Was the poet Tyrone Green a real person?

Question

There's a famous Saturday Night Live skit (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6041502225815885220&ei=pdiYSK2sKqa8qgPylayzDA&q=eddie murphy cill my landlord&vt=lf&hl=en)

where Eddie Murphy, portrays a death row inmate named Tyrone Green, and speaks the poem titled CIL My Landlord.

The thing is, I can't figure out if Tyrone Green (or someone similar with a different name) actually existed, or if he's just a character created by Eddie Murphy. Thank you!

Answer 1

Murphy just made him up for that hilarious short film satirizing the idea, then fashionable in some quarters, that 'inmate art' was something worthwhile.  He said 'Tyrone Green' sounded like a good name for a 'brother' who was in prison.