Biography
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, the youngest of 3 children, brother Gregory Lawrence Green, and sister Renée Green (artist, writer, and filmmaker). Father Friendly Green, an electrician, and mother Gloria Green, a music teacher, later moved the family to Shaker Heights, a suburb of Cleveland when Green was at the age of 7.
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