Mars skyrocketed to fame after featuring as a guest artist on the singles Nothin' on You, which was released in 2009 by B.o.B, and Billionaire by Travie McCoy, which dropped the following year.

Mars is one of his generation’s most influential and exciting artists. In January, Spotify announced that the global superstar became the first artist to reach 150 million monthly listeners on ...

All from one of his first features. Seeing this success, The Smeezingtons decided Mars needed an official project. The result was his 2010 EP, “It’s Better If You Don’t Understand,” featuring early ...