MAKJ

Mackenzie Johnson (born June 25, 1990), known professionally as MAKJ, is an American DJ and producer who’s been a driving force in electronic music since 2012. Breaking into the scene with solo releases and standout collaborations with artists like Hardwell, Steve Aoki, Timmy Trumpet and Deorro. MAKJ quickly became a festival favorite, performing at Electric Zoo, EDC, Coachella, and Tomorrow Lands main stage. In 2014, Billboard named him one of the “Top 10 Artists to Watch” at Ultra Music Festival, and he earned a spot on DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs list. Beyond the stage, MAKJ hosts Revolution Radio on Clear Channel’s Evolution channel, where he continues to showcase new talent and sounds shaping the future of dance music.

Biography Mackenzie Johnson was born in 1990 in San Luis Obispo, California. By his teens, he was living in China while pursuing a career as a professional race car driver. At age fifteen, he became interested in DJing, and he purchased a set of Technics 1200 Turntables.

2016

RIAA: Gold

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Other singles

2011: Parallax (with Kura and dBerrie) 2012: Crunch 2012: Croche 2012: Galaxy / Old Memories (with Kura) 2013: Conchy 2013: Hold Up 2013: Springen 2013: Hakaka 2013: Revolution (with M35) 2014: GO (Showtek Edit) (with M35) 2014: Generic 2014: Ready (with Deorro) 2015: Lose Your Mind (with Deorro) 2015: Ante Up (with Deorro) 2015: Get Whoa (featuring Fly Boi Keno) 2015: On & On (with Kenze) 2017: Knock Me Down (with Max Styler featuring Elayna Boynton) 2017: Space Jam (with Michael Sparks featuring Fatman Scoop) 2017: Too Far Gone (featuring Matthew Santos)

Remixes 2012: Nari & Milani featuring Maurizio Gubellini - Unbelievable (with Robbie Rivera) 2012: Drop the Lime - No Sleep For The Wicked 2013: Trinidad James - All Gold Everything 2013: Nervo and Ivan Gough featuring Beverley Knight - Not Taking This No More 2013: Federico Scavo and Robbie Rivera - Jump 2013: Sound of Stereo - Zipper 2013: Sandro Silva featuring Jack Miz - Let Go Tonight 2014: Benny Benassi featuring Gary Go - Let This Last Forever 2015: O.T. Genasis - CoCo 2016: Rae Sremmurd - Black Beatles 2016: Madly - Work Me 2017: Ed Sheeran - Shape of You 2017: Future - Mask Off 2017: Steve Aoki featuring Lil Yachty and Migos - Night Call (with Steve Aoki) 2019: Goody Grace featuring Blink-182 - Scumbag 2020: Winona Oak - He Don't Love Me 2020: Rat City - I Just Wanna Dance