Roland Gift Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Roland Lee Gift (born 28 May 1961, Birmingham, England) is a British singer and actor. He was the lead singer of the band Fine Young Cannibals. 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. His first recording on which he played the saxophone was with a Hull ska band Akrylykz, the second release on nearby York's Red Rhino Records. Although this record was unsuccessful, it did bring him to the attention... MORE

Roland Lee Gift (born 28 May 1961, Birmingham, England) is a British singer and actor. He was the lead singer of the band Fine Young Cannibals. 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. His first recording on which he played the saxophone was with a Hull ska band Akrylykz, the second release on nearby York's Red Rhino Records. Although this record was unsuccessful, it did bring him to the attention of Andy Cox and David Steele of The Beat. The Akrylykz toured with The Beat, which led to them in around 1985 asking him to be the lead singer of their new band Fine Young Cannibals after their old band, The Beat, had broken up. He also was a guest artist on the Ska City Rollers' Time Is Tight single. In 1990, he was named by People magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" in the world. In 2002, Gift released a self-titled solo album, featuring the single "It's Only Money". In 2007, Gift was in a recording studio working on a follow-up album. Gift is due to play again as a solo artist, LESS