coming 🕺🤞🏾
Shoutout to @takefumi_nabeta and @personalstylist823 for catching the vibe and having fun with it. Love seeing everybody put their own spin on this one.
#LineDance#CeeLoGreen#GnarlsBarkley#Atlanta
Gnarls Barkley “Line Dance” 🕺🔥
Shoutout to the creatives who helped bring this groove to life.
Creative Director: @SeanPresley
Dancers: @Biglexx_ @shalitheedon @MerrittBlanks
Tap in, catch the vibe, and show some love to the creators behind the movement 👏🏾
The celebration for Atlanta keeps going 🍑
Tomorrow, pull up with @celogreen for an in store CD signing at @jbsrecord starting at 3 PM sharp.
Come through for photos, a live DJ, and nothing but good vibes.
JB’s Record Lounge
898 Oak St SW, Suite F
Atlanta, GA 30310