Agile (producer)

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Agile
Born
Ajene Griffith

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Occupations
Years active1999–present
Labels Universal Music Publishing
Member of BrassMunk
Formerly of Big Black Lincoln
Website Official website

Ajene Griffith, better known as DJ Agile, is a Canadian hip-hop producer and DJ from Toronto, Ontario. He is a member of the groups BrassMunk and Big Black Lincoln. [1] [2] [3]

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Biography

Agile began rapping in high school and decided to pursue music more seriously after winning several talent shows, earning him recognition across Toronto. He later co-founded JLJ Productions, a DJ crew he formed with his friends.[ citation needed ]

By the end of high school, Agile has been DJing independently and with his crew, performing for college and commercial radio stations throughout Toronto. He developed an interest in music production during this period and has since done production work for numerous artists, including Nas, Kardinal Offishall, Melanie Fiona, Dwele, Jully Black, Glenn Lewis, Ivana Santilli, and Frank n Dank. [3] [4] [5]

In 2009, Agile released a mixtape Toronto Love Jay dedicated to the late producer J Dilla, which won Mixtape of the Year at the 2009 Stylus DJ Awards. [3] Since then, Agile has obtained many prominent DJing gigs, including DJing for the Toronto Maple Leafs' "Rivalry Series" two years in a row, opening for Drake's 2022 OVO Fest "Canadian AllStars", producing the music for season three (2019) and season four (2020) of Netflix's Hip Hop Evolution, and representing Canada in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, for the Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Program, where Vietnamese partygoers experienced Canadian-inspired nightlife. [6]

Between April 2010 and December 2015, Agile served as the Dean For Recording Arts at the Toronto Chapter of The Remix Project. [7] Agile has served as a board member of the SOCAN Foundation since 2009, chaired the Pop Music Committees, and has sat on the Jazz Festival Advisory Committee since January 2017. [3] [8]

Discography

YearReleaseArtistLabel
2021"Bad Behaviour" Ammoye Ammoye Music
2021"Nerve (DJ Agile Remix)"AJASet Records Inc.
2021"Underyourskin"Dayton JamesDJ&Co
2020We're Never DoneAgileCLK/Agile Music
2020"Light Me Up"AgileCLK/Agile Music
2019"Flavor"Agile feat. AmmoyeCLK/Agile Music
2018"Alone Again"Agile ft.Sacha WilliamsonTokyo Dawn Records
2017"High Off"Agile feat. DesiireTokyo Dawn Records
2017"Lovers"Agile feat. Sacha WilliamsonTokyo Dawn Records
2015"Insert Here"Kardinal Offishall ft. Haley SmallsBlack Stone Colleagues/Universal Music Canada
2014"Chemical Romance"King ReignIndependent
2010"Focused" (Middlefield's Focal Length RMX)Agile feat. LiyaIndependent
2010"Focused" (Middlefield's Skool of Deep RMX)Agile feat. LiyaIndependent
2010"Focused" (Starting From Scratch/De La Vega RMX)Agile feat. LiyaIndependent
2010"Focused"Agile feat. LiyaIndependent
2008"The Realest Pt. II"Agile feat. Frank n Dank, Tona, and FamousIndependent
2008"The Realest (Clean)"Agile feat. Frank n DankIndependent
2007FEWturistic BrassMunk 54th/Virgin Music Canada
2006"Everybody Knows"Chris RouseContessa Group
2006Heaven's Caught on FireBig Black LincolnCapitol Hill/Universal Music Canada
2006"Freeze Fool"BrassMunk54th/Virgin Music Canada
2005"Ease Up!"BrassMunk54th/Virgin Music Canada
2005"Livin' in the Ghetto" Jully Black Universal Music Canada
2005"The Things You Do"Jully BlackUniversal Music Canada
2004"Claim the World" (Olympic Fundraiser) Glenn Lewis, Saukrates, BrassMunk, Ivana Santilli, and Chris RouseCBC
2004Rhyme Pays (Documentary)—CBC
2004"Everlasting"Ivana SantilliBrown Recordings
2002Dark SunriseBrassMunk54th/Virgin Music Canada
2002"Heaven" Nas feat. Jully Black ( God's Son )Columbia
2002"Train" Choclair Greenhouse
2001"Get Right"BrassMunkHeavy Heads/Fat Beats
2000"Live Ordeal!"BrassMunkA/R/Fat Beats
1999"One, 2"BrassMunkBrassMunk
1999"Rap Sheet"AssasiniHeavy Heads/Fat Beats

Awards, nominations and achievements

YearCategoryResult
2011Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange ProjectHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2010Stylus DJ Awards, Mixtape of the YearNominee, Lov Lane
2009Stylus DJ Awards, Mixtape of the YearWinner, Toronto Love Jay
2008Juno Awards, Best Rap RecordingNominee, FEWturistic, BrassMunk [2]
2005MuchMusic Video Awards, Best Rap VideoNominee, "Dark Sunrise", BrassMunk
2004Juno Awards, Best Rap RecordingNominee, Dark Sunrise, BrassMunk [2]
2004Juno Awards, Best R&B/Soul RecordingNominee, "Pimpin' Life", Big Black Lincoln
2004MuchMusic Video Awards, Best Independent VideoNominee, "The Throwback", Tone Mason feat. BrassMunk, G-Stokes, and Graph Nobel
2004MuchMusic Video Awards, Best Rap VideoNominee, "Big", BrassMunk
2003Juno Awards, Best Rap RecordingNominee, "El Dorado", BrassMunk
2003MuchMusic Video Awards, Best Animated Music VideoNominee, "El Dorado", BrassMunk
2002MuchMusic Video Awards, Best Rap VideoNominee, "El Dorado", BrassMunk
2002North By North East (NXNE)Rising Star Award, BrassMunk
2000Juno Awards, Best Rap RecordingNominee, "Live Ordeal!", BrassMunk

References

  1. ↑ "BrassMunk". CBC. Archived from the original on 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
  2. 1 2 3 True, Chris "Brassmunk Biography", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-06-04
  3. 1 2 3 4 "DJ Agile". Tokyo Dawn Records. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  4. ↑ "BrassMunk's time to shine is now". NOW Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  5. ↑ Richards, Jason (August 16–23, 2007). "Music DJ Spotlight: Agile". NOW . Vol. 26, no. 50. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
  6. ↑ Cunha, Jessica da (2020-12-24). ""Five Minutes With" DJ, Producer and Songwriter DJ Agile". Toronto Guardian. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  7. ↑ "Staff - The Remix Project". toronto.theremixproject.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
  8. ↑ Foundation, SOCAN. "Home – SOCAN Foundation". www.socanfoundation.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
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