Professor Green: on mental health, food banks and ‘tone deaf’ influencers in Dubai

Stephen Manderson, aka Professor Green, is a big advocate for opening up the conversation around mental health, having presented documentaries on everything from suicide to child poverty. On this episode of the Leader podcast Evening Standard columnist Jimi Famurewa, sits down with Stephen to talk about the profound effect the pandemic is having on everyone’s mental health, particularly for children, and his thoughts on the impact of social media in our lives.Speaking from his London home, the rapper spoke about working from home and juggling two new businesses Aguulp, a supplement company, and Giz n Greens, a pizza business that he set up with his close friend and chef Gizzi Erskine during the pandemic.This episode is an adaptation from Evening Standard’s video series The Lockdown Sessions, you can watch the full interview here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.