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This is a little strange: The BBC has posted an article on Kofi Kingston that questions his heritage.

As WWE officials like to publicize, Kingston is the first-ever superstar to hail from Jamaica... or is he?

His mother Elizabeth - the head of a Ghanaian-American organization in the U.S. - said that her son was bornn Ghana. The family moved to America in 1982.

"I told him: 'Kofi, your cousins watch you on TV in Ghana and want to know why you don't say you're from Ghana,'" she said.

Kofi's response? "Tell them it is business."

It is business. And if this story is true...who cares? Don't superstars often change their persona and background in order to fit a character?

We hate to break it to the BBC, but Kane wasn't really burned alive as a child, either.

Expect to hear a lot more about Kofi Kingston now that he's a member of the WWE RAW roster.

With that in mind, here's a bit of some background information on the star:

• His real name is Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah.
• He is 26 years old
• Was born in Ghana, but his family moved to the United States when he was young.
• Admired Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat growing up.

Look for big things from Kofi Kingston on RAW.

The name of Kofi Kingston's theme song is "SOS" and it's performed by Collie Budz.

Here is a clip of Kofi Kingston entering an ECW ring on January 22, 2008. It marked the debut of the much-hyped wrestler:

In September 2006, Kofi Kingston signed a developmental contract with WWE, and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling, a Georgia based developmental territory.

His debut with the new company was a dark match loss to MVP on September 21.

For the rest of 2006 and the beginning of 2007, Kingston appeared in DSW, as well as its Kentucky based sister promotion Ohio Valley Wrestling, where he was placed into a tag team dubbed the Commonwealth Connection with Harry Smith.

Check him out:

New WWE superstar Kofi Kingston is currently the number-four most searched for item/search on Yahoo.com.

Kingston, who has only appeared in "coming soon" video packages so far, is billed as WWE's first Jamaican superstar.