![]() ![]() One of pop music's hottest new commodities, Wahlberg (and his rock-hard physique) became even more ubiquitous when he signed a two-year contract with the designer Calvin Klein to model underwear. ![]() Driven by the success of the hit singles "Good Vibrations" and "Wildside" - and by Marky Mark's readiness to discard his clothes onstage and in his videos - the album went platinum. What Mark Wahlberg lacked in singing ability, he made up for in charisma and good looks he took on the name of Marky Mark, and with a DJ, backup dancers (dubbed "the Funky Bunch") and Donnie's producing help, he recorded a debut album, Music for the People (1991). Donnie soon decided to help his younger brother find his own niche in the music business. Marky Mark and the Funky Bunchīy the time Wahlberg had emerged from prison, his older brother Donnie had rocketed to stardom as one of five fresh-faced members of the pop band New Kids on the Block. His 45-day stint in prison was a self-proclaimed turning point for the 16-year-old vowing to turn his life around, he also devoted himself to bodybuilding, chiseling his body into impressive form. Two years later, he hit rock bottom when he was jailed for his role in the savage beating of a Vietnamese man. His parents divorced when he was 11, and Wahlberg's mother later blamed her own emotional neglect for her youngest son's descent into juvenile delinquency during the next several years.Īt 14 Wahlberg dropped out of school and began making his living on the streets - hustling, stealing and selling drugs. Wahlberg grew up the youngest of nine children in a working-class family. Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg was born on June 5, 1971, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Wahlberg was involved in the Academy Award-winning films The Departed and The Fighter, and has since steadily churned out starring roles in such features as Transformer: Age of Extinction, Ted and Daddy's Home. He turned to film in the 1990s, earning acclaim for his work in The Basketball Diaries, Boogie Nights and Three Kings. Mark Wahlberg embarked on an early life of crime before following brother Donnie into the music business, rising to fame as rapper Marky Mark. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |