43 Facts About Johnny Polygon

Johnny Polygon has worked with high-profile musicians such as Nas and Kid Cudi.

Johnny Polygon is looking to new opportunities with Armatura Production Haus, a new endeavor that will umbrella various multimedia projects: music video production, television, film, and a new children's books he's working on.

Johnny Polygon was born John Armour on May 15,1984, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Johnny Polygon later began rapping at the age of 14.

Johnny Polygon would sneak into Retro Night at Cain's Ballroom with some of his underage friends.

One night they snuck in and witnessed a rap battle; Johnny Polygon then swore the next time Cain's hosted one he'd enter.

Johnny Polygon continued participating in local theater groups and rap battles, helping him develop a sense of stage presence and projection.

Ultimately surviving on the underground Midwest scene for several years, amassing several self-released albums, Johnny Polygon headed out to Hollywood, to further his music career.

Johnny Polygon went to Los Angeles with only $297 and a thousand copies of his fourth CD, Leggo My Ego, which he sold to strangers on Hollywood Boulevard, chatting up a couple hundred people a day.

Johnny Polygon, who was homeless at the time, jumped at the opportunity and went to NYC with DJ Green Lantern.

In 2008, Johnny Polygon signed a recording contract with DJ Green Lantern's record label imprint, Invasion Music Group.

Once Johnny Polygon signed with DJ Green Lantern, he moved to Brooklyn, where they then recorded several songs, including "Price on Your Head", an original song written for 2008's Grand Theft Auto IV video game.

Johnny Polygon was featured on fellow American rapper Nas' 2008 untitled album, singing the chorus for the song "Black President".

In 2009, Johnny Polygon made his national television debut on BET's Inaugural Address, performing "Black President" with Nas.

On May 12,2009, Johnny Polygon released his first project under Invasion Music Group, his debut extended play, titled Group Hug.

On July 17,2009, Johnny Polygon was featured in Vapor Magazine.

Johnny Polygon made an appearance on the Dead Prez mixtape, Pulse of the People: Turn Off the Radio Vol.

Johnny Polygon was featured on the song "NYDP", which was included in the 2010 film Brooklyn's Finest.

In late 2009, Johnny Polygon made a cameo appearance in Kid Cudi's "Pursuit of Happiness" music video, alongside fellow rappers Drake and Consequence.

On February 14,2010, Johnny Polygon released Rebel Without Applause, a mixtape presented by DJ Green Lantern and Karmaloop.

On March 31,2010, Johnny Polygon visited Los Angeles' KPWR's POWER 106 FM THE TAKEOVER with the LA Leakers and DJ Reflex.

On November 16,2010, Johnny Polygon released an official 30-track mixtape presented by Orisue, titled Catch-Up.

In 2011, Johnny Polygon returned to his Oklahoma roots where he was featured on the back of This Land Press' January print issue, as part of the paper's "True Tulsa" portrait series.

Almost eight months after performing the song for Knocksteady TV, Johnny Polygon released the un-mastered audio for Pussy Gun's lead single, "Limosexsuperstar".

On September 7,2012, via his Twitter feed, Johnny Polygon announced that he is no longer signed or affiliated with Bananabeat Records and would release Pussy Gun independently.

Johnny Polygon made his directorial debut in November 2012, directing the music video for THURZ's "Are You Not", which features vocals from Johnny Polygon himself.

In March 2013, Johnny Polygon embarked on a US national tour entitled Light Up The Night, which began in Tulsa at The Vanguard on March 20, with American hip hop group Pac Div.

Johnny Polygon later announced he would be releasing an EP next.

In January 2014, Johnny Polygon tweeted: "The new EP is shaping up beastly" and revealed he would premiere some new songs at his then-upcoming show in New York.

On February 1,2014, Johnny Polygon released a remix to the viral song "Versace", which he re-titled "Old Navy".

On June 20,2014, Johnny Polygon released a song titled "Never Too Old to Die Young", via independent online music store Bandcamp.

On July 25,2014 Johnny Polygon released "The Weather Report", another single via Bandcamp.

On October 1,2014, Johnny Polygon performed and premiered his song "Dead Meat", live in Cosmic Zoo studio, after a long conversation with Intuition, on the Kinda Neat podcast.

On November 8,2014, Johnny Polygon revealed he changed the title of his upcoming project and that it would no longer be an EP, but instead a full-length album.

On December 21,2014, Johnny Polygon announced he would release the album, now titled I Love You, Goodnight.

On February 25,2015, Johnny Polygon unexpectedly released an album titled Water Damage, selling only a limited 200 copies, via his website.

In 2015, Johnny Polygon lent his voice as the starring and supporting characters in 50 episodes of a National Geographic sponsored children's show entitled, 50 Birds, 50 States.

In support of the Water Damage album, Johnny Polygon organised the "Hole in the Wall" concert tour.

In March 2015, Johnny Polygon made his debut appearance at the Norman Music Festival.

On May 15,2015, Johnny Polygon announced that he had pushed back I Love You, Goodnight.

Johnny Polygon revealed the new release date to be June 4,2015.

In May 2015, Johnny Polygon was featured in an article on The Oklahoman and NewsOK.

On February 10,2016, Johnny Polygon revealed he had a few hard copies of a secret album that he would only be releasing to people in Los Angeles hand-to-hand.