5 Reasons We Love Mark Wahlberg

Don't miss Mark Wahlberg tonight on 106!

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5 Reasons We Love Mark Wahlberg - Let's start with number 1: He keeps it in the family. He owns a burger joint in Massachusetts named Wahlburgers. Great play on his name! (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for HFPA)

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Mark Wahlberg - Besides Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, Wahlberg is probably the most famous A-lister to come from Boston. The Funky Bunch leader, raised in the largely Catholic neighborhood of Dorchester, is the youngest of nine children.   (Photo:  Barry King/WireImage)

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2. He Was Once "Marky Mark" - Yes, before he was a Hollywood heartthrob, Mark Wahlberg was "Marky Mark"... a rapper. (Photo: Barry King/WireImage)

Quiet on the Set - Ice Cube with co-stars George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg on the set of the 1999 film Three Kings. (Photo: Getty Images)

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3. He's Hot - Besides being talented, ladies swoon for Mark Wahlberg because he's incredibly handsome and in amazing shape. Just know that he has abs of steel. (Photo: Getty Images)

Mark Whalberg: June 5 - The actor, former rapper and producer turns 40. (Photo credit: Fernando Leon/PictureGroup)

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4. Turn It Around - Althought Mark dropped out of high school and served some time for misbehaving as a teen, he was able to clean up his act and make a lot of positives out of negative experiences in his life, including creating the hit series Entourage, which was loosely based on his life. (Photo: Fernando Leon/PictureGroup)

Mark Wahlberg: June 5 - This Oscar-nominated actor, who has come a long way from his days with the Funky Bunch, celebrates his 41st birthday. (Photo: Scott Kirkland/PictureGroup)

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5. He's Down - We love Mark Wahlberg because he's down with 106 and he'll be in the house tonight at 6P/5C! (Photo: Scott Kirkland/PictureGroup)