Onyx Johnson aka Onyx The Real was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 30, 1988. A few years later his mother would move from Chicago to Cincinnati, Ohio where they also have established family. While living in Cincinnati, Onyx lived in Winton Terrace, Mt Airy, and Avondale. He started his music career at the age of 12 when he lived in College Hill. 

Onyx The Real says his name derives from the precious gemstone. Just like a rock no matter how much pressure is applied it still stays true over time.Onyx also display love through his music which is also precious yet hard to understand just like a gemstone. Onyx had always loved music growing up. He remembers Rock & Roll being the first genre of music that influenced him. His First Hip Hop influence was Tupac. Onyx remembers riding with his mother and she would have Makaveli playing everyday of the week. After Tupac, his music influences started to expand from Puff Daddy and the Family, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Ruff Ryders, Juelz Santana, to Nas and Notorious B.I.G. His first full written rap was to Freeway featuring Jay-Z & Beanie Siegel "What We Do". He remembers using the instrumental and writing 42 bars to it. From there on, every day he would write verses to every instrumental he had. By the age of 14 he was recording in the studio with his favorite hip hop group "We Focus" from Cincinnati. His first two songs recorded that night were instrumentals of The Lox and Jay – Z "Dirt off My Shoulder". From that point on,music was something he started to take serious and has continued to pursue. From age 15 and on Onyx has recorded in the studio regularly. At the age of 20, Onyx released his first EP titled "Grind Ethics". All the production was done by well-known producers from Cincinnati such as Sparkz the TrakMan and Big Dan.

Onyx has continued to record music and stick to pursuing his dream as a well-respected artist in the music industry. While in Chicago, Onyx has networked with some of Chicago’s finest Dj’s, promoters and well respected artists such as DJ Showtime, Don Ski and Tha Snypaz.

He’s also made connections with the founder/CEO of the Xceptional Group Management LLC Tyrone Smith and while on the chase Onyx has also been contacted by the Executive Vice President of Island Def Jam Music Group Steven Victor and the Senior Vice President of A&R at Colombia Records Imran Majid. Onyx has performed in Cincinnati and Chicago at venues like Subterranean, Celebrities, Red Kiva, Prvldg and Grand Bar where his fan base is growing by the moment.

Onyx is creating his own lane that he thoroughly stands behind. His production team of “Feed The Chase” pertains to staying fearless, ambitious yet proactive!
It's the year 2023 and Onyx has a lot planned. One thing for sure,two things for certain, Onyx The Real is a unique lyricists the game has been missing an you can guarantee he “Feeding The Chase”!
OnyxThe Real is ready to take the industry by storm feel free to contact