Farley Flex is a Canadian music promoter and manager of hip-hop artists, who is best known for being a judge on the reality television series Canadian Idol. Hip hop is a cultural movement that began among urban African Americans and Latinos in New York City in the early 1970s, and has since spread around the world. ... Reality television is a genre of television programming which generally is unscripted, documenting actual events over fiction, and featuring ordinary people over professional actors. ... // Season one In the first season, which debuted in July 2003, Ryan Malcolm of Kingston, Ontario won, with Gary Beals of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia coming in second. ...

He was instrumental in founding Flow 93.5 in Toronto, the first urban music-format radio station in Canada when it first went on the air in 2001, and where he was the station's first music director. The success of the station prompted Canadian Idol's producers to select him as a judge before its 2003 launch. }|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Official Flag]]|Coat Image=[[Image:{{{Coat Image}}}|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|center|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Flex was manager of Maestro, Canada's first Top 40 rapper, and has also taken several former Idol contestants under his wing to promote their albums; such as Gary Beals and Toya Alexis. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Gary Beals (born 22 October 1982) is a Canadian singer who is best known for being the second-place finisher in the first season of the reality television series Canadian Idol. ... Toya Alexis is a Canadian R&B vocalist. ...