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Mark Wahlberg's feuds - Racism row, Leonardo DiCaprio movie snub and Eminem jibe
Hollywood scene for decades and is widely considered to be amongst the greatest acting talents.The actor, who turns 51 today (June 5) has a host of various roles under his belt, starring in the Martin Scorsese masterpiece, The Departed and the 2001 hit Planet of the Apes.He caught the attention of the world in 1995 when he starred in The Basketball Diaries alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, but things weren't all as it seemed between the actors.Prior to this, the actor found himself caught up in racism rows from when he was a teenager, one of which he served jail time for. Daily Star has looked inside some of Mark Wahlberg's biggest feuds.Mark Wahlberg has a history of involvement in racial hate crimes from when he was a teenager.While living in Boston in the 1980's, the actor found himself brushing shoulders with the police because of it.In 1986, the Ted actor was arrested alongside a group of friends and was charged for chasing and launching rocks at three black children.A then 16-year-old Wahlberg specifically was accused of shouting: "Kill the n*****s."The next day, it was reported that Wahlberg harassed another group of mostly black children on a beach.He also gathered other white men to racially abuse them and once again pelted rocks at them.
