While growing up in Birmingham around a lot of West Indian people, reggae and calypso were big influences early on but Otis Redding was the one person who made me wanna sing myself.
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| Birth: | 28th May, 1961 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Actor, Singer |
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Gift was born in Birmingham to a white mother and a black father, but grew up in Hull, where his mother, Pauline, ran several second-hand clothes shops. He was educated at Kelvin Hall School in Hull. He has two sisters, Helga and Ragna.
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