Adil Ray Adil Ray Adil Ray, (born 26 April 1974) is a British actor, comedian and radio and television presenter. He stars in the BBC One comedy "Citizen Khan", which he created and co-writes, as well as presenting on various BBC radio stations. Adil Ray was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, England to a Pakistani Punjabi father, from Lahore, and Kenya Asian mother. He was brought up in the suburb of Yardley. Ray's father Abdul worked as a bus driver for almost forty years. His mother worked for the Immigration Appeals Department in the Civil Service and was of partial Baganda ancestry.
Ray Ray "playful" and writes that it is composed as "a bouncy song cycle that's a throwback to '70s funk." The album's first two tracks, "Blaxploitation" and "Ray Ray Theme", serve as audio vignettes introducing Saadiq's alter ego as the main character of a faux-Blaxploitation soundtrack. The latter track has singer Joi calling upon the character, addressing him as "soul brother number one", to "shoot me with your bop gun". Both songs help establish the character as a ladies' man with a penchant for fast cars. However, the concept is not sustained in the following songs on the album. "I Know Shuggie