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Dan Johns
12+ albums
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about
From the street corner hustler, to the wall street executive,to the platinum recording artist, we all live knowing that you only live once. The question is, when you pass on the next state of being, what kind of legacy will you leave behind? Daniel Johnson, artistically known as Dan Johns, wants to be heard. He wants to be respected. He wants to be remembered. Ever since Dan first began to write raps in his hometown of Florence, South Carolina, what he’s always wanted most is to be listened to. Not because a person knew him from around the way, but because that person could relate to what he was saying. Along the way to where he’s at now, Daniel has met a few people that felt his music enough to work with him. Dan, then known as G.O.L.D. Machete, started out as an Internet rapper, battling in chat rooms . He would record demos at his house, and email them to anyone that wanted to hear them. He met one of my best friends, Matt Morrison, like that. Matt played the demo for William Washington (aka Will Power), who would be the first person to put Dan in the studio. When Dan Johns started his freshman year at Morehouse College, he was one of the original artists affiliated with Peach Phuzz Records, a local record label based in Columbia, South Carolina (which was mentioned in an issue of The Source in 1998). While in Atlanta, Dan was surrounded by artists from various regions of the nation. This new environment gave him the opportunity to learn what makes hip hop beautiful: i