Birth name Paul Leighton Johnson Role DJ Name Paul Johnson | Years active 1990 - present Genres House, electronic Music group Johnson Brothers | |
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Also known as Darien's
Dat Niga Tha Schit
The P.J. Project
Pilly P.
Pjay
Smooth Stan Smith
Yonkapin Origin Chicago, Illinois, United States Associated acts 2 Men On Wax
Brother 2 Brother
Club Style
Disco Thieves
Traxmen Albums Good Time EP, Bump Talkin, Feel the Music, Tribute EP Awards DJ Award for Special Achievement Record labels Dance Mania, Peacefrog Records Similar People Robert Armani, Maurice Joshua, Candi Staton, Stacy Kidd, Fedde Le Grand Profiles | ||
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Paul Leighton Johnson (born 1971) is an American house DJ and producer. He is best known for his self-taught D.J. style of house music and his 1999 single, "Get Get Down", which became a worldwide hit.
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Musical career
He first began DJing in Chicago in 1984 when he was 13, and started working as a producer in 1987, doing tracks for Chicago house labels Dance Mania, Relief, Cajual, Nite Life, Undaground Therapy, Defected, DJax Up Beats, Peacefrog, and Moody. His tune "Get Get Down" became an international house hit, sustaining airplay for several years in clubs and was a top 5 hit in the UK Singles Chart. The song reached number-one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in December 1999. In 1997 Johnson and his partner Radek started the Chicago house label Dust Traxx, and has worked with Robert Armani under the name Traxmen and with Gant Garrard as Brother 2 Brother. His 2004 track, "Follow This Beat", hit #8 on the US Dance chart.
Personal life
Johnson is unable to walk and DJs in a wheelchair, due to an accidental gunshot in his shoulder on May 17, 1987.
Discography
