Mark Mercado was born in 1974 in Culver City, California at The Brotman Medical Center. He is a first generation Mexican /American. His parents were born in Guadalajara and Juarez, Mexico. He was raised as an only child in the West Side of West Los Angeles area by his Mother and Grandmother. In 1988 he ventured off into street gangs which would ultimately fuel his hunger as an artist . Mark began chasing a music career at the age of sixteen and continued as an independent artist until all that led him to Sound and Film school in 1999. Since then, he has been working in the entertainment industry on numerous projects for Television, Film and Radio winning numerous awards for his work.