Agile (producer)
Agile | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ajene Griffith Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Label | 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]
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.
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
| Year | Release | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | "Bad Behaviour" | Ammoye | Ammoye Music |
| 2021 | "Nerve (DJ Agile Remix)" | AJA | Set Records Inc. |
| 2021 | "Underyourskin" | Dayton James | DJ&Co |
| 2020 | We're Never Done | Agile | CLK/Agile Music |
| 2020 | "Light Me Up" | Agile | CLK/Agile Music |
| 2019 | "Flavor" | Agile feat. Ammoye | CLK/Agile Music |
| 2018 | "Alone Again" | Agile ft.Sacha Williamson | Tokyo Dawn Records |
| 2017 | "High Off" | Agile feat. Desiire | Tokyo Dawn Records |
| 2017 | "Lovers" | Agile feat. Sacha Williamson | Tokyo Dawn Records |
| 2015 | "Insert Here" | Kardinal Offishall ft. Haley Smalls | Black Stone Colleagues/Universal Music Canada |
| 2014 | "Chemical Romance" | King Reign | Independent |
| 2010 | "Focused" (Middlefield's Focal Length RMX) | Agile feat. Liya | Independent |
| 2010 | "Focused" (Middlefield's Skool of Deep RMX) | Agile feat. Liya | Independent |
| 2010 | "Focused" (Starting From Scratch/De La Vega RMX) | Agile feat. Liya | Independent |
| 2010 | "Focused" | Agile feat. Liya | Independent |
| 2008 | "The Realest Pt. II" | Agile feat. Frank n Dank, Tona, and Famous | Independent |
| 2008 | "The Realest (Clean)" | Agile feat. Frank n Dank | Independent |
| 2007 | FEWturistic | BrassMunk | 54th/Virgin Music Canada |
| 2006 | "Everybody Knows" | Chris Rouse | Contessa Group |
| 2006 | Heaven's Caught on Fire | Big Black Lincoln | Capitol Hill/Universal Music Canada |
| 2006 | "Freeze Fool" | BrassMunk | 54th/Virgin Music Canada |
| 2005 | "Ease Up!" | BrassMunk | 54th/Virgin Music Canada |
| 2005 | "Livin' in the Ghetto" | Jully Black | Universal Music Canada |
| 2005 | "The Things You Do" | Jully Black | Universal Music Canada |
| 2004 | "Claim the World" (Olympic Fundraiser) | Glenn Lewis, Saukrates, BrassMunk, Ivana Santilli, and Chris Rouse | CBC |
| 2004 | Rhyme Pays (Documentary) | — | CBC |
| 2004 | "Everlasting" | Ivana Santilli | Brown Recordings |
| 2002 | Dark Sunrise | BrassMunk | 54th/Virgin Music Canada |
| 2002 | "Heaven" | Nas feat. Jully Black (God's Son) | Columbia |
| 2002 | "Train" | Choclair | Greenhouse |
| 2001 | "Get Right" | BrassMunk | Heavy Heads/Fat Beats |
| 2000 | "Live Ordeal!" | BrassMunk | A/R/Fat Beats |
| 1999 | "One, 2" | BrassMunk | BrassMunk |
| 1999 | "Rap Sheet" | Assasini | Heavy Heads/Fat Beats |
Awards, nominations and achievements
| Year | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
| 2010 | Stylus DJ Awards, Mixtape of the Year | Nominee, Lov Lane |
| 2009 | Stylus DJ Awards, Mixtape of the Year | Winner, Toronto Love Jay |
| 2008 | Juno Awards, Best Rap Recording | Nominee, FEWturistic, BrassMunk[2] |
| 2005 | MuchMusic Video Awards, Best Rap Video | Nominee, "Dark Sunrise", BrassMunk |
| 2004 | Juno Awards, Best Rap Recording | Nominee, Dark Sunrise, BrassMunk[2] |
| 2004 | Juno Awards, Best R&B/Soul Recording | Nominee, "Pimpin' Life", Big Black Lincoln |
| 2004 | MuchMusic Video Awards, Best Independent Video | Nominee, "The Throwback", Tone Mason feat. BrassMunk, G-Stokes, and Graph Nobel |
| 2004 | MuchMusic Video Awards, Best Rap Video | Nominee, "Big", BrassMunk |
| 2003 | Juno Awards, Best Rap Recording | Nominee, "El Dorado", BrassMunk |
| 2003 | MuchMusic Video Awards, Best Animated Music Video | Nominee, "El Dorado", BrassMunk |
| 2002 | MuchMusic Video Awards, Best Rap Video | Nominee, "El Dorado", BrassMunk |
| 2002 | North By North East (NXNE) | Rising Star Award, BrassMunk |
| 2000 | Juno Awards, Best Rap Recording | Nominee, "Live Ordeal!", BrassMunk |
References
- ^ "BrassMunk". CBC. Archived from the original on 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
- ^ a b c True, Chris "Brassmunk Biography", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-06-04
- ^ a b c d "DJ Agile". Tokyo Dawn Records. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ^ "BrassMunk's time to shine is now". NOW Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ^ Richards, Jason (August 16–23, 2007). "Music DJ Spotlight: Agile". NOW. Vol. 26, no. 50. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
- ^ Cunha, Jessica da (2020-12-24). ""Five Minutes With" DJ, Producer and Songwriter DJ Agile". Toronto Guardian. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ^ "Staff - The Remix Project". toronto.theremixproject.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ^ Foundation, SOCAN. "Home – SOCAN Foundation". www.socanfoundation.ca. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2025-10-03.