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Marta Marrero (born May 18, 1969), better known as Martika, is an United States|American Pop music| pop singer and actress of Cuban ancestry.
Biography and career
Born in Whittier, California|Whittier, California, United States|U.S., Marrero entered mainstream show business as one of the orphan girls (an uncredited role) in the 1982 motion picture ''Annie (film)|Annie''. This led to her being cast as “Gloria†on the long running kids show ''Kids Incorporated'' about a group of neighbourhood kids who rose to local fame by singing staged productions at a corner malt shop. At around the same time, Martika and many fellow cast members from ''Kids Incorporated'' starred in the musical numbers from the Mr. T motivational video ''Be Somebody... or Be Somebody's Fool!'', which also aired in 1984. Shanice as well as future Black Eyed Peas member and solo artist Fergie (singer)|Fergie also had singing parts in the video.
Following her role in ''Kids Incorporated'' and ''Be Somebody'', Martika was quickly snagged by CBS Records as a potential Madonna (performer)|Madonna-like pop star. Her first album, 1988's ''Martika (album)|Martika'', spawned the anti-drug abuse song “Toy Soldiers (song)|Toy Soldiersâ€, which became a #1 U.S. hit in the U.S., "More Than You Know (Martika song)|More Than You Know" (#18) and "I Feel The Earth Move" (a remake of Caro... read all
