MARK WAHLBERG - WAHLBERG DECLINED SUPERGROUP OFFER

WAHLBERG DECLINED SUPERGROUP OFFER

MARK WAHLBERG almost returned to his hip hop past on the set of FOUR BROTHERS when co-stars TYRESE GIBSON and ANDRE BENJAMIN tried to coax him into the studio. The former MARKY MARK + THE FUNKY BUNCH frontman admits he still records tracks for fun in his home studio but was once invited to become part of an R+B supertrio. He says, "When I was making Four Brothers with Tyrese and Andre they were trying to get me up in the studio." But Wahlberg is happy he didn't sign up for the distraction - because he saw how difficult it was for Gibson to balance his movie role with his recording career. THE DEPARTED star explains, "Tyrese recorded his album, most of it, while we were shooting; that's why he didn't know any of his lines."