The NY Post first published the picture with him in Nov 20, 2013 where he recognized himself
Lamont Clarke befriended a kooky girl with big dreams. Thirty years later, she’s Madonna and he’s in prison.
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“I am happy for her because she is a beautiful person,” says Clarke. “She didn’t judge or discriminate and helped all the people she could.
“There was a lot of racism with the whites, blacks and Puerto Ricans, but Sis didn’t care about the color of your skin,” says Clarke. “She was this mad cool girl, and she fitted in.”
“We were poor. We didn’t have the latest fashion or the latest jewelry, but she liked our style. We didn’t have much, but we had a whole lot because we had each other.”
Although Madonna didn’t talk much about her burgeoning showbiz career, they knew she was destined for bigger things.
“We just didn’t know how big,” recalls Clarke. “She was 100 percent committed to making it.
Clarke, ...started his 20-years-to-life sentence in 1999 for second-degree robbery.
The father of one is eligible for parole in 2017...
“I don’t want anything from you, Sis, but I hope you get to read this article,” adds Clarke, directly stating his message to Madonna.
“Loyalty over royalty. I know the love you had for us kids is still true.”
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