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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
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original series ''
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'' as
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(2006–08), and on the ABC comedy ''
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'' as Malik.


Early life and career

Harrell was born in
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. 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
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in
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. He signed a recording deal with
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with hip-hop producer
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. Starting at the age of 7, Harrell made appearances on television shows such as
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and other TV shows. Serving as the spokesperson for
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's Study Buddy Reading Program enabled him to travel around the
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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 ''
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'', which was directed by
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. He portrayed the young
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, and the all-star cast included
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. He was in '' Barbershop'' and the film ''
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''. One of his most known roles is in ''
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'' as
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. Harrell's voice is featured on the '' Twilight Zone'' episodes DVD, along with
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. Harrell starred in
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's production of the
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Western Open with
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and other pro-golfers. In 2003, Maestro was selected to play Young Simba in the Chicago production of Disney's ''
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''. Harrell had a recurring role as the character Malik LeFrique on the
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sitcom ''
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'', 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
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. In 2015, Maestro was cast to the role of Matt Sale in AMC's ''
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''. 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 ''
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''. 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 ''
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'' 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


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: *
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- C'mon (Maestro Harrell 2016 Remix) 2017: * Dash Berlin feat. Do - Heaven (Maestro Harrell Remix)


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