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Marvin and Vickie Winans had a son, Marvin Winans Jr. (Mario's half brother.) Vickie and Marvin Winans divorced in 1995 and she has since remarried.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMario Winans began learning piano, keyboards, and drums while still in grade school in Detroit, Michigan and learned how to work in a recording studio at an early age. He began producing gospel music professionally after graduating high school, eventually working with gospel music artists Fred Hammond, The Clark Sisters and various members of the Winans gospel music family.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Mario+Winans","playStationPath":"/stations/113308639/play","stationId":113308639,"bioPath":"/music/Mario+Winans/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Christina+Milian","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0aa/0aa233433a8efb5cefc2a2686e631b9a_md.jpg","artistName":"Christina Milian","artistId":2481,"station_id":113265613},{"musicPath":"/music/Adina+Howard","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/863/8634c536bddec33ce35be879163d0af9_md.jpg","artistName":"Adina Howard","artistId":9679,"station_id":113273570},{"musicPath":"/music/Akon","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c90/c90c584b8a98a9f1f37be88d73e425f0_md.jpg","artistName":"Akon","artistId":2466,"station_id":113261916},{"musicPath":"/music/Cherish","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b3e/b3e13bdea09263fc51420faba2038d9a_md.jpg","artistName":"Cherish","artistId":9730,"station_id":113264893},{"musicPath":"/music/Chris+Brown","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/083/083094a2ef7530864a13f75297db7297_md.jpg","artistName":"Chris Brown","artistId":2480,"station_id":113263026},{"musicPath":"/music/Angie+Stone","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c87/c8750fc935e2af59ab057bf1ef52bafd_md.jpg","artistName":"Angie Stone","artistId":83,"station_id":113333628},{"musicPath":"/music/Babyface","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/48f/48f06094820823fbc66ff13743c877e5_md.jpg","artistName":"Babyface","artistId":2397,"station_id":113264079},{"musicPath":"/music/Lyfe+Jennings","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/573/5738ee0d09ac01ee5594b7117774e12d_md.jpg","artistName":"Lyfe Jennings","artistId":10432,"station_id":113267454},{"musicPath":"/music/Frankie+J","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5de/5de051e720f7662a8e7036c54f69bc5a_md.jpg","artistName":"Frankie J","artistId":2497,"station_id":113264766},{"musicPath":"/music/Jeremih","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b6c/b6ca174791cf6780130d6478b5af2f67_md.jpg","artistName":"Jeremih","artistId":18856,"station_id":159822201},{"musicPath":"/music/Faith+Evans","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c7a/c7a33d3953f2ca86440b94a87aa61cb8_md.jpg","artistName":"Faith Evans","artistId":7085,"station_id":113263857},{"musicPath":"/music/Deborah+Cox","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/67c/67c61c35c3cd355abe138008d733c9ad_md.jpg","artistName":"Deborah Cox","artistId":6455,"station_id":113292134},{"musicPath":"/music/Nina+Sky","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b3d/b3d73748e6a659cfe49a4c2d8908c7a8_md.jpg","artistName":"Nina Sky","artistId":2535,"station_id":113308978},{"musicPath":"/music/Musiq","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d4e/d4edb05c13412589f4a55bbf77e61051_md.jpg","artistName":"Musiq","artistId":7280,"station_id":113262365},{"musicPath":"/music/Tweet","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c1d/c1db7ceb360405dec67109b95ff51998_md.jpg","artistName":"Tweet","artistId":6572,"station_id":113310718},{"musicPath":"/music/Brandy","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bde/bdebbae315728255de319830d504ccb0_md.jpg","artistName":"Brandy","artistId":4811,"station_id":113262719},{"musicPath":"/music/Soul+for+Real","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d67/d672e2b3ae4c5dc04d7837b09c2b4625_md.jpg","artistName":"Soul for Real","artistId":9960,"station_id":113277877},{"musicPath":"/music/Colby+O+Donis","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/4ae/4ae556fc4277dc4bd6194797fb8f34a6_md.jpg","artistName":"Colby O'Donis","artistId":10913,"station_id":265806122}]}