It has become common knowledge across the NASCAR fandom over these past few years that the iconic Mark Martin is a Gucci Mane fanboy. The 65-year-old’s admiration for Mane reached a peak point in 2024 when he featured in the rapper’s latest album titled Greatest of All Trappers.
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While all thrilled about the collaboration with an artist that he enjoys so much, Martin had an important lesson to take away from the experience.
He opened up about it in a recent interview with YouTuber Chase Holden and said, “It puts me in the shoes of race fans, you know, because these people have the power just like Antonio Brown has the power, and I have a little bit of power to make people’s life better.”
“You know, to give them joy even as we retired. I kind of experienced that on a parallel.” He continued to express that icons like him have been empowered with the power to make people happy and that they ought to do it. The driver’s flagship moment of 2024 was the one that led him to this realization.
It was all put together following an interview that Martin had with Barstool Sports. He had told the hosts when speaking about his love for Mane that he liked the old Gucci more than the new one. The little rant had gone viral on multiple platforms, and it was this snippet of the conversation that had made its way into the rapper’s track.
Martin’s diverse taste in music
Martin continued to reveal in his interview that he has been an avid listener of multiple types of music since he was a teenager. He mentioned Errol Smith and ZZ Top alongside Al Green as the artists he favored at the time. While not a big fan of love songs, Al Green was one singer who made him fall in love with them.
He wasn’t someone who listened to country music back then either. But now, he listens to them all the time and even has them on in the shop and in his automobile. When working out or breaking a sweat though, it is almost always rap that gets him going. If not for rap, he does have one other go-to musician — Hank Jr.
Martin’s love for music transcends much and is almost on an equal scale with his love for speed. It is rather easy to see why racing fans love getting music recommendations from him on social media.
