Here are some facts about what Mark Wahlberg has done with his life and who he is as a person now who he was then. When he was a kid and a teenager he made some bad choices. His family is big and they all love him and he has done many charities. He has been in many different types of movies and his best and worst movies he has starred in. Mark Wahlberg has turned his life around and became what he is today.
His Childhood
Mark Wahlberg’s life when growing up in Boston was not great. He was born June 5th, 1971 in Dorchester Boston, Massachusetts his birth name is Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg, his nicknames are Monk D and Marky Mark. He dropped out of school when he was 13 to become a drug dealer on the Streets of Boston; he also struggled with weight gain his whole life. Mark Wahlberg was sentenced to 45 days in jail for beating a Vietnamese man with a wooden stick.(Mark Wahlberg’s Biography)
He used to be a punk kid from Boston but then he turned his life around. He said this quote after getting out of jail “I did a lot of things that I regret and I certainly paid for my mistakes, you have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn’t until I really started doin right by other people as well as myself that I really started to feel that guilt away so I don’t have a problem going to sleep at night”. After getting out of jail he turned his life
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around with the via of the music world with the help of his older brother Donnie. People believed that he was a racist and prejudicial to gay people, they think this is because he beat a Vietnamese man with a wooden stick and went to jail for 45 days. After he got out of jail he went and asked the people he hurt including himself for forgiveness. Life After Fame He has a big family that loved him and looked out for him and his lifestyle. He has a wife named Rhea Durman Wahlberg and they have 4 children Brendan, Michael, Grace, and Ella Wahlberg. He is the youngest of 12 children and his parents divorced when he was only 11 years old.(Mark Wahlberg’s Family) He lived in a bad neighborhood of Boston Massachusetts, so he became a drug dealer but then he turned his life around. Him and his siblings own a restaurant called Wahlburger’s and it is also a reality TV show. His family had to take care of each other when they were young because their parents divorced.(Mark Wahlberg’s Biography) He has done many charities that have him and other people become better people, it makes him feel better mentally knowing that he is helping people and it makes their lives better physically. He is apart of two charities one being “The Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation” and “The Good Shepherd Center For Homeless Women and Children”. The Youth Foundation’s goal is to improve the quality of life for the inherit and is to remove and eliminate barriers that prevent youth from succeeding. The mission for the “Good Shepherd Center For Homeless Women and Children” is to empower women and children to move from homelessness to self-sufficiency. (Charities and Causes) He has done many charities for kids and women. Movies He grew up from being a punk kid from Boston to a rapper to a great actor and executive producer of movies and all it took him was some common sense. He has been in many movies that are thriller/dramas or thriller/action movies. Many people favorite his comedies over any other of his types of movies. He is also in a reality TV show about his families restaurant called the Wahlburgers. He has been in many different types of movies. These are some of Mark Wahlberg’s best and worst movies.
His next movie that he is going to be in is called ted 2, which is a sequel to ted, which was rated very well by most viewers. It is about Mark Wahlberg and his bear are living together and they are trying to make it so ted becomes a citizen of the United States. The first movie he ever starred in was called the substitute it is about a father and son are divided by their brief affairs with a deranged high school teacher. He is also in a reality TV show called the Wahlburger’s, which is about his family’s restaurant.(Movies) He has been in many good and many bad
movies. That Mark Wahlberg has changed since he was younger and after he asked for forgiveness. What his younger years were like, and his kid and teen years. What his family is like and who they are and what charities that he has done. What types of movies he has been in and which are his best and worst movies he has starred in. Mark Wahlberg is now very successful but that is not how he started.
On June 26th 1974, in Pequannock, New Jersey, Derek Sanderson Jeter was born. His parents were Charles Jeter and Dorothy Connors. His parents had a rare relationship for their time. Charles was african american and Dorothy was white. In the 1960s marriage of separate races was frowned upon but they loved each other and made it work. When Derek was still a small child, Charles moved the family to Kalamazoo, Michigan. This is where practically Dereks whole childhood took place.
moved to Chicago at the age of 5. Nobody liked him there, and he was in many
He rescues immigrants that were involved in a trafficking sale. He takes a van he stole to the chop shop, unaware there were immigrants shackled to the inside of it. The owner of the chop shop offers him five hundred dollars per immigrant and Ludacris could keep the van. Ludacris actually decided to free the immigrants versus selling them for profit. He decided to make the best out of a bad situation. He has good qualities and characteristics. H exchanged in the end to be an okay guy and I can not say if he will revert to his old ways or not. I think he could have an even better character if he listens more and accepts others opinions versus being so close minded and negative when it comes to sensitive matters. He wants to change and showed us some hope but I don’t know if he can stop believing in ethnocentrism, I hope he can but doubts are
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Charles Manson was a troubled youth. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 12 ,1934. (Petersen,1) His mother was an unwed 16 year old runaway named Kathleen Maddox.(Petersen,1) Charles did not have much of a home life. His mother and his uncle were both sent to jail for armed robbery when he was only five years old. (Petersen,1) During his childhood Charles got in trouble quite a few times. At the young age of nine he was sent to reform school for stealing. (Peterson,1) When he was twelve years old he was caught again for stealing and was sent to the Gibault School for Boys in Terre Haute, Indiana. (Petersen, 1) After a short time he ran away, but to his surprise was returned to the authorities by his mother. (Petersen, 1) By the age of thirteen he was arrested for burglarizing a grocery store. (Carlson,1) This time he was sent to the Indiana School for boys in Plainfield, Indiana. It was
Lamar has been successfully achieving his dream by rapping about the stress and difficult situations he has encountered but strongly claims that we will all be alright in his song, “Alright.” He released a song called “i” that reflects how violence has increased in the cities and how he wishes everyone should love each other as humans. His last song on “To Pimp A Butterfly” called “Mortal Man” he states “only because you don’t wear the same color as mine, that doesn’t mean I can’t respect you as a human being.” He clearly states how he understands the reputations of other gang members may seem important but should all still respect others as people. Lamar has been a role model to several students from the city of Compton that was able to create a scholarship called “Be Alright” that is based off the same song called “Alright.” Kendrick Lamar has been respectively producing music for his fans without a doubt of impressive beats and
His upbringing is one of an average american citizen. Being raised by his mother Donda West was a English professor lead to him living an average life. His parents divorced when he was very young. Showing interests in the ars at a very young age is something that kept promise. He took under the wing of DJ No I,D at the young age of 15, here is where he learned how to sample and mix beats.Kanye Graduated High School with decent grades and was off to Chicago State University.. He began dropped out of College at the age of 20 to focus on his music as opposed to what he was majoring which was English. He made it big by producing a majority of the songs on rapper Jay Z’s “The Blueprint”. He was still looked down upon as only a producer and not a artist. This was because he came from an a middle class upbringing. The Industry did not see him to fit in with Gangster Rap during that time period. While making his first debut album he Kanye West fell asleep behind the wheel and got into a serious car crash on which he almost died.Kanye West still worked on the album in the hospital, requesting a drum machine to be brought to the hospital. Here he recorded his his single on his First album “Through the Wire” rapping with his mouth wired shut from surgery, From his Debut album “The College Dropout” Kanye West changed the innovated the style of Hip-Hop. As stated before Gangster rap wasn't the only thing
Soon after, Lopez played in a small role in the Carl Reiner’s thriller movie. After he played in this role he finally had his first comedy album called Alien Nation which appeared in 1996. From this point on out Lopez felt frustrated because he felt like he was not doing well enough and not preforming like he hoped to. But he did not give up because of his vow.
Tupac Amaru Shakur born in East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City. His birth name was Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16 1971. His both parents were members of the Black Panther Party. Tupac Shakur was a vocal participant during the East Coast and West Coast hip hop rivalry. He went to High School in California and Maryland. His career brought him back to New York City. Forget about his education and family background, thinking about how he put himself into his career so successfully. To succeed and accomplishment that made him in legacy…..
He may just seem like another rapper to you but if you actually listen to his lyrics you can see he’s not like any rapper out there. His name is Kanye West and he was born in Chicago Illinois. He grew up in the “ghetto” and learned to appreciate life. He didn’t learn to really, truly appreciate life until October of 2002. Driving back to his hotel late one night after a recording session, the new-coming rap/hip-hop artist was involved in a devastating, near fatal car accident. The crash left him with a broken jaw in three places and an appreciation for life. Just weeks after being released from the hospital he recorded his first major hit, “Through the Wire,” with his mouth still wired shut. He records every song like its going to be his last song and that makes every song better than the last. He’s not only a rap artist but also a producer. He has been responsible for being behind songs like Jay-Z’s Izzo, Girls, Girls, Girls, The Takeover, and 03 Bonnie and Clyde.
a big figure in the rap community, always doing what he wanted and not caring
His life, his actions, only show that no matter what you’re facing, be it anything from racial prejudice to something as simple as a mean girl, you can face it and change it for the better. I feel as if he really didn’t find his true calling until he was in his twenties, and that makes me realize that I still have time to find what I’m meant for. After learning so much about him, I am surprised I this is the first time I am hearing his story.
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Bruno Mars is an entertainment sensation that commands hundreds of dollars per ticket and in 2017 he began his 85 day World Tour 24K Magic (Kreps, 2017). This on top of the world star admits to feeling a little out of place with 21st century technology. Bruno’s talent, energy, and drive to make albums in a marketplace where songs aren’t even bought anymore but are offered by subscriptions on many different platforms, still make him one of the most popular and best pop artists in the world. Regardless of his savvy or lack of it for technology, he credits many great artists that paved the way as inspiration (CapitalFM, 2017).
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