Maestro Fresh Wes

Maestro Fresh Wes

Champagne Campaign

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2019

As Maestro Fresh Wes's Symphony in Effect approaches its 30th anniversary, the Canadian living legend wants to remind you that he's still c...

Maestro Fresh Wes Teases 'Champagne Campaign' Album with Two New Tracks

PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2019

Canadian hip-hop hero Maestro Fresh Wes is celebrating his 30th anniversary this year, with his landmark debut album Symphony in Effect dro...

Maestro Fresh Wes, Jim Cuddy, Woolworm to Play Vancouver's JUNOfest

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2018

The Juno Awards will celebrate their 2018 edition in Vancouver with an awards ceremony set to take place on March 25. Outside of the big ce...

Maestro Fresh Wes

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2017

Nearly 30 years on from hitting the scene with "Let Your Backbone Slide," Maestro Fresh Wes's status as the Godfather of Canadian hip-hop i...

Maestro Fresh Wes

"Skyscrapers" (ft. Kool Keith) (video)

PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2017

A few weeks removed from delivering his Coach Fresh LP, Maestro Fresh Wes has delivered a new video for the Kool Keith-assisted album cut "...

Maestro Fresh Wes

"Jurassic Park" (prod. by Rich Kidd)

PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2017

Maestro Fresh Wes is set to return next month with new LP Coach Fresh, and before it arrives, the Canadian hip-hop icon is celebrating the...

Salt N Pepa / En Vogue / Maestro Fresh Wes / Fat Joe

Echo Beach, Toronto ON, September 27

PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2015

They wore the jackets. Those customized S-N-P leather 8-ball jackets: yellow, red, black, green and white, bold and baggy, as if snatched...

Maestro Fresh Wes

on Exclaim! TV Sweet 16s

PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2015

Maestro Fresh Wes's 1989 track "Let Your Backbone Slide" still holds the title of the best-selling Canadian hip-hop single of all time, whi...