The Road to Redemption
Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg grew up on the decidedly wrong side of the tracks in the Boston suburb of Dorchester, Massachusetts. Wahlberg was in serious trouble throughout his early life. He dropped out of high school and turned to drug dealing on the streets of Boston in the late 1980's. During this time, he was convicted for assaulting an older Vietnamese man during a robbery attempt and served time for attempted murder.
While serving his sentence, Wahlberg realized he was heading for a life either behind bars or in perpetual trouble. Blessed with a model like physique and a moderate gift for rap, Wahlberg pursued both a modeling and a music career and renamed himself "Marky Mark". While hardly a critics favorite, and while his days of trouble were definitely not completely behind him through his twenties, Wahlberg began re-charting his course in life and today is a happily married father, a successful producer and Academy Award nominee.
Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg grew up on the decidedly wrong side of the tracks in the Boston suburb of Dorchester, Massachusetts. Wahlberg was in serious trouble throughout his early life. He dropped out of high school and turned to drug dealing on the streets of Boston in the late 1980's. During this time, he was convicted for assaulting an older Vietnamese man during a robbery attempt and served time for attempted murder.
While serving his sentence, Wahlberg realized he was heading for a life either behind bars or in perpetual trouble. Blessed with a model like physique and a moderate gift for rap, Wahlberg pursued both a modeling and a music career and renamed himself "Marky Mark". While hardly a critics favorite, and while his days of trouble were definitely not completely behind him through his twenties, Wahlberg began re-charting his course in life and today is a happily married father, a successful producer and Academy Award nominee.
