Janick grew up in Port Charlotte, Florida. He was interested in music, not as a musician, but as a promoter.

In a 2018 interview with ''Entrepreneur'', he said: "When I was a teenager, in the '90s, I was really into underground music. I'd buy wholesale orders of CDs I loved and then sell them to friends for $10 apiece. Eventually I started putting together compilations. It wasn't about making a profit as much as it was about turning