Biography
read full storyKeith Valentine Graham (born 24 June 1958), better known as Levi Roots, is a British-Jamaican reggae musician, television personality, celebrity chef, businessman and multi-millionaire currently residing in Brixton, South London. He has performed with James Brown and Maxi Priest and was nominated for a Best Reggae Act MOBO award in 1998. He was a friend of Bob Marley when he resided in the UK and performed "Happy Birthday Mr. President" for Nelson Mandela in 1992 on his trip to Brixton. He gained widespread fame after appearing on the UK television programme Dragons' Den, where he gained £50,000 funding for his Reggae Reggae Sauce. Controversially, despite his wealth Roots continues to live in council accommodation he was originally moved to after serving a prison sentence for drug possession. Roots's first prison sentence for drug possession was when he was aged 15, but in 1986 he was back in trouble with the police after he and two other men were caught with £250,000 worth of heroin.