Johnny Matrix, was born and raised in South Korea before moving to Los Angeles at the age of seven with his family. Growing up in the LA area, Johnny quickly took to the dance scene and became inspired by Deuce and Scotaeji & Boys (dancing groups) and began learning the moves. After honing his dance skills in less than six months, Johnny and his young group of dancers signed up for their first competition in 1994 at the Korea Town Festival in Los Angeles and won 1st place! His dance crew, TJ & Boys later went on to win in 1995 at the Valley Festival & in 1996 at the Garden Grove event. As a dancer Johnny taught Shin Hae Sung (Shin Hwa), a famous group from Asia & also Woo Yun Suk (Click-B).
But Johnny knew his true calling was music and built a very large fan base in Southern California as a headlining DJ. Just five years later, Johnny would find himself working with Brothers Entertainment as a young A&R rep.. Johnny continued to develop beats began writing music for and training many famous Korean singers.
During that same year in 1997, Johnny began catching the golden ears of many artists for whom he wrote and recorded music and even rapped on several songs including "Life In K-Town". Such artists included korean group E&C (Eddie & Chris) & Sharp and many others at Blue Palm Recording Studios in Los Angeles, CA.
Just a year later Johnny had been offered the chance of a lifetime. To go back to his birth land and work with Turbo, a very famous Korean singer who took Johnny on the road through Asia teaching him the step by step processes necessary to be a success in the entertainment industry. Six months later Johnny moved back to Los Angeles was ready to set in motion his true dream; and so began Matrix Family Entertainment.
Time line of Matrix Family Entertainment events / Johnny Matrix DJ events / Ace Club events;
09/1999 Club Matrix @ LA CASA, LOS ANGELES- weekly
01/2000 1st Annual Happy Fridy @ MASTER DOME, SAN BERNADINO
02/2000 Playground @ HOLLYWOOD TROPICANA – weekly
04/2000 Club Matrix @ FLORENTINE GARDENS, HOLLYWOOD
04/2000 1st Annual Happy Saturday @ MASTER DOME, SAN BERNADINO
08/2000 Dizzy Reunion @ FOX THEATER, POMONA
11/2000 C2K @ FLORENTINE GARDENS, EL MONTE
01/2001 2nd Annual Happy Fridy @ MASTER DOME, SAN BERNADINO
04/2001 2nd Annual Happy Saturday @ MASTER DOME, SAN BERNADINO
08/2001 Snork’s Event @ CADDILAC CLUB, MORENO VALLEY
08/2001 Matrix In Japan @ LUNERS, TOKYO JAPAN
09/2001 Matrix In Shibuya @ CLUB SIMONS, TOKYO JAPAN
09/28/2001 Virtue - Mistick Illusions
11/03/2001 Hypnotika - Generation Family
11/16/2001 Final Fantasy - Cloud Productions
12/2001 WOW Music Festival @ ORION EVENT CENTER, LOS ANGELES
12/31/2001 Destination 2002 - R&R Industries
01/2002 3rd Annual Happy Friday @ CADDILAC CLUB, MORENO VALLEY
03/02/2002 Planet Soul - Club Cadillac + R&R
12/21/2002 Kusy - Rosen Brewery in K-Town, Los Angeles
12/31/2002 Kusy - New Years Eve
01/08/2004 Matrix Reunion @ Florentine Gardens - Hollywood
04/02/2004 Noiz Monte - Christos
04/09/2004 Noiz Monte - Christos
04/16/2004 Noiz Monte - Christos
04/23/2004 Noiz Monte - Christos
04/30/2004 Noiz Monte - Christos
05/2006 Nice Day - Slauson Super Mall
05/19/2006 Nice Day - Slauson Super Mall
09/15/2007 Big Thang Poppin - @ V20
01/05/2008 Ace Club - @ V20
With the music industry quickly evolving through the digital age, Johnny took a step back from his successful events schedule and again focused on his own musical talents and attended the Musicians Institute in 2002. Johnny graduated in October of that year in the top two of his class and began again to write and record with and for a variety of industry artists.
By 2004, Johnny decided to invest into another passion, sports, and opened his first and current retail shop as Sports Fanatics, in Los Angeles, California. Johnny continues to build upon old and new relationship as Matrix Family Entertainment has now developed into Ace Club Entertainment Group. Now, with a new team, a new clothing line and a bigger dream, Johnny Matrix has again set the standard for all other entertainment companies to follow. In 2005, Johnny opened up his first name brand store.
