“Kobe,” he says and then points up to the sky, paying respect to the NBA legend. He follows up by saying “I’m talking about the Black Mamba, man, R.I.P.”
The woman seemed to be perplexed by what he was saying, “You gotta bring the black man into this,” she says.
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