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Maestro

Canadian rapper, record producer, and actor

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Also known as Maestro Fresh-Wes · Wesley Williams

Born: March 31, 1968
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Birthplace: Toronto
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1.famousdude.com/2858-wes-williams.html
2.cbc.ca/archives/categories/arts-entertainment/music/hip-hop-north-canadian-rappers/maestro-carols-clip.html
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Citizenship: Canada
Occupation: actor
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, rapper
, master of ceremonies
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Education: L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute
, Senator O'Connor College School

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Wesley "Wes" Williams is a Canadian rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and author. He is known professionally by his stage names Maestro Fresh Wes or Maestro as a musician, and is credited by his birth name as an actor. One of the earliest Canadian rappers to achieve mainstream success, he is credited as the "Godfather of Canadian hip hop". His debut album, Symphony in Effect (1989), was the first certified platinum album by a Black Canadian artist, and his 2023 induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and 2024 Governor General's Performing Arts Award were each the first for any hip-hop artist.

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Sex or gender: male
Website: maestrofreshwes.net
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Given name: Wes
Family name: Williams
Label: Attic
LeFrak-Moelis Records
Nominations: Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year(2013)
Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year(1999) for work: Built to Last
Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year(1995) for work: Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be from Canada?!!
Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year(1993) for work: Maestro Zone
Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year(1992)
Juno Award for Single of the Year(1991)
Juno Award for Video of the Year(1991)
Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year(1991) for work: Symphony in Effect
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Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year(1990)
Awards: Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year(1991) for work: Symphony in Effect
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Juno Award for Video of the Year(1991)
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Instrument: voice
Pseudonym: Maestro
Start of work period: 1987
Social media followers: 17,963(February 7, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 26547543
18,327(January 8, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 26547543
18,094(January 2, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 26547543
18,236(April 26, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 26547543

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