I'LL BREAK IT DOWN REAL QUICK SO THIS QUESTION DOESN'T COME UP AGAIN. HE INHERITED IT FROM HIS FATHER RAYMOND RAMIREZ WHO WAS ALSO CALLED "BLACKBIRD" WHO WAS MEXICAN BUT VERY DARK COMPLECTED. CARLOS WAS SECOND GENERATION NORTENO. HIS OLDER BROTHER/MY BROTHER "RAYMOND RAMIREZ R.I.P" IS THE RAYMOND MENTIONED IN THE ALBUM COVERS THO', NOT HIS FATHER. LIL' BIRD IS THE YOUNGEST AND THE ONLY BROTHER STILL ON EARTH WITH ME TODAY. HE'S AN ASSHOLE BUT I'M WITH HIM 'TIL THE WHEELS FALL OFF. THERE IT IS.