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Washington, D.C. (2004 – present)

Olubowale Victor Akintimehin (born September 24 1984 in Washington, D.C.), better known by his stage name Wale, is an American rapper and producer. Fusing DC’s homegrown go-go genre with a streetwise Northern hip-hop sensibility, he takes samples from all genres and blends them together with lyrical dexterity. In 2005 he released his debut mixtape, Paint a Picture, and has since released four more. His debut album, Attention Deficit, was released November 10, 2009.

Wale was born to Nigerian immigrant parents in Washington, DC. He grew up on 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 started paying the bills, Wale worked day jobs at Sprint, Up Against The Wall and Downtown Locker Room.

Wale emerged onto the local DC hip hop scene with the help of WKYS-FM’s DJ Alizay. Wale began getting radio play in 2004 with a single called “Rhyme of the Century” which got Wale in the June 2005 “Unsigned Hype” section of Source magazine and his buzz started growing.

In November 2006, a feature ran on AllHipHop.com’s Breeding Ground about Wale. The day before Thanksgiving, Wale took the stage between Lil Wayne and T.I. during the Southern Invasion tour at the Verizon Center.

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8	Mama Told Me full track	906
9	Triumph full track	863
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Rogal91 wrote:
5 hours ago

can someone upload for me three tracks of TOP TRACKS?

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mhunke wrote:
yesterday morning

"go buy his album!" <-- lol

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_stubbs_ wrote:
Monday morning

wale is a lyrical beast. go buy his album! [2]

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klopsick wrote:
Sunday morning

w.a.l.e.d.a.n.c.e. !

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alanejohnson wrote:
Sunday morning

wale is an ANIMAL!

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blacktarheroine wrote:
Saturday evening

http://bluest.bandcamp.com/

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Delbrion wrote:
Saturday afternoon

Attention Deficit <3

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kpatt wrote:
Saturday morning

absolutely amazing live.

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MARTIJNLAFITT wrote:
Thursday afternoon

if you can do it, while listening to wale, you should do it

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TonyBadass wrote:
Thursday morning

wale is a lyrical beast. go buy his album!

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oxidiert wrote:
Wednesday evening

Wale sounds a little bit like Kanye West...and I like Kanye! Thumbs up!

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euphoricenergy wrote:
Wednesday evening

This man is quite obsessed with his name. Regardless, shit's tight.

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stopitnow wrote:
7 days ago

@MARTIJNLAFITT. Wow. If you say it. I´ve never done it, and never will, but I doubt it.

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Mr-Usuario wrote:
8 days ago

ROFL @ Martinlotofshitz.

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MARTIJNLAFITT wrote:
8 days ago

wale's flow is better than fucking with adriana lima

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Wafflecake wrote:
9 days ago

took a while, but "Pretty Girls" def grew on me.

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Diga_prm wrote:
9 days ago

Обычная хуйня всего лишь модная тенденция =)

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Tiiga wrote:
10 days ago

http://www.lastfm.com.br/group/The+Black+Eyed+Peas+%E2%99%A5 Black Eyed Peas group, enjoy :D

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THE_PACK wrote:
11 days ago

Join - http://www.lastfm.ru/group/I+Love+Ice+Creams - Join

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MARTIJNLAFITT wrote:
11 days ago

talent of the year

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