In 2011, Wale moved to Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group, adding a dually conscious and dance-ready vibe to an otherwise street-focused roster. During his ascent amid the peak of hip-hop's blog era, Wale offered catchy melodies and bars speckled with pop-culture references on songs like the Lady Gaga-featuring "Chillin" and Waka Flocka Flame's 2010 club hit "No Hands"-and he could then pivot to reveal a more vulnerable, thoughtful side with vivid, prose-like lyrics.
A string of mixtapes found the rapper grappling with morality in both everyday life and early stardom-most notably on 2008's Seinfeld-inspired The Mixtape About Nothing-and earned him a diehard fanbase ahead of his 2009 debut album, Attention Deficit. With an itch for making songs heavily infused with go-go, the District's official sound, he dropped out of college to pursue music full-time, eventually landing a deal with producer Mark Ronson's Allido Records in 2007 and Interscope Records a year later. Born Olubowale Victor Akintimehin in 1984, Wale, the son of Nigerian immigrants, was raised in the Washington D.C. Wale delivers lyrics you can live by-bolstered by witty punchlines, thoughtful concepts, and painfully earnest introspection.
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