After watching Mario on Dancing with the Stars, I must say that he has a remarkable resemblance to Edmund Sylver, the former lead singer of the the 70's R&B group, the
Sylvers. I was surfing YouTube and stumbled upon the video "Hotline", a week or two
after seeing Mario on national TV; then, I came to either one of two conclusions: either
the creator is playing a trick on us or these two are related in some way. Since I'd rather
go with the second idea, I researched Mario's background on Wikipedia and there's no
mention of his father. He's from the Baltimore, Md. area and was raised by grandmother.
On the flipside, Edmund Sylver is from Memphis Tenness and had 11 children before
he passed away in 2004, from lung cancer. I dont think its too far fetched to think that
Sylver could be his biological father, since those two state aren't far from each other.
Ive provided a link to the YouTube Video, so that you can compare them. Notice their
facial resemblance, body movements, and voices. All of which, are too similar to be
just a coincidence. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqY60HkbyTA