Someone great once said; failure is not falling, but refusing to get back up. No one knows how true that old adage is more than Caktuz Tree..?13. Hailing from High Point, NC (The Middle East), home of Jazz inovator John Coletrane and American Idol Fantasia Barrino, this fiery lyrical MC is the breath of fresh air hip hop music and its culture have awaited. He is the voice of the black experience...

Someone great once said; failure is not falling, but refusing to get back up. No one knows how true that old adage is more than Caktuz Tree..?13. Hailing from High Point, NC (The Middle East), home of Jazz inovator John Coletrane and American Idol Fantasia Barrino, this fiery lyrical MC is the breath of fresh air hip hop music and its culture have awaited. He is the voice of the black experience growing up in the heart of a textile city, seemingly, bent on entrapping its disenfranchised and impoverished inside its belly.

A well known entrepreneur since the age of 15,Cak..?13 was always at the front of the local hip hop industry. Music, as it seemed, was hereditary. Coming from a musical background; Cak..?13's grandfather, soul singer Johnny Scotton, was signed to James Brown's People/Polydor label, toured and released two successful singles written & produced by the Godfather of Soul. With the success of Cak..?13's 1st single, CoppaTone, he claimed his place in the history of Carolina's triad