“I believe we undoubtedly made a superb determination as a result of individuals are very accommodating right here within the metropolis,” he mentioned of his determination to reside nearer to household. “Most likely the friendliest individuals I’ve ever met in my life — in Saint John, New Brunswick.”
The award-winning musician and actor appeared on CBC’s comedy Mr. D for eight seasons and spent loads of time within the Maritimes filming the collection. He already appreciated the East Coast, however as a full-time resident he’s now studying much more in regards to the area.
“I have been getting acquainted with loads of native expertise,” he mentioned. “There’s an MC named Lavender I simply acquired placed on to just lately. I by no means heard of Lavender earlier than, , however that is a New Brunswick artist — like how cool is that? So there’s loads of expertise proper right here within the province, but when I wasn’t right here, I would not have that chance to find out about.”
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Maestro, 52, is internet hosting a weekly radio present that options the very best hip hop from the ’90s and early 2000s, which is one thing he is aware of a factor or two about.
‘It is superior to be right here’
Born Wesley Williams, he made Canadian rap historical past in 1989 along with his tune, Let Your Spine Slide, when it was licensed platinum. It was the primary rap tune to be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters’ Corridor of Fame.
He has additionally co-written a brand new kids’s e book referred to as Persist with Your Imaginative and prescient: Younger Maestro Goes to College with Grade 1 instructor Rhodora Meliton-Vanderpool.
It emphasises the “significance of household construction, hip hop, mentorship” and “inspirational elementary college lecturers,” he mentioned.
Maestro hopes kids who learn it would see the significance of being innovators fairly than assimilators so that they’re capable of faucet into their “personal true greatness.”
“Did I do know final 12 months at the moment that I might be residing by the Bay of Fundy?” he mentioned as he laughed. “No … however I made a few changes alongside the way in which.”
He mentioned COVID-19 has taught everybody that issues do not all the time go to plan, and generally you must revise your plan.
“I’ve acquired … great individuals round me, great e book mission, great radio present. It is superior. It is superior to be right here.”
