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Waste Yute: Maestro Fresh Wes drops visuals for Dusty Wallace-assisted single

Waste Yute: Maestro Fresh Wes releases new visuals for Dusty Wallace-assisted single

Our Song of the Day is the latest single from multi-JUNO Award-winning artist, Maestro Fresh Wes.

The new video for “Waste Yute,” comes in support of the new album, Champagne Campaign, which Maestro released in celebration of his impressive 30 year career, and the anniversary of the release of his iconic industry-pioneering releases, “Let Your Backbone Slide,” and Symphony in Effect.

The new video was directed by Sonny Visual, and the LordQuest-produced single features a guest appearance from fellow Toronto rapper, Dusty Wallace. The video also co-stars Hazel Warner and Man Like Joseph.

You can find the video below along with the accompanying press release, and a stream for Champagne Campaign.

You can find the project on various digital streaming platforms including Apple Music and Spotify.

Waste Yute: Maestro Fresh Wes releases new visuals for Dusty Wallace-assisted single


Maestro Fresh Wes Takes Waste Yute To Task In Video

Bad report card? Better avoid Maestro Fresh Wes.

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So goes the tale woven in the iconic Canadian music legend’s latest video, “WASTE YUTE” — available now.

A hometown hero through and through, the term is derived from Toronto slang with Caribbean roots, and means a ‘youthful person that is a waste of time and space.’

Whether Williams had his ever-popular character Vice Principal Paul Dwyer on CBC’s hit sitcom Mr. D in mind or not, the video showcases a mother, played by Hazel Warner, dismayed at her son, A Man Like Joseph, and his grades.

“She wonders where she went wrong in life,” Williams muses. “It’s about us dissing a punk for being whutless…

“I wanted to have fun on the song by singing to the young punk as I question his mother’s poor choices of family planning. A mild undertone of social commentary on the song, but mostly comedic relief over a dope trap beat.”

Waste Yute: Maestro Fresh Wes releases new visuals for Dusty Wallace-assisted single

Dusty Wallace in “Waste Yute”

“I was introduced to Dusty Wallace by my bredren Chris Jackson,” he continues, speaking on the up-and-coming Toronto artist Dusty Wallace featured on the track.

“When LordQuest gave me this beat, I knew Dusty and I would kill it. I was inspired by The Weeknd to stretch my vocal range.”

The video is the second in a series around Williams’ upcoming release, Champagne Campaign.

The album will mark Maestro’s 30th anniversary of exploding onto the scene with 1989’s iconic Symphony in Effect.

Its success blazed a fiery fresh trail, becoming the first hip-hop release to receive a JUNO Award for Best Rap Recording of the Year, and first Canadian hip-hop album to reach Platinum status.

Even more, his legendary track “Let Your Backbone Slide” made Williams the first Canadian hip-hop artist to have a single reach Gold status; he was also the first Canadian hip-hop artist to have a stronghold on Billboard’s Top 20 Rap Singles chart.

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Waste Yute: Maestro Fresh Wes releases new visuals for Dusty Wallace-assisted single

Scene from the new Maestro Fresh Wes video for “Waste Yute”

With 14 JUNO nominations (plus a second win, this time for Best Video in ’91), real estate on the Scarborough Walk of Fame, anthems on repeat for both ’14 and ’16 Olympics—to say the least—Williams is easily considered one of Canada’s premier and most notable multi-media personalities. His previous 2017 LP Coach Fresh was also nominated last year for another JUNO Award, and he just wrapped up eight seasons playing the role of Vice Principal Paul Dwyer on the CBC hit sitcom, Mr. D.

Now, the Toronto-based iconic, multi-award winning recording artist, actor, and author is back in the studio, once again moving sound forward and set to release his ninth album this March.

Following the album’s first-served single, “Somewhere Down The Line” (featuring Adam Bomb)—are new singles “Minor Chords” and “Waste Yute”—available now!

Fresh off a cross-country tour with Classified and Choclair, and ahead of Champagne Campaign’s release, he says of the new tracks:

“‘Minor Chords’ is about me tapping into the realm of a Maestro who’s a world class pianist on an award tour with his team of major players.

“The title was inspired by my good friend who passed away, King Reign. He said those words in a song we did years ago called ‘Look For Me in the Whirlwind.’ That’s why I sampled his voice at the end of the track…”

The song also features West Coast lyrical king, Planet Asia, and was produced — along with “Waste Yute” — by Toronto’s LordQuest. “Been cool with Planet Asia for years,” Williams details. “I met him at the UMAC Awards in Toronto close to 15 years ago, and I’m glad I got the chance to work with him.”


About Maestro Fresh Wes

Maestro Fresh Wes (Wes Williams) is a multi-award winning recording artist, and the first Canadian hip-hop artist to have a single — “Let Your Backbone Slide” — hit Gold status on the charts. His iconic 1989 album Symphony In Effect was the first to receive a JUNO Award for Best Rap Recording of the Year, as well as the first Canadian hip-hop album to go Platinum. A true pioneer, he was also the first Canadian hip-hop artist to have a song rank on Billboard’s Top 20 Rap Singles chart.

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Maestro’s songs “Reach For The Sky” (featuring Classified and Blue Rodeo) and “The Distance” (featuring Classified and Blue Rodeo) were featured throughout the Olympics, 2014 Winter and 2016 Summer, respectively.

As an actor, Williams has appeared on numerous film and television projects, including The Line—for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series—and as the character of Paul Dwyer in the CBC hit sitcom, Mr. D.

He has been inducted into the Scarborough Walk of Fame, received the 2003 Reel World Film Festival Trailblazer Award, and was a guest speaker for the Governor General of Canada’s Summit on Urban Arts.

Williams’ paths as both an author and motivational speaker merged with the release of his motivational book, Stick To Your Vision. With its foreword written by Public Enemy’s Chuck D, and content long-credited for inspiring fellow Canadian hip-hop star Drake, the book has been incorporated by multiple school curriculums as required reading. His 2017 TED Talks on the subject of self-revision has been inspiring to many who have watched him evolve for over three decades.

Champagne Campaign is available now.

Waste Yute: Maestro Fresh Wes releases new visuals for Dusty Wallace-assisted single

Scene from the new Maestro Fresh Wes video for “Waste Yute”

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