Nino Cappuccino was born in Kansas City, MO, the son of Mr. & Mrs. Johnson.  Nino has two sisters and two brothers.  Nino spent his first 10 years residing in Kansas City, MO.  He attended Woodland Elementary, where his grandmother was a teacher and other family members also worked at the school.

Nino moved with his family to Los Angeles, California in 1972.  His father worked as an Airline Engineer at the LAX Airport.  His mother worked in the medical field.  The move from Kansas landed the Johnson family  in the lion's den of Watts, California Nickerson Gardens Housing Projects.

He was active in school and all sports and graduated from Lock High School.  Writing was Nino's favorite hobby and acting just seemed to come natural. 1991 was his personal wake up call to making a career choice to act as a profession.

Nino received his first production deal through Death Row Records (1994).  Soon he was participating in a documentary based on the first ever to take place (Gang Truce) (Peace-Treaty) (1992).   Today Nino is accomplished and has gone full circle in the world of entertainment demonstrating his creative talents as an actor, writer, producer and rapper.