Ell is an American DJ, record producer, audio engineer, and radio host who works with artists and clients from around the globe. He owns and runs a full-service commercial recording and production studio in Ann Arbor, MI.
He is best known for performing in concerts and tours in the U.S. and Europe with acts including Afroman, ASAP Rocky, Big K.R.I.T., Big Sean’s Finally Famous, Cam’ron, Curren$y, J. Cole, Joey Bada$$, Juicy J, KRS-One, Logic, Machine Gun Kelly, Slum Village, Talib Kweli, Twista, Wale, and Wiz Khalifa’s Taylor Gang, amongst others. Production credits include ESPN, HBO ‘Problem Areas’, BBC ’Blue Planet’, RCA Records, the New England Patriots, Patrice Rushen, Jamey Haddad, Sammy Adams, Sony Music, Young Money, and more.
He has also been a featured performer at events for MTV, Red Bull, United States Armed Forces, Vans: festivals including Fallas (Spain), Imaginarium (Spain), Warped Tour (U.S.); and U.S. tours with Big Sean’s Finally Famous, Machine Gun Kelly/EST19XX, Wiz Khalifa’s Taylor Gang, and others.
Since 2008 Ell co-hosts the Midwest’s longest-running Hip-Hop radio show the ‘Prop Shop’, on WCBN-FM Ann Arbor, and can also be heard on a number of other weekly radio programs across the U.S including KSHI ‘Block Party Radio’, WMBR ‘Word is Born’, and Big City 101.3- FM Boston.
Ell enjoys teaching many of those skills over the years to the next generation of artists. He has presented Music Industry, DJing, Production, and Audio Techniques classes, workshops, and lectures at universities including Berklee College of Music, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michigan Technological University, and the University of Michigan.
Shows With
Afroman, ASAP Ferg, ASAP Rocky, Big K.R.I.T., Cam’ron, Casey Veggies, Chevy Woods, Chris Webby, Curren$y, D12, Danny Brown, Devin The Dude, DJ Craze, Dreamville, Freddie Gibbs, Ghostly International, Holly, Huey Mack, J. Cole, Jay Electronica, Joey Bada$$, Juicy J, KRS-One, Logic, Machine Gun Kelly, Riff Raff, Shigeto, Slum Village, Smoke DZA, Talib Kweli, Taylor Gang, Trinidad James, Twista, Wale, Wiz Khalifa, XV, Yelawolf
Notable Credits
TV, Film, Media, and Studio – Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Abdul El-Saye, BBC, Blue Planet, Cadence13, Cam Meekins, Courtney Bell, Crooked Media, ESPN, George Massenburg, Guardian Life Insurance of America, HBO, Jamey Haddad, Just Radio, Michigan Medicine, New England Patriots, Problem Areas, RCA Records, Sony Music, Tommy Sims, Patrice Rushen, Rebecca Brunner, Relient K, Russell Elliot, Sammy Adams, Young Money
Live Production/Concert Mixer – 24kGoldn, Artifacts, Ataxia, Afroman, Bank Of Ann Arbor, Boogie T, Brand Nubian, Cam’ron, Chuck Daniels, Chris Webby, Cordae, Comedy Central, Crucial Conflict, Dave Stone, Derek Plaslaiko, Dreezy, Do or Die, Dreamville Records, EarthGang, Eli Soul Clap & Will Renuart, El Da Sensi, Futuristic, Ganja White Night, Ghostly International, GloRilla, Guapdad 4000, Hardo, Holly, Huey Mack, J.I.D., Jarren Benton, Jantsen, Jeremih, Joey Pecoraro, Joey Bada$$, Joe, Juicy J, KRS-One, Kim Ann Foxman, Locksmith, Lou The Human, Marvin & Guy, Matt Braunger, Matthew Dear, MC Chris, MC Lars, Medison, Mike Servito, Move D, Murf Dilly, Musiq Soulchild, Omar S, One Be Lo, Osborne, Pablo R. Ruiz, R.A. the Rugged Man, Reason, Recloose, Relient K, Rusko, Sadat X, Shigeto, Shawnna, Slum Village, Snails, SubDocta, Twista, Zion I, DJ Minx & MGUN, Russell E.L. Butler, X-Altera, Texture Detroit, ZGTO