D'Mile

D'Mile
Birth nameDernst Emile II
Born (1985-01-24) January 24, 1985 (age 39)
OriginNew York City, U.S.
Labels
ManagementNatalie Prospere[1]

Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II (born January 24, 1985) is an American record producer and songwriter[2] from Brooklyn, New York City. He received his first production credits on Rihanna's 2005 album Music of the Sun, as well as Mary J. Blige's The Breakthrough that same year. Afterward, he expanded his production work as a protégé of Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. At a young age, he signed with Sean and Colin Muhammad's Medinah Entertainment.[3][4][5]

His production work with artists H.E.R. and Lucky Daye was nominated for seven Grammy Awards in 2020.[6] D'Mile became the first songwriter in Grammy history to win Song of the Year two years running. He won in 2021 as co-writer on H.E.R.'s song "I Can't Breathe" and in 2022 for Silk Sonic's "Leave the Door Open/"[7][8] D'Mile also won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for co-writing the song "Fight for You" from the film Judas and the Black Messiah.[9]

  1. ^ "D'Mile Almost Quit Music. Now He's up for Multiple Grammys". Rolling Stone. January 9, 2020.
  2. ^ Diehl, Matt (April 20, 2011). "Jennifer Lopez Talks 'Idol,' Her New Album and What She Thinks of Steven Tyler". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  3. ^ "D'Mile Almost Quit Music. Now He's up for Multiple Grammys". Rolling Stone. January 9, 2020.
  4. ^ https://editionml.com/dmile-producer-songwriter-grammys-interview [bare URL]
  5. ^ "Medinah Entertainment artist makes Grammy history". July 12, 2022.
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  8. ^ Grein, Paul (April 4, 2022). "Silk Sonic, Tony Bennett & More 2022 Grammy Record-Setters". billboard.com.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Oscar2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).