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Professor Green thanks his Nanny Pat for helping him through 'trauma' and giving him the 'confidence' to start a music career after his mother was unable to raise him and his father died by suicide


Professor Green recently opened up about his experience growing up in kinship care after his mother had him at the age of 16 and was unable to care for him.

During Wednesday's instalment of the BBC Morning Live, the rapper, 40, whose real name is Stephen Manderson, admitted he would be 'forever grateful' for his Nanny Pat who raised him, as she gave him the confidence to start a career in the music industry. During an interview with another kinship carer, Stephen revealed that his Nanny Pat didn't receive much support or advice on how to help him deal with his trauma after he lost his father to suicide. During Wednesday's instalment of the BBC daytime programme, the rapper, 40, whose real name is Stephen Manderson, admitted he would be 'forever grateful' for his nanny Pat who raised him

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