Did you run over anything right before it started acting up? Possibly the flywheel key has sheared and the timing is off.

No I didn't run anything over

Pull the valve cover and check the valve clearances.
The engine not wanting to crank over may be due to valves needing adjustment to restore function of compression release.
Don't worry about the flywheel key shearing, that is not something likely to occur on a mower that has a belt driven deck, The concern over shearing a flywheel key by hitting something and stopping the blades is only true in push mowers where the blade mounts directly to the crankshaft. Belt driven blades can't stop the crankshaft quick enough to shear a flywheel key.
The puzzling part of the description is how the exhaust seems to have gotten louder just prior to backfiring.
Start with the valves.

After it started getting louder and back firing my first thought was bad gas so I tried draining the gas pulling the line off the fuel filter and it was dripping out very slowly finding out there was a big dead spider stuck on the bottom of the fuel tank so I cleaned all that out and added new gas and sometimes it fires up for a split second but exhaust still loud and backfiring

As mownie stated, valve adjustment affects the compression release.
When you remove the valve cover, look for something obviously amiss, such as a push rod having excessive clearance or bent etc. Some of these engines "eat" cam shafts.
Make sure BOTH valves open & close the same amount when rotating the engine.

The engine should be a Briggs 31P677-3373-G2 or G6

bennett12 - do you know how to check the valve clearance on that briggs engine?

No I do not know how to check the valve clearance

Thank you everyone for the words of wisdom, I adjusted the valves and starts right up and runs like new. Thanks again for helping.

Thank you for the update and glad you're going again :^)