Odario Williams
Appearance
Odario Williams is a Canadian musician and broadcaster, currently heard as the host of the weekday evening program Afterdark and the weekly CBC Music Live on CBC Music.[1][2] In addition to Afterdark, Williams makes regular appearances on CBC Radio One's Q. Prior to that, he had guest-hosted Radio 2's The Signal and was the voice of CBC Radio 3. He was born in Guyana, and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In addition to his work in radio, Williams is an actor, live DJ, model, and frontman for the Toronto hip hop collective Grand Analog.[3] He was previously in the Winnipeg hip-hop group Mood Ruff.
He co-hosted the Juno Awards of 2020 alongside Damhnait Doyle.[4]
References
- ^ "Odario Wiliams[sic picks up the mic for CBC's new late-night radio program"]. Metro, September 5, 2017.
- ^ "CBC Music Live". CBC.ca. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "Hip-hop act quietly plotting world domination". Winnipeg Free Press, February 5, 2015.
- ^ "Watch this year's Juno Awards". CBC.ca. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
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- CBC Radio hosts
- Canadian male rappers
- 20th-century Canadian rappers
- Black Canadian musicians
- Black Canadian broadcasters
- Musicians from Winnipeg
- Canadian people of Guyanese descent
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- 20th-century Canadian male musicians
- 21st-century Canadian male musicians
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