Professor Green

Please be that much strong.

Her favourite Pokemon is Charizard and her celebrity crush is Professor Green.

Sarah Jane, SJ, how are things?

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My guest today has written bars about most things, just not, until now, dinner.

Professor Green joins me to talk about his new London restaurant, Proper Good, what actually ends up on the table when he's feeding his kids, and the one dish he'd never turn down.

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Today I'm thrilled to be joined by Professor Green.

Thank you so much for coming in.

Thank you for having me.

Better than the original, to be honest.

But, yeah, with Pro Green and – Yeah, it was, you know, it was like a dream come true, really, for us.

You know, I've told this story a lot, man, but the day we got it, I couldn't believe that, you know, Skinner was singing, then I was singing.

It was just like, you know, that's like a real moment in time, just listening to that on repeat in the van on the way to another gig or whatever, just like... you know, buzzing that it was happening, but that was all around that time.

And it was an interesting watch, actually, seeing he was there.

Professor Green, obviously well-known as a foodie.

Yeah, pro-Green.

I think he's probably a very nice man, but at what point do you go... does he bring serious foodie credentials to an event

I think I, can't remember who I was speaking to about it.

I think it was c- talking to Professor Green.

I don't understand how people can remember their own songs.

Right, okay.

Yeah

... and Pro Green on their recent tour, and he was doing O2 Academy in Brixton in London And I was just like, "I'll just come and s- I'll just, uh, I'll come support you.

We'll just have a beer." Um, and so we were backstage, he was just getting ready and that, and he was like, "You're coming on with me, brother."

Yeah.

... got my own tr- I wasn't getting paid.

So I went and got, um, my train, my tr- my accommodation, stayed over just to do this tune again with him.

And then coincidentally, I got in the room with Pro Green for about half hour or something.

We were chatting, um, just mucking about really.

There are two things that always happen to me every day.

I will always see some parents from my kids' school, and I will always see Professor Green because he lives in Brockley, and he goes to the same café every day that I go to, and we have the same small talk every day.

I'm like, if I don't see him, like, I hope he's okay.

[laughs] Where's Professor Green today? But yeah, I think, I think the, the safety thing for me is, like, just feeling like, ah, this is where I belong.

And it's hard to know what that is until you've experienced it, I think.

Yeah.

We call this the, uh, the Hyundai Library, right? Our version of exactly where we are inside the library that ...

We have been here for a couple years now, and I've joked, and, and I'm not that far off, am I? It was Professor Green in the library with a candlestick.

You, you never played Clue?

Well, absolutely played Clue.

Who said, well, if you want to change and make certain things happen in your life, I have to make sure I'm in your side and in your corner.

Which is my great friend, Professor Green, who allowed me to now just showcase my ability and just be myself.

the person in the side of me to just keep on pushing me so when I did the first episode I literally spent all my money literally just to try see this vision and try to understand the vision and when I got back the the visual it was not what I was looking for nor asking for and I had to really you know find myself in a way that I know what I want and what I'm looking for and a deliverant weren't executed right.

So I had to now pray because I'm asking the higher power above me, like, listen, I spent all my money trying to give back as much as I can.

But inside of myself, understanding the platform that we gave to the community actually worked.

It improved their, you know, confidence.

It improved their access to, you know, to come around Professor Green and see him, touch him, talk to him, ask him about his career, take pictures with him.

You know, that kind of motion.