Born as Curtis Lamar Ruffin Jr in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in 1984. A descendent of David Ruffin from the Temptations, 13irthMark Grew up Listening to old school R&B, pop and classic rock like Temptations, MICHAELS JACKSON and JACKSON 5, BERLIN, AEROSMITH, O JAYS, PATTI LABEL, ANITA BAKER, STING, TONI BRAXTON, GEORGE MICHAELS, BABYFACE, STAN BUSH, THE DRAMATICS, ISSAC HAYES, and many, many more. But his first introduction to HIP HOP was MC HAMMER, KRIS KROSS throughout early years up until 1994. 

13irthmark has always been surrounded by music, from living with his parents, from his Grandparents having a nightclub, CLYDE'S PLACE, in Live Oak, FL for about 50 years which hosted artists like the legendary Betty Wright (R.I.P.)

1993-94 13irthmark Moved to Sylvania, Georgia with his Father and with connecting with his older cousins, fell in love with rap music when being introduced to Dr Dre “THE CHRONIC”, DOVE SHACK, DOMINO, SNOOP DOGG, DPG, OUTKAST, SCARFACE, JT MONEY, TRICK DADDY, 2PAC, BONE THUGS N HARMONY, ICE CUBE, 8 BALL & MJG, TOO SHORT and many more as he began more conscious of the world and experiencing its racial, emotional, courtship, economical and unethical challenges that can't be fathomed as a kid but become more visible as entering teenage years; connected more with these kind of artist because it expressed a familiar reality and how to navigate through it from a peer perspective.  But if it wasn't for his Father's teachings throughout his upbringing, 13irthmark could have easily lost his way and slipped deeper into the abyss of mischief of misguided energy.

Between 5th-10th grade, 13irthmark played percussion in the band at SCREVEN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, in Sylvania, GA. where he learned to read music and dove deeper into his love for music while playing marching band and concert band which kept him active and out of the street and trouble throughout grade school, along with basketball, track and other sports.  The SCREVEN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL band in 2000-2001 played in the parade at DISNEY WORLD and those experiences contributed to cultivating 13irthmark to a performing artist. 

He started writing music at age 13 in LONG ISLAND/QUEENS NY while living with his Mom and there, he got real taste of the HIP HOP culture and music culture from visiting THE APOLLO and the COTTON CLUB,  seeing the graffiti, break dancing, freestyling, which is different from the southern HIP HOP scene which he grew up around and continued to sharpen his writing schools while his 2–3-year stay.  

After moving back to Sylvania GA, he recorded his first song at age 16 with the local record label in SYLVANIA GA, called WANG DAWG RECORDS, which he signed his first record contract to and had his first rap performance at THE SPACESHIP in same city that same year. 

After he graduated from High school, he went back to Ft. Lauderdale Florida after a brief stay in Howard County in Maryland, and recorded his first album, “Diary On Tapes” which sold over 3000 copies. 

Currently he has had several performances from Florida to North Carolina, has had several local t v interviews and performances, and has been collaborating with many artists from the Southeast region. 

His motto is to bring quality back to the industry, sincere passion to music, first from being a fan of music and secondly as a creator, this includes keeping up with the new trends for dropping major singles and also putting together classic albums from an everyday citizen perspective. 

If shopping for wholesome conversation in music, while enough to grove, 13irthmark is the way.