Professor Green: Coldplay's Chris Martin Is My Mentor

Professor Green has revealed that Coldplay's Chris Martin is his musical mentor.

 The rapper, who supported the band on their recent tour, said that Martin reached out to him after learning of his dad's suicide.

Pro told The Sun: "Chris is clearly a brilliant mind. He took us out to dinner when we were on tour with their band and I really enjoyed having a good chinwag with him.

"He's very inquisitive. We went for dinner and he was asking me questions about growing up.

"Somehow we got on to the subject of my dad and obviously, with him having committed suicide, it all got quite dark. But instead of switching subjects we ended up talking more.

"It resulted in him saying, 'Well, if ever you are thinking about committing suicide, just phone me and we'll go for a pizza and just talk'."

"He is very, very typically English — very polite and he seems to care about the right things.

Professor Green has announced details of a full UK tour, set to take place next April.

The London rapper, who released his new album 'At Your Inconvenience' last moth, will play a total of ten dates across the UK.

The tour will kick off at Glasgow's O2 Academy on April 23 and continues until May 5,  London's O2 Academy Brixton.

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