Mike 13 was discovered/signed by LL Cool J after slipping him a demo while waiting his table at a Long Island diner. Shortly after, he's DJ Premier's right hand man playing sessions for everyone from Eminem to Wyclef Jean to DJ Khaled. Through Premier, he becomes the live guitar player for Joe Budden and Nas. While on tour, he meets Pauley Perrette (played Abby on NCIS), and ends up composing music for her show, NCIS (amongst others), producing a huge single for DMC (RUN DMC) feat. Pauley.