Johnny Hockin is a Canadian television personality and DJ. Johnny is the host and producer of MTV's Movie Night program and a reporter for MTV News (Canada)

MTV News (Canada)

MTV News is a Canadian entertainment and pop culture news program on the Canadian cable specialty channel, MTV.MTV News is hosted by Aliya-Jasmine Sovani "AJ" along with correspondents Johnny Hockin and Sharlene Chiu...

, a Canadian entertainment and pop culture news program on the Canadian version of MTV

MTV

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. He has interviewed celebrities such as Pharrell Williams

Pharrell Williams

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, Q-Tip

Q-Tip (rapper)

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, LL Cool J

LL Cool J

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, Matt Damon

Matt Damon

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, Katy Perry

Katy Perry

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, Matthew McConaughey

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 and Nicolas Cage

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Hockin attended McGill University

McGill University

Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...

 for music and Ryerson University

Ryerson University

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 for film. Prior to appearing on MTV in 2006 Johnny started a label and club night called More Proof.

Hockin is one of the jurors on The Polaris Music Prize

Polaris Music Prize

The Polaris Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label...

and a three-time presenter at their awards ceremony. In 2010 he was one of the judges of the Red Bull Thre3 Style DJ Championships.