Shifty & Stormy Daniels at AVN Awards 2006

Shifty Johnson is the adopted son of LaShonda Johnson, AKA Miss Evelyn, a respected fortune teller on the northwestern Ohio carnival circuit. Miss Evelyn was not only a respected psychic; she was also an avid record collector. From the time he could walk until he began working at the age of eleven, Shifty spent his days immersed in his adopted mother's record collection. While other kids his age played with Transformers and GI Joes, Shifty learned about Roy Ayers, The Fatback Band, Herbie Handcock, Marvin Gaye, Willie Hutch and Rudy Rae Moore.

Shifty wasn't his given name. He earned it as an accomplished pickpocket working the carnival goers on the midway. A bow legged carnie named Seth Vargo actually gave him the name after watching the young Shifty lift a wallet from an incredibly beautiful woman’s purse while grabbing her butt and casting blame for the feel-up on the man walking behind her husband. A fight ensued and Shifty slipped away.

Shifty’s first DJ gig was blasting Def Leppard, Falco, Duran Duran and various other popular artists of the day on a ride called the Himalaya. During a particularly slammin’ set Shifty was discovered by the owner of a chain of roller skating rinks. He quickly became a crowd favorite and traveled all over northwest Ohio and southern Michigan rocking a special blend of old school hip hop, electro, and funk.

As roller skating declined in popularity, Shifty struggled to adapt to the changing market. He fell head first into the little-known and seedy roller skating underground. These were Shifty’s dark years. A heavy drug addiction, forays into the world of amateur porn, and a propensity for general shiftiness earned Shifty a sordid reputation. Nonetheless, the name Shifty Johnson still became synonymous with quality music and sick parties throughout the tri-state area’s (Ohio, Indiana and Michigan) underground roller skating circuit.

In late 2004, Shifty finally came to terms with the fact that roller skating would never make the long awaited comeback he had desperately hoped for. He also knew that he needed to move to the big city if he was ever going to realize his dream of becoming a superstar DJ. On January 3rd of 2004 Shifty loaded his records onto a Greyhound bus and moved to Chicago.

After arriving in Chicago, Shifty quickly realized that he needed to hustle for money if he was going to try to break into the cutthroat Chicago DJ market. He turned to what came naturally: Shifty returned to porn. Chicago pornographer and self proclaimed international playboy Terry Swank met Shifty during the filming of Paging Doctor Johnson. Between takes, and when Shifty wasn’t breaking in a new starlet, Terry and Shifty would talk about music. Soon Shifty formed his own production company called Shifty Johnson Fuck Flixxx, and kept in touch with Terry Swank for the purpose of music production. Their first collaboration yielded the Revolutionary Music release “Her First Time” out now on For Those Who Lead the Triple Life Vol. 1.0.

Since being signed as an artist by Revolutionary Music, Shifty has been gaining fans around the world with gigs in England, Scotland, Belgium, San Francisco, Denver, Miami and all over Chicago.  He was a resident DJ for the entire 3 years that the legendary Chicago underground venue the Safe House was in existence.  It was here that he shared the decks with industry heavyweights such as DJ Heather, Fred Everything, Justin Long, Diz, Mark Grant, and DJ Harri.  

Shifty Johnson is apart of the production collective The Lake Street Project that was responsible for the hit song Forever which spent over 8 weeks on Billboard’s Club Play Chart.

Currently he is working hard in the studio on remixes and original productions and preparing for the Degenerate DJs Do America Tour.   Recently the adult film company Secret Skin Pictures used Shifty’s newest song, Interplanetary Pimp, for the soundtrack of a masturbation scene featuring their top starlet Westin.  

Shifty tagging Buckingham Palace with an RM sticker.