Wale !!!! he's buzzin cuzzin

i first heard about Wale in September or November of last year when the 100 miles mixtape came out. wale has since blown up, and is gonna be at the rock the bells concert tommorow at the shoreline. this cat is the shit and he gotta internet buzz bigger than insects in the amazon. hes been out for the last 2 years and is the biggest mainstreamunderground artist since the cool kids. ima put up his bio i think everyone knows who he is but if you dont read this and support the dude, i know its cliche to say but his shit is refreshing to hear when all you here is basura
Wale was born to Nigerian, Yoruba immigrant parents in Washington, DC. He grew up on 6000 Peabody Street in Northwest DC and moved to Largo, Maryland as a teenager. He attended seven different high schools in Washington, D.C. and Maryland, finally graduating from Quince Orchard High School in 2001. He went to Robert Morris College and Virginia State University on football scholarships, and then Bowie State University but dropped out in 2004 to pursue music full-time. Before music became a viable source of income, Wale worked day jobs at Sprint, Up Against The Wall and Downtown Locker Room. He played tailback on his high school football team

In January 2007, Wale released a new single to radio called "Good Girls." Daniel Weisman gave the song to Mark Ronson and on February 23, 2007, Ronson began playing the song on his East Village Radio show . A week later, at Ronson's studio, Wale recorded a freestyle for Ronson and in exchange, Ronson put Wale on an unreleased remix of Lily Allen's "Smile" which appeared on a number of music blogs around the world on March 13th, 2007 . In April of 2007, Ronson asked Wale to join him on a UK tour to promote the release of his newest album. In June of 2007, Wale signed to a production deal with Ronson's Allido Records.

On June 24, 2007, Wale's "Ice Cream Girl" with TCB, was featured on the show Entourage, on HBO.

Wale often has prominent go-go band UCB join him for his shows.

Wale released his third mixtape, 100 Miles & Running, on July 11, 2007 as a free download on his myspace page. To date, the mixtape has been downloaded over 30,000 times. 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, Beyonce, 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, which was released on August 16, 2007.

Wale performed "W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E.", from his 100 Miles mixtape, at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas, NV.

Wale was also featured in the October 2007 issues of XXL and Rolling Stone . The Washington Post profiled Wale on the front page of the Sunday Style section in the October 21st, 2007 edition. Wale is featured on the cover of URB's 150th issue along with French electro group, Justice.

iTunes released "Nike Boots" as a free download on November 13th, 2007 as its "Single of the Week." On Christmas Day 2007, Wale debuted the "Nike Boots Remix" featuring Lil Wayne and Green Lantern on his myspace page. Wale and Lil Wayne played a Nike Boots event called DC Stand Up at Ibiza Nightclub in DC on January 15, 2008 which was sponsored by Nike and Footaction.

In the November 30th, 2007 issue of Entertainment Weekly, Wale is featured as one of 8 people to watch in 2008 along with actors Simon Pegg and Rachel McAdams.


On January 25, 2008, Wale and Mark Ronson, on Ronson's East Villagio Radio show, hinted that Wale was in the process of signing with Jimmy Iovine at Interscope Records and On March 12, he announced on 93.9 WKYS that he had signed with Interscope.

On February 1, 2008, Wale launched a website with his manager called Elitaste.com.

On April 29, 2008, the new Roots album entitled Rising Down was released, featuring Wale on the final track. Wale's relationship with the Roots began when Black Thought heard a song recorded as a tribute to himself on Wale's 2007 mixtape 100 Miles & Running and contacted Wale.

On May 30, 2008, Wale released his 4th mixtape, The Mixtape About Nothing, for free through www.elitaste.com and 10deep.com in collaboration with the streetwear brands Commonwealth and 10 Deep. 10 Deep will also be releasing the "Serenity Now" Tee in collaboration with Wale's release of this mixtape. The majority of the mixtape was produced by DC's Best Kept Secret.

In the June issue of the German Hip-Hop magazine JUICE Wale announced that his upcoming debut-album will feature production credits from Mark Ronson, Kanye West, Just Blaze, 9th Wonder and the French electronic music duo Justice.

In the June/July 2008 issue of Giant Magazine, Wale announced he is making a new mixtape produced by 9th Wonder called Back To The Featur

In a recent interview with Washington Post's Express, Wale announced that he was recording a song with Chrisette Michelle called "Shades" for his upcoming album, which discusses inter-black racism. Wale also said content like in The Mixtape About Nothing will be on the album.

In a Elitaste interview, Young Chris said about Wale, "We’re ready to do a mixtape together; we ain’t got the name nor the DJ yet, but we’ve had some good talks and we’ll get that mixtape out."