Maestro Harrell

Maestro Harrell, also known as M A E S T R O (born July 29, 1991), is an American DJ, singer, rapper, actor, and record producer. He appeared on the HBO original series The Wire as Randy Wagstaff (2006–08), and on the ABC comedy Suburgatory as Malik.

Early life and career Harrell was born in Chicago. He was the recipient of The Most Talented Child Under Twelve Years Old at the Chicago Music Awards in 1999, 2000, and 2001. In 2005, Harrell performed at the grand opening ceremony for Disneyland in Hong Kong. He signed a recording deal with So So Def/Island Def Jam with hip-hop producer Jermaine Dupri.

Starting at the age of 7, Harrell made appearances on television shows such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Maury Povich and other TV shows. Serving as the spokesperson for Western Union's Study Buddy Reading Program enabled him to travel around the United States performing at schools and delivering motivational speeches to encourage students to read, as well as singing numerous jingles. He had a lead role in the television comedy series Guys Like Us but the series was cancelled after one season. Harrell has appeared in several television commercials.

Harrell made his motion picture film debut in the movie Ali, which was directed by Michael Mann. He portrayed the young Cassius Clay, and the all-star cast included Will Smith, Jamie Foxx and Jon Voight. He was in Barbershop and the film The Promotion. One of his most known roles is in The Wire as Randy Wagstaff.

Harrell's voice is featured on the Twilight Zone episodes DVD, along with Blair Underwood. Harrell starred in ABC's production of the PGA Tour Western Open with Tiger Woods and other pro-golfers. In 2003, Maestro was selected to play Young Simba in the Chicago production of Disney's The Lion King.

Harrell had a recurring role as the character Malik LeFrique on the ABC sitcom Suburgatory, which ran from 2011 to 2014.

In 2011, he started producing music. His first record was a remix to DJ Ruckus' single "Soul Soldier". In 2014, he started a career as a music producer and DJ. His first solo single developed as a collaboration with Antoine Becks, who has a career as an actor as well. "Drop It" contains many characteristics of the big-room-genre, which was somewhat popular at that time. "Drop It" was the title, released on German label Kontor Records.

In 2015, Maestro was cast to the role of Matt Sale in AMC's Fear The Walking Dead.

His break through in the EDM scene was finally done in 2015 with the progressive-house track "For You", a collaboration with Dzeko & Torres and singer-duo Delora. Later in 2015 he was signed to W&W's label "Mainstage Music", where he got much attention for his track "Olympus" as well as his collaboration "Poseidon" with Maurice West. One year later he changed his style with a jungle-terror-crossover track called "Zantar", which was produced together with newcomer NoTech.

In early 2018, Maestro released his self-produced song "Which One Which" which would later be featured in The First Purge. A week later, he released a follow-up track titled "Woke up". Later that year, M A E S T R O released his self-produced debut EP WAV GOD.

Harrell's song with David Gemmill Crystals was featured in the animated superhero musical-comedy film Teen Titans Go! To the Movies later that year.

In September 2019, M A E S T R O released a follow-up to his debut EP titled "WAV GOD 2".

Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 2001 Ali Young Cassius Clay 2002 Barbershop Tillman 2008 The Promotion First Kid in Parking Lot 2009 Lowering the Bar Pimp D Short film 2010 Polish Bar Dawan Short film 2014 Dark Summer Kevin Dowdle 2015 Some Kind of Hate Willie Bone Tomahawk Gizzard 2019 Thriller Ronnie DeBerry John Henry Young Hell 2020 Dinner Party Short film Loco Jason 2024 Mufasa: The Lion King Inaki (voice)

+ Television Year Title Role Notes 1997 Meego Marcus Episode: "Magic Parker" 1998–99 Guys Like Us Maestro Harris Main role: 13 episodes 2007 ER Todd Episode: "Lights Out" Cold Case Terrance Carter Episode: "Wunderkind" 2006–08 The Wire Randy Wagstaff Main cast (season 4); guest cast (season 5): 14 episodes 2008 Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Joe - Teen Television movie 2010 Team Spitz Tye Television movie Meet the Browns Antonio Episodes: "Meet the Boyfriend", "Meet the Big Wedding" Lie to Me Tyrel Episode: "Delinquent" 2011 The Protector Tagger Episode: "Revisions" 2012 CSI: NY Morris Davis Episode: "Unwrapped" 2013 The Soul Man Young parishioner Episode (#2.5): "The Punching Preacher" 2011–14 Suburgatory Malik LeFrique Recurring role: 30 episodes 2014 Young & Hungry Derek Episode (#1.9): "Young & Getting Played" 2015 Fear the Walking Dead Matt Recurring role: 2 episodes Drunk History Louis Armstrong Episode: "New Orleans" 2016 House of Lies J.R. Episode: "Creative Destruction Phenomenon" 2017 American Koko Teen Boy #1 Recurring role: 3 episodes 2018 Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. James 'Lil' Cease' Lloyd Recurring role: 5 episodes 2019 Adam Ruins Everything Tre Episode: "Adam Ruins a Sitcom" 2020 FBI Big Trey Episode: "Studio Gangster"

Discography Album 2018:

WAV GOD - EP

2019:

WAV GOD VOL. 2

Singles 2014:

Drop It (with Antoine Becks)

2015:

For You (with Dzeko & Torres featuring Delora)(Club Life, Vol. 4 - New York City) Higher (with Antoine Becks featuring Sherry St. Germain) Olympus

2016:

Boa (with Arcando) True (featuring Posso) Poseidon (with Maurice West) Siren Zantar (with NoTech)

2017:

Pandemik Hear Me I Don't Care Luv Me (featuring Alyxx Dione) What U Wanna We Rage (DJ Ruckus, Maestro Harrell, Jermaine Dupri)

2018:

6Figga She Wanna (ft. Rich The Kid) Woke Up Which One Which Crystals (David Gemmill & M A E S T R O) Symphony (with Olly James)

2019: Stay FLYY 2 For 1 IN MY BAG U & I MILLION MAD AT U LOOKING GOOD SOUL FOOD (Maestro Harrell, M A E S T R O) HYDE PARK (Maestro Harrell, M A E S T R O) MIDWAY (Maestro Harrell, M A E S T R O)

2020:

Quarantine (Maestro Harrell, M A E S T R O)

Remixes 2011:

DJ Ruckus featuring Mannequim - Soul Soldier (Maestro Harrell Remix)

2015:

A&G and Northmark featuring Gabrielle Ross - Run With Me (Maestro Harrell Remix)

2016:

Tiësto vs. Diplo - C'mon (Maestro Harrell 2016 Remix)

2017:

Dash Berlin feat. Do - Heaven (Maestro Harrell Remix)