Born Clarence Greenwood, Citizen Cope is an American songwriter, producer, and performer. His music is often a mix of blues, soul, folk, and rock.

Greenwood, initially a DJ for a Washington DC based hip hop group Basehead, signed to Capitol Records in 1997. In 2000, he signed with DreamWorks and released the self-titled album Citizen Cope in 2002. From this album, the song “Let the Drummer Kick” went on to become R.I.A.A. (Recording Industry Association of America) gold disk status. Greenwood bought out his contract with DreamWorks with influence of Arista Records and in 2004 released the self-produced album The Clarence Greenwood Recordings. Another self-produced album Every Waking Moment surfaced in 2006 and debuted ad #69 of the Billboard 200.

To escape the marketing pleas of big record labels and to regain control over his own music and career Citizen Cope founded his own record label, Rainwater Recordings in 2010. That same year he released The Rainwater LP which opened the doors with a new fan Ellen DeGeneres and was invited to perform “Healing Hands” on her show. The album reached #10 in the U.S. Independent Albums charts.