More on One of my fav rappers: Wale

On the Road with Wale” is a video podcast series chronicling the life and times of the artist known as WALE on tour, as he rocks shows across the country to promote his soon to be released debut album while trying not to go insane while cooped up on the bus. This is the 5th installment of Wale's adventures. Check it out!






Wale Interview and Freestyle w/ Thisis50.com

Wale sits down with Thisis50.com and discusses his latest single "Chillin" that features Lady Gaga, his thoughts about Jay-Z, drops a freestyle and more.





Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WALE’S DEBUT ALBUM ATTENTION: DEFICIT INTRODUCES HIP-HOP’S NEXT GREAT INNOVATOR

SET TO RELEASE SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

“Chillin’” Featuring Lady Gaga Moving Up The Charts

“The greatest new rapper since Jay-Z.” --GQ,

June 2009 Santa Monica, CA, July 7, 2009--Of this time yet unafraid to move beyond this moment, rugged yet introspective, Wale--hip-hop’s newest sensation and the first D.C. rapper to gain national attention in more than a decade--demands to be heard with his debut album Attention: Deficit (Allido/Interscope), releasing September 22, 2009. With its initial single, “Chillin’” featuring Lady Gaga, gaining spins on Rhythmic Radio, boosted by a video from Grammy-nominated director Chris Robinson, Attention: Deficit catapults Wale to hip-hop’s center stage. The 24-year-old D.C.-born son of Nigerian immigrants, Wale has previously issued a series of acclaimed, go-go/rap mash-up mixtapes that gained notice and airplay in the DMV (D.C.-Maryland-Virginia) and beyond. In 2007 super producer Mark Ronson--responsible for new luminaries such as Amy Winehouse-- began playing Wale’s “Good Girls” on his East Village radio show. Soon after, Ronson added Wale to a remix of Lily Allen’s bubbly pop record “Smile” and recruited him for a U.K. tour for his latest album. Wale also turned “D.A.N.C.E.” from French electro-house stars Justice into a hip-hop banger renamed “W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E.,” which he performed at the MTV Video Music Awards.

In 2008 Ronson signed Wale to his and Rich Kleiman's Allido Records and subsequently to its joint venture with Interscope. That year, Wale appeared on The Roots’ single “Rising Up” from their Rising Down album before remixing his own “Nike Boots” track to feature Lil’ Wayne. Most recently, Wale inked a co-management deal with Jay-Z's Roc Nation and this summer headlined his first tour, which sold out a number of venues.

Along with Ronson (“Mirrors” feat. Bun B, “90210”), some producers on Attention: Deficit include Cool and Dre (“Chillin’” and “World Tour” feat. Jazmine Sullivan), Dave Sitek of TV On The Radio (“Warrior” feat. K’Naan), Sean C and LV (“OG”), and Sleepwalkers (“Diary” feat. Marsha Ambrosius).

Proclaimed “The Great Rap Hope” by The Washington Post (October 2007), Wale fulfills his promise of a new voice in hip-hop with Attention: Deficit.

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