Wale is tagged as: hip-hop, rap, hip hop, dc, go-go
Olubowale Victor Akintimehin (born September 24, 1984 in Washington, DC), better known by his stage name Wale is a rapper and producer Fusing DC's proprietary go-go-genre with a streetwise Northern hip-hop sensation, he takes samples from all genres and mixes them together with lyrical skill In 2005 he released his debut mixtape Paint a picture, and has since released four more His debut album Attention Deficit 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 DC and Maryland, finally graduating from Quince Orchard High School in 2001, he went to Robert Morris College and the Virgini State Universten on football scholarships, then Bowie State University, but dropped out in 2004 to pursue music full time, before the music began to pay the bills Wale worked day jobs at Sprint, Up Against The Wall and Downtown Locker Room
Wale emerged on the local DC hip hop scene with the help of WKYS-FM DJ Alizay Wale began to get radio play in 2004 with a single called "Rhyme of the Century", which won Wale in June 2005 "Unsigned Hype" in the Source magazine, and his buzz began to grow Read More About Wale Biography...
