Well Ice...no offence, but kinda stupid to say "where were your parents?' People from all sorts of socio-enonomic backgrounds and make ups end up into drugs and crime and its traps. Most of those friends have parents and money etc and the are not other common stereotypes associated with that lifestyle.

But if you must know, my mom was wherever she has always been...somewhere else. I don't know the women...have met her now 3 times. Twice when I was younger and once a short while ago at my provincial championships.. and she is a stark raving loon and a fuk up. She made a scene while there. And my dad was here trying to keep me and my sister out of shit. He grounded me for months just after my 12th birthday. I got off grounding in Sept. 2 days before the start of school. He made me take up boxing and work if I wanted my freedom back. I walked thru the doors of boxing first week of school...and so far, haven't looked back.