Just me and Mom.' I'd be like, 'Goddamn!' Then he'd get mad at me for something, and it'd be, 'When I make it, I ain't taking you nowhere. "He'd say he was going, and that he was taking everyone with him. "At least when we were good he'd say that," Black recalled. And when he made it, he'd get the whole family - Rosemary, Black and older sister Renea - "out of the hood." When the two were boys growing up in south Florida, Slice always promised Black he would make it in either football or professional fighting. But he says they always were, and still are, best friends. Like many younger siblings, Black was born with an innate talent of pushing his older brother to the edge. The best one to verify that last comment is Slice's younger brother, Black (birth name Devon). If he say he gonna do something, he gonna do it. And he don't take foolishness from nobody. ![]() He's a good dad, he's very compassionate. ![]() "Every parent will say their son is great. ![]() And just about all of them tend to do so in the present. She actually refers to him by his birth name, Kevin.Įveryone, in fact, enjoys talking about Kevin (or Kimbo, or Ferg, or Dad - depending upon whom you're talking to). It's a trait you notice from the moment she introduces herself.Īnother thing you'll learn about Clarke is that she enjoys talking about her son. There's something almost soothing about the delicate way in which she speaks. The kind who makes you naturally lean forward when you first meet, so as to not miss a word. Rosemary Clarke is a soft-spoken, slight woman.
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