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Wale Biography

Wale is one of the most popular and richest Rapper who was born on September 21, 1984 in Washington, United States. Nigerian American rapper who rose to fame through his hit track, “Dig Dug (Shake It).” His debut album was titled Attention Deficit and he produced songs such as “Pretty Girls.”

He was featured on the Mark Ronson song “Smile,” a remix of the Lily Allen song.

Olubowale Victor Akintimehin (born September 21, 1984), better known by his stage name Wale (/ˈ w ɔː l eɪ / WAH -lay), is an American rapper. He first rose to prominence in 2006, when his song “Dig Dug (Shake It)” became popular in his hometown. Wale became locally recognized and continued recording music for the regional audience. Producer Mark Ronson discovered Wale in 2006 and signed him to Allido Records in 2007. While signed to that label, Wale released several mixtapes and appeared in national media including MTV and various Black-American-focused magazines. A song called “Ridin’ in That Black Joint” was featured in the popular video game Saints Row 2′ s soundtrack in 2008.

In an interview with Flavorwire, Wale said that he incorporates elements of go-go in his music. Cyril Cordor of AllMusic described go-go as “a more raw, percussion-driven offshoot of disco” that originated in the Washington, D. C. area. Wale’s early singles that were played primarily in his local metropolitan area heavily sampled 1990s go-go records. Reviewing Attention Deficit, David Jeffries of allmusic remarked that Wale had a “post-Kanye, post-Lil Wayne, alternative-meets-hardcore style” and commented that Wale’s single “Chillin'”, which featured Lady Gaga, “crafts an instant floor-filler out of a sample from the 1969 hit ‘Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye'”.

Akinnagbe’s cousin His cousin is Gbenga Akinnagbe, an actor who starred in The Wire. actor who was as a character in The Wire.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In March 2008, Wale signed a joint venture deal with Mark Ronson’s Allido Records and Interscope, joining Rhymefest and Daniel Merriweather as Allido artists. Epic Records, Atlantic Records, and Def Jam all competed to sign Wale. On May 30, Wale released his fourth mixtapeThe Mixtape About Nothing, heavily produced by Best Kept Secret. Wale said that the television show Seinfeld inspired The Mixtape About Nothing: “the TV show’s ‘honest dialogue’ mirrors his lyrical style, which frequently references pop culture and politics while avoiding gangster-rap bluster”. After signing with Interscope, Wale began recording tracks for his major label debut: in a 2008 interview with Express, a newspaper published by the Washington Post Company, Wale announced that he was recording a song with Chrisette Michele called “Shades”, which discusses inter-black racism. Wale also appeared on Interscope label mate DJ Greg Street’s single “Dope Boys” which samples Hip Hop classic T.R.O.Y. alongside Lupe Fiasco and Kardinal Offishall. Rapper Young Chris of rap duo Young Gunz also began plans for a collaboration mixtape with Wale.

Wale Net Worth

Wale is one of the richest Rapper from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wale's net worth $4 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He played football throughout high school and at college. His first track that was recorded was dubbed “Rhyme of the Century.”

He composed the song and then issued “Dig Dug” entirely on his own. It became the most frequently requested radio hit throughout D.C.’s history.

Olubowale Victor Akintimehin was born on September 21, 1984, in Northwest, Washington, D.C.. His parents were both from the Yoruba ethnic group of southwestern Nigeria, and both of them came from Austria to the United States in 1979. Wale’s family first lived in Northwest, Washington, D.C., and then moved to Montgomery County, when Wale was 10. In 2002, he graduated from the Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and moved to Largo, Maryland in Prince George’s County. Wale attended Robert Morris University and Virginia State University on football scholarships, then transferred to Bowie State University. However, he dropped out due to academic reasons. Wale’s love of the game of football and the Washington Redskins has led to a longstanding rumor that Wale had a tattoo of tight end Chris Cooley. He’s also the cousin of an actor Gbenga Akinnagbe, who is best known as for playing Chris Partlow on HBO’s The Wire. Wale’s first recorded track, called “Rhyme of the Century”, became his first song to ever be played on the local radio. In 2006, he was featured in the “Unsigned Hype” column of The Source magazine, and later signed to a local label, Studio 43. The track, called “Dig Dug (Shake It)” became popular in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, and was a tribute to Ronald “Dig Dug” Dixon, who was a percussion player for the go-go band Northeast Groovers. The song became the most requested song by a local artist in Washington D.C. radio history and Wale was the first local artist to get some BDS spins since DJ Kool in the early 1990s. The song was included in Wale’s first mixtape, Paint a Picture.

Released on November 10, 2009, Wale’s debut album, Attention Deficit, had primarily positive reception. Metacritic, which assigns a standardized score out of 100, rated the album 77 based on 21 reviews. It debuted at the number 21 spot on the Billboard 200 and sold 28,000 copies in its first week. Interscope claimed that the LP was undershipped and that was the reason for the low sales numbers. Daniel Weisman, Wale’s manager, claimed that Interscope didn’t ship enough copies of the album. The first single off Attention Deficit was “Chillin”, featuring Lady Gaga, followed by “Pretty Girls” featuring Gucci Mane and Weensey and “World Tour” featuring Jazmine Sullivan. Other guest artists on the album included Pharrell; Bun B; Chrisette Michele; K’Naan; Marsha Ambrosius; J. Cole; and Melanie Fiona. In March 2010, Rapper Wale announced he and K’Naan would kick off a short co-headlining tour across the east coast of the US, beginning at the end of March in New York City. According to Wale, he is in the studio with Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka Flame, Roscoe Dash, Sean Garrett, and Drumma Boy.

On June 19, 2009, Wale released his fifth mixtape, Back to the Feature, on which eleven of the tracks were produced by 9th Wonder, with contributions also coming from Mark Ronson and others. The album’s title, a play off the name of the movie Back to the Future, referred to the fact that a lengthy list of rappers joined Wale on the songs, including K’naan, Tamere Guess, Talib Kweli, Joell Ortiz, Beanie Sigel, Curren$y, J. Cole and Bun B. The mixtape received positive reviews from Vibe magazine and website Pitchfork Media, but Colin McGowan of Cokemachineglow commented that it represented neither “a step forward or back [for the artist] so much as shouting-in-place. ” Wale did a guest performance on “Change”, a song by the Australian singer-songwriter Daniel Merriweather. It was written by Merriweather and Andrew Wyatt and produced by Mark Ronson. It was released on January 30, 2009, in the United States and Canada, and February 2, 2009, in the UK (where the song peaked at no.8). The song is included on Merriweather’s album Love & War. On September 13, Wale, alongside the DC-based musicians of UCB (Uncalled 4 Band)- The Board Administration artists, served as the official house band for the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Wale height 5 ft 10 in Wale weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

In July 2006, Wale found representation in Daniel Weisman, a former club DJ and promoter who had no previous experience in management. Weisman had been tipped off about the rapper by a friend in Washington, D.C. and connected with him through Myspace. In September 2006, after dropping another go-go influenced single, called “Breakdown” (sampled from Huck-A-Bucks “Sexy Girl”) has been getting a mention on The Washington Post, Wale released his first non-go-go original single, called “Uptown Roamers”. On September 14, 2006, “Uptown Roamers” debuted on XM Radio Channel 66, where it’s been played twice in one day. Both “Breakdown” and “Uptown Roamers” were on Wale’s second mixtape, Hate Is the New Love. The song, “Breakdown” was featured on the video game Madden NFL 2009. Wale won the award for “D. C. Metro Breakthrough Artist of the Year” at WKYS’s Go-Go Awards in November 2006. On December 15, The Fader magazine associate editor Nick “Catchdubs” Barat visited Wale for an interview and photo shoot, which appeared in the March 2007 issue of The Fader. Manager Weisman told HitQuarters that the Fader feature, given the magazine’s music/culture/fashion orientation, laid an important foundation for Wale to position himself as a “cool, smart, up-and-coming hip-hop artist who might actually be Drake”.

In January 2007, Wale released a new single to radio called “Good Girls” produced by Gerard Thomas and Demario Bridges for TeamMusicGroup(LeTroy Davis). Wale later appeared on Mark Ronson’s remix of Lily Allen’s “Smile” and was a headliner on Ronson’s UK tour that year promoting Ronson’s second album Version. In June 2007, Wale signed to a production deal with Ronson’s Allido Records. In May 2010, Wale abruptly canceled a scheduled performance at DC Black Pride, an annual black gay pride event. In an email to the event’s organizer, Wale’s manager claimed he was unaware it was a gay event when he agreed to perform. However, on May 28, 2010, it was announced he would perform alongside the headliner for free. Wale released his third mixtape, 100 Miles & Running, on July 11, 2007, as a free download on his Myspace page. This mixtape includes features from Mark Ronson, Daniel Merriweather, Amy Winehouse, and Lily Allen. It was released on the same day as his performance at the Highline Ballroom, in Manhattan. The Highline show was to promote the US release of Mark Ronson’s album and included performances by Mark Ronson, Wale, Saigon, and Daniel Merriweather. Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Kanye West, Maroon 5, Clive Davis, Eve and Danny Masterson were all in attendance. There, Wale was interviewed by MTV News correspondent J. D. Tuminski for his first national TV feature on August 16, 2007. With Ronson, Wale performed “W. A. L. E. D. A. N. C. E. “, a remix of Justice’s “D.A.N.C.E.” from Wale’s 100 Miles mixtape, at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Washington Post profiled Wale on the front page of the Sunday Style section in the October 21, 2007, edition. Wale was featured on the cover of the 150th issue of URB along with French electro group Justice.

Who is Wale Dating?

According to our records, Wale is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Wale’s is not dating anyone.

On August 3, 2010, Wale released his sixth mixtape, More About Nothing hosted by DJ Omega a follow-up to his critically acclaimed The Mixtape About Nothing under The Board Administration – an independent label co-founded with Marketing Executive Le’Greg O. Harrison. More About Nothing took the internet by storm resulting in 100,000 plus downloads in 90 minutes. More About Nothing creatively integrates sitcom material with rhyme and wordplay to present Wale’s frustrations on his plight to reach mainstream acceptance and success. Features include Wiz Khalifa, Waka Flocka, Daniel Merriweather, UCB, Board Administration Artists’ Tiara Thomas, Black Cobain, Fat Trel, and NBA Player and DC Native Kevin Durant. In the last half of 2010, inspired by Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Fridays project, Wale re-released a track from one of his previous mixtapes for free-download on his own website every Thursday, calling this enterprise “Throwback Thursday”. Guests on those tracks included Bun B, Pusha T, John Mayer, Lil Wayne and K’Naan.

Facts & Trivia

Wale Ranked on the list of most popular Rapper. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Wale celebrates birthday on September 21 of every year.

On November 25, 2011, shortly after the release of Ambition, Wale announced on Twitter that he has already begun working on his third album. In an interview with UpVenue in January 2012, Wale confirmed the third album and the focus will be about his growth as a person. He was featured on Maybach Music Group’s second studio album Self Made II. Wale released the mixtape Folarin on December 24, 2012, which is hosted by DJ Clark Kent. He released a trailer for Folarin on December 6, 2012. He has also started working on his third studio album which is to be released in 2013. The mixtape features guest spots Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, Scarface, Nipsey Hussle, French Montana, Tiara Thomas, Lightshow, and Trinidad James among others. Production comes from Hit-Boy, Jake One, Cardo, Diplo, Beat Billionaire and Rico Love among others.

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