Agile

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.

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.

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.

Between April 2010 and December 2015, Agile served as the Dean For Recording Arts at the Toronto Chapter of The Remix Project. 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.

Discography Year Release Artist Label2021"Bad Behaviour"AmmoyeAmmoye Music2021"Nerve (DJ Agile Remix)"AJASet Records Inc.2021"Underyourskin"Dayton JamesDJ&Co2020We're Never DoneAgileCLK/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 2005 MuchMusic Video Awards, Best Rap Video Nominee, "Dark Sunrise", BrassMunk 2004 Juno Awards, Best Rap Recording Nominee, Dark Sunrise, BrassMunk 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