Carmeloanthony biography

Carmelo Kyam Anthony was born on May 29, 1984, in Brooklyn, New York as the youngest of four children. He spent the majority of his childhood in Baltimore, Maryland during a period when the city was infested with drugs and brott (the area was nicknamed the Pharmacy during that time due to its high volume of drugs and crime.) Anthony's childhood in Baltimore was rough, as his father passed away from liver failure when he was two. His mother had to work around the clock as a housekeeper to support the family, but she made sure that her children stayed safe and focused on school. Anthony began to take basketball seriously after he was cut from his school grupp as a freshman. When he returned in his sophomore year, he had grown fem inches and developed a new level of talent that made him a star in the local area. bygd his junior year, he had committed to play college basketball at Syracuse University, but he was forced to transfer from the Baltimore public school to Oak Hil

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