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He was given his first name after civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and his middle name after U.S. President John F. Kennedy. His father, John Lawrence, served in the U.S. Military. After his parents divorced when he was eight, Lawrence rarely saw his father, who worked as a police officer at the time His mother, Chlora (née Bailey), began working several jobs to support her family. During his teen years, Lawrence excelled at boxing. He lived in Maryland, and attended Thomas G. Pullen School of Creative and Performing Arts (Landover, Maryland), Fairmont Heights High School (Fairmount Heights, Maryland), Eleanor Roosevelt High School, and also Friendly High School in Fort Washington, Maryland, becoming a Mid-Atlantic Golden Gloves boxing contender.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Martin+Lawrence","playStationPath":"/stations/269814953/play","stationId":269814953,"bioPath":"/music/Martin+Lawrence/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Ron+White","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/45c/45c6ed557ad2fe265997a589ca82556c_md.jpg","artistName":"Ron White","artistId":15955,"station_id":138493371},{"musicPath":"/music/Mitch+Fatel","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/4b2/4b20ab57149bda0be7e32d47135670e8_md.jpg","artistName":"Mitch Fatel","artistId":116631,"station_id":283090838},{"musicPath":"/music/Evan+Lionel","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/967/9670f9e7dd1cb1628cb254145842631e_md.jpg","artistName":"Evan Lionel","artistId":129545,"station_id":284994378},{"musicPath":"/music/Michael+Ian+Black","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/999/999a6321067da0901ab395bf00610b7d_md.jpg","artistName":"Michael Ian Black","artistId":145086,"station_id":292816357},{"musicPath":"/music/Aries+Spears","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/243/2433229fe5585d539cea4a6b104eeab9_md.jpg","artistName":"Aries Spears","artistId":106851,"station_id":281862165},{"musicPath":"/music/Katt+Williams","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/581/581f63efd81a45c96229e8778013f2a7_md.jpg","artistName":"Katt Williams","artistId":14141,"station_id":113305924},{"musicPath":"/music/Ahmed+Ahmed","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/140/140ef51eadc091f9036f3a3475a8674e_md.jpg","artistName":"Ahmed Ahmed","artistId":138901,"station_id":287828898},{"musicPath":"/music/Maz+Jobrani","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/7e0/7e0c0543e4c8950ac73af7b42b7234b2_md.jpg","artistName":"Maz Jobrani","artistId":137041,"station_id":286730021},{"musicPath":"/music/Jeffrey+Ross","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d4a/d4ac268f9e2a2649e860afac7172a3cc_md.jpg","artistName":"Jeffrey Ross","artistId":94121,"station_id":302568164},{"musicPath":"/music/Bill+Cosby","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e53/e5351705b2b737468a5e4eb2a948cca2_md.jpg","artistName":"Bill Cosby","artistId":85648,"station_id":269605656},{"musicPath":"/music/Tim+Wilson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/137/1370e86605b6fcdf9651e8a583431e6e_md.jpg","artistName":"Tim Wilson","artistId":85840,"station_id":269814991},{"musicPath":"/music/Kristin+Key","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/25e/25edf7f53f435acd5b4ed179cdd33f60_md.jpg","artistName":"Kristin Key","artistId":137918,"station_id":286730812},{"musicPath":"/music/Greg+Giraldo","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/3bd/3bd2f42ddf25e8055df07b87fcae6fcd_md.jpg","artistName":"Greg Giraldo","artistId":106901,"station_id":281656470},{"musicPath":"/music/John+Caparulo","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5de/5de95ce2302e8a283e13a5364c38afbf_md.jpg","artistName":"John Caparulo","artistId":94297,"station_id":287827927},{"musicPath":"/music/Franklyn+Ajaye","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ad9/ad9c3414e18f5c88f3982c01e88fd88e_md.jpg","artistName":"Franklyn Ajaye","artistId":110646,"station_id":282142159},{"musicPath":"/music/Marquez+the+Greatest","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a13/a136cabeca3c3bbc321b3b5b1eb8f7d2_md.jpg","artistName":"Marquez the Greatest","artistId":110274,"station_id":282141843},{"musicPath":"/music/Andy+Dick","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/53c/53c623a9f3976f1abea15f5a0d19a349_md.jpg","artistName":"Andy Dick","artistId":117242,"station_id":283168403},{"musicPath":"/music/Gary+Mule+Deer","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/445/445dd2a73fef971dd9dabe87eb07868e_md.jpg","artistName":"Gary Mule Deer","artistId":85760,"station_id":269814940}]}