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. Website Olubowale Victor Akintimehin (born September 21, 1984), better known by his stage name Wale ( ), 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 discovered Wale in 2006 and signed him to 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 's soundtrack in 2008.

In 2008, Wale signed with for $1.3 million, and his debut album was released in 2009 with the singles ', ', and '. The album, although under-shipped, received positive reviews from critics. In early 2011, Wale signed with Rick Ross', where members of the label released a compilation album, on May 23, 2011.

His second studio album, was released November 1, 2011, with mixed reviews. His third studio album, was released on June 25, 2013, to mainly positive reviews; it debuted at number one on the. His second Billboard number one album was released on March 31, 2015. In 2018, Wale released three E.Ps titled It's Complicated, Self-Promotion and Free Lunch. Wale and fellow rapper in 2009 On June 19, 2009, Wale released his fifth mixtape, Back to the Feature, on which eleven of the tracks were produced by, with contributions also coming from and others. The album's title, a play off the name of the movie, referred to the fact that a lengthy list of rappers joined Wale on the songs, including, Tamere Guess,.

The mixtape received positive reviews from Vibe magazine and website, 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 ', a song by the Australian singer-songwriter. It was written by Merriweather and 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. 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. 2009–10: Attention Deficit On November 10, 2009 Wale's debut album, had primarily positive reception., 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 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 ', featuring, followed by 'Pretty Girls' featuring and Weensey and ' featuring. Other guest artists on the album included;;;;;;. In March 2010, Rapper Wale announced he and 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,.

On August 3, 2010, Wale released his sixth mixtape, More About Nothing hosted by DJ Omega a follow-up to his critically acclaimed under The Board Administration – an independent label co-founded with Marketing Executive Le'Greg O. 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, UCB, Board Administration Artists', Fat Trel, and NBA Player and DC Native. In the last half of 2010, inspired by 's 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,.

2011: Signing to MMG and Ambition. Wale performs with Black Cobain in his hometown of Washington, D.C. On February 5, 2011, during festivities he announced his signing to artist Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group. He states that he will still continue to be able to put out the music that he believes in, with the support of Rick Ross. Since 2009, Wale has been signed to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation for management along with other artists such as,. On May 6, 2011, Wale shared plans with regarding the potential release of two albums in 2011. Later the same month, he confirmed pre-production efforts for Ambition, his second album, slated for a fall 2011 release under Maybach and Warner Music Groups.

Production for Ambition took place at ZAC Recording in Atlanta, Georgia with The Board Administration Producer Tone P. Anticipation for Ambition was incited through the release and heavy viral promotion of mixtape, The Eleven One Eleven Theory done under Wale's label, The Board Administration. The Eleven One Eleven Theory debuted August 17, 2011, on Life and Times in honor of Wale's Twitter milestone of reaching one million followers and was purposefully made with the intent to build widespread anticipation for the November 1, 2011, scheduled release date of Ambition. This marketing strategy was the of The Board Administration CEO Le'Greg O. Harrison and was executed through savvy social media integration, resulting in the first shut down of renowned file sharing site Hulkshare in the first 4 seconds of posting the link. Wale is the first mainstream artist to officially crash Hulkshare. On September 7, 2011, Wale announced plans for a 32-city domestic tour titled The Ambition Tour, which initiated October 2, 2011, in Minneapolis Minnesota and has dates through December 2011.

The Board Administration Artist is the official opening act for each date and is followed by a rotation of various artists in select markets which include:, and more. The tour was booked. On September 28, 2011, Wale revealed that Ambition was complete and released the single 'Lotus Flower Bomb', featuring Miguel on Twitter. On September 29, 2011, Funk Master Flex debuted Wale's song 'Tats on my Arms', featuring Rick Ross.

The next day, Wale released the album cover for Ambition. On October 14, 2011, Wale released the single 'Focused', featuring. The official Ambition track listing includes 15 songs. The Board Administration launched a robust social media campaign integrating never-seen-before social media strategy and savvy to virally promote Ambition. The promotional campaign included a five-part 'making of' documentary, a Twitter campaign centered on a hashtag blitz–aptly named #Ambition, daily new music and video releases from Wale, and promotional materials for purchase through and such as Ambition wristbands and graphic tees. These efforts were also supported by televised 'making of' episodes through networks such as MTV that hosted Sucker Free Road to Release.

The never-seen-before element of Wale’s Ambition promo blitz included a partnership formed between the current most popular file sharing site Hulkshare and The Board Administration. Greater than 3 million people frequent Hulkshare daily, and through this collaboration could view banner ads on practically every Hulkshare download page flanked with Wale’s profile and a clock counting down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until the album released. On October 27, 2011, Wale unveiled an Ambition snippet sampler on YouTube for people to preview the album. Later the same day, a private Ambition media listening event, held at the Gansevoort Hotel of Chelsea New York, was attended by music executives, bloggers, various artists, and hip hop heads. On November 2, 2011, Myspace and presented a complimentary Wale and friends midnight Ambition release show at The Highline Ballroom in New York City.

The event was hosted by and featured special guest DJ. The album debuted number two on the, selling 162,600 copies in its first week. The album initially received mixed reviews, including a negative one in Wale's local. However, the album currently holds a 69/100 score on Metacritic, signifying 'generally favorable reviews. ' 2012–2017: The Gifted, The Album About Nothing, Shine 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.

Wale released the mixtape Folarin on December 24, 2012, which is hosted. 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, and among others. Production comes from, Beat Billionaire and among others. When speaking of his third studio album Wale would say, 'it's going to have one sound, very, very soulful' and said the first single, 'Bad' is a pretty good indication of the direction I'm going for this project.'

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The album is set to release on June 25, 2013, and with his fourth album is coming a couple months after that. Wale announced he was collaborating with on his fourth studio album to be titled The Album About Nothing. He later said he was also collaborating with producer on the album.

He also said he would release a collaboration mixtape with Meek Mill during 2013. In December 2012, Wale had announced he was planning on releasing a album: 'I wanna do the album for me. This is the second time I’m announcing it, but I’m doing a Go-Go album after my album. And when I say Go-Go I don’t mean like cheesy Go-Go. It’s gonna be sequenced.

It’s gonna be me probably rapping only 40-percent on the album, but getting the sound out.' To build hype for The Gifted, Wale released 'Sight of the Sun,' a remix of the song of the same name.

This was similar to the songs 'Bittersweet' and 'Fly Away,' which he released prior to Attention: Deficit. On September 9, 2014 Wale released the first single from the album The Album About Nothing titled 'The Body' featuring American singer. On November 17, 2014, Wale announced a 31-date US tour entitled the Simply Nothing Tour. The tour is in support of his upcoming 2015 album,. On December 24, 2014, Wale released the mixtape heavily themed by the holiday. Features on the mixtape included, and, among others.

Wale Mixtapes

On March 31, 2015 Wale released his fourth studio album, which featured, and among others. It became his second #1 album in the United States. It was revealed that Wale would next serve as the Executive Producer for next collaborative album Self Made 4. Wale also recorded the original music theme for the popular sports talk show, which features journalists/panelists, and moderator/host. The two-hour show, which airs twice daily at 10 a.m.

On, features Wale's theme at the beginning of the show. Wale's fifth studio album, was released on April 28, 2017, selling 28,000 units in its first week. 2018: It's Complicated, Self Promotion, Warner Bros. And Free Lunch After parting ways with in February, Wale released a surprise 4-Track E.P titled It's Complicated on March 13, 2018.

Two months later, he release a 2nd E.P titled Self Promotion on May 8, 2018. The 4-Track EP had a single guest feature in R&B singer,. On May 16, 2018, it was announced that Wale had been signed to. Then on September 14, 2018, he released a 3rd E.P titled Free Lunch, with guest appearances from long time friend and collaborator,.

Musical style In an interview with Flavorwire, Wale said that he incorporates elements of in his music. Cyril Cordor of described go-go as 'a more raw, percussion-driven offshoot of disco' that originated in the Washington, D. 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 '. Personal life An avid professional wrestling fan, Wale has made several wrestling references on his songs. Wale hosts the annual WaleMania during weekend. He's also made several appearances on television where he hosted a rap battle between and on the 4th of July episode of in 2017 and was the guest commentator during and 's match on in 2018. Discography. Main article: Studio albums. (2009).

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