[citation needed] Martin was a force among local artists in the late 1980s, growing up with close friends Johnny Gill and Stacy Lattisaw and bassist Oteil Burbridge and Kenny Lattimore.
Linda Lou McCall was hired by MC Hammer in 1990 to help set up his corporate operations and administration in Oakland, California.
When the McCalls relocated to Los Angeles in 1990, Martin followed, enabling him to work with Boyz II Men producers (Shovani and Buster), Grammy Award winning songwriters and producers Marti Sharron and Danny Sembello, Oji Pierce, Ian Prince and The Time's Jesse Johnson.
Washington, D.C. promoter James T. (Time 2 Jamm) brought the group to Night Flight studios, owned by singer/recording artist Stacy Lattisaw and her husband Kevin Jackson.
Later, Charlie Singleton, member of the hit pop/R&B band Cameo, produced demos for the group, which allowed Martin to record songs in Atlanta, Georgia.
David Franklin, Richard Pryor's manager at the time, worked with Adrian Taylor on arranging recording sessions.
The demos were presented to Epic Records, however, Kenny Lattimore's group, Maniquin was signed instead of the band Masquerade.
Ruffhouse president Chris Schwartz, Inerge Barrett and attorney Kevon Glickmon were all present at the 1994 signing of Martin in Philadelphia, PA.
For the next decade, Martin stayed busy in the music industry producing, writing and releasing several solo albums, gaining him a large fan base throughout the world.
The Disney inspired and animated music video was completed by Empire Films in Australia and released to the public in September 2011.
On March 25, 2022, Martin was found dead in his private residence in Quezon City, Philippines, after neighbors had alerted the condominium's manager.