# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maestro-q3842946
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:48:44.881Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maestro-q3842946"
name: "Maestro"
slug: "maestro-q3842946"
description: "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."
tagline: "Canadian rapper, record producer, and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maestro-Alexz_Johnson_and_Other_Cast_Members_of_Instant_Star_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1968-03-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.41
  momentum:             19.85463150777552
  historical:           6.879092
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MaestroFreshWes"
    handle:    "MaestroFreshWes"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/maestrofreshwes/"
    handle:    "maestrofreshwes"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/maestrofreshwes"
    handle:    "maestrofreshwes"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0661641/"
    handle:    "nm0661641"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://maestrofreshwes.net/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/90867"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88_(%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1)"
    title: "مايسترو (رابر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maestro_(kanadischer_Rapper)"
    title: "Maestro (kanadischer Rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maestro_Fresh_Wes"
    title: "Maestro Fresh Wes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maestro_(rapper)"
    title: "Maestro (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Williams"
    title: "Wes Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B4_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "استاد فریش ویس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ab1fa4e8-c30a-4439-8f80-582b601705b3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3842946"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump