Bozznitti

As a kid, LeRoy Johnson (Bozznitti) was indeed an energetic and amusing entertainer. He enjoyed imitating James Brown fancy footwork and doing the splits at family functions. As he grew up watching Michael Jackson take hold of the music industry and grow under Mr. Barry Gordon record label (Motown), gave young LeRoy hope that it’s possible that one day he could become a big super- star. When he was eleven years old, he participated in a modeling program that was held at his elementary school. There were seven shows total, which was held as school events. It was during these shows that LeRoy realized he had a natural talent to perform in front of a public audience. He told his mother he enjoys performing for people and that he wanted to be a performing artist like Michael Jackson.  
 
It was the fall of 1981 and LeRoy had begun junior high school after spending all summer developing his pop-locking skills. He started competing at school talent shows and also at weekend functions. By 1983 LeRoy had started a female pop-locking group called, Three much which included his older sister and a couple of her friends. In the summer of 1984 he and the group had performed a couple of times at Florin Skate, which use to reside off Florin Rd. located in Sacramento, CA. But his interest in hip-hop didn’t start until his ear for music was exposed to the scratch mixing sounds of Grand Master Flash(first known East Coast DJ) and lyrics by the Sugar Hill Gang(first  rap group).  
 
At this time LeRoy watched hip-hop take hold growing throughout the inner cities in America and by the late eighties he looked to possibly a professional career in the music industry, which at this time familiar home town entrepreneurial spirits such as; Robert Brookins - Producer/Songwriter and Jay King - Artist/Songwriter was by now making a positive impact in the music industry. But it wasn’t until the mid 90’s LeRoy start to take the music industry extremely serious, given the opportunity to spend a day with Lisa “LeftEye” Lopez (from the trio TLC), her sincere advice and critique of his first recording had inspired him to pursue a professional career within the music industry. 
     
After the disapproval years of financial problems in the late 90’s; in fall 2002, Johnson enrolled in American River College music program and completed an AA degree in Commercial Music Business Spring 2006; he is also founder of a small management company called, “Poverty Management”. 2014, Johnson completed his BS in Business Administration and is continuing his college education at  Capella University to achieve his MBA. 
 
ASCAP Member Number: 1654788