Maestro

Person · Open Library

Works

32

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Toronto, Canada

Known for

• Wes "Maestro" Williams: Wes to the East - Forward Movin' — Self2024
• Happy FKN Sunshine — Jimmy2023
• Race Against The Tide — Self - Host2021
• Mr. D2012
• Poor Boy's Game — Nathan2007
• The Union: The Business Behind Getting High — Self2007
• Instant Star2004
• Honey — B.B. (as Wes Maestro Williams)2003
• Bugs — Bergstein2003
• Paid in Full — Mitch's Friend2002

via TMDB

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

50,533

Total plays

550,925

Maestro (born Wesley Williams in 1968) is a Canadian hip-hop musician from Toronto. Previously known as Maestro Fresh Wes before shortening his name to Maestro in the late 1990s, he was in 1989 the first Canadian rapper to have a Top 40 hit, "Let Your Backbone Slide". As of 2005, in fact, "Let Your Backbone Slide" remains the best-selling Canadian hip hop single of all time. After his 1991 album, The Black Tie Affair, Maestro's career faltered as he attempted to break into the United States mar

via Last.fm · Maestro

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Williams

Gender

male

Citizenship

Canada

Place of birth

Toronto

Occupation

television actor

Instrument

voice

Official website

maestrofreshwes.net

Image

Maestro-Alexz Johnson and Other Cast Members of Instant Star (cropped).jpg

via Wikidata · CC0