Born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, Clarence Greenwood spent parts of his childhood in Texas and Mississippi, ultimately ending up in Washington, D.C. where he was primarily raised.\n', '

Greenwood was initially the DJ for Washington, D.C.-based alternative hip-hop group Basehead. He was signed to Capitol Records in 1997. \n', 'In 2000, Citizen Cope signed with DreamWorks and released a self-titled album in 2002. Rolling Stone wrote, "Cope melds hip-hop with folk, soul and blues ... and \'feels\' this combination deeply. ... Cope\'s uncommon chords and harmonies combine delicate dissonance with unexpected flashes of beauty." The Washington Post called him "the city\'s most soulful export since Marvin Gaye."\n', '

Shortly afterwards, Arista Records pursued the songwriter, prompting Cope to buy him out of his DreamWorks contract. In 2004 he released The Clarence Greenwood Recordings, which he also produced. Every Waking Moment followed in 2006 (also self-produced), and debuted at #69 on the Billboard 200 chart. In 2010, Cope decided to found and run his own record label, Rainwater Recordings. The move allowed him to exert full creative control over his music and career, free from the marketing entreaties of the major record labels he previously had been signed to. He released The Rainwater LP that year, producing the entire album. The Rainwater LP was critically acclaimed[by whom?] and newfound fan Ellen DeGeneres invited him to perform "Healing Hands" in April 2010.\n', '

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