Born in Cleveland, Ohio,[1] Williams moved to Montreal in the 1970s to attend the Communications Arts School at Loyola (now Concordia University).
[2] Williams was part of MuchMusic's core opening team of VJ's alongside J. D. Roberts, Erica Ehm, Christopher Ward, and Denise Donlon.
[3] At MuchMusic, Williams hosted various shows including Soul in the City, RapCity, Electric Circus, Pepsi Power Hour and The NewMusic.
[citation needed] He was a radio personality in Hamilton, Ontario as host of the program College of Musical Knowledge on Wave 94.7.
An occasional fill-in host on Newstalk 1010 in Toronto, Williams is a regular on-air contributor to CTV News's entertainment segment "Noteworthy".