Ambition

You pronounce his name Wah-Lay! Born the son of Nigerian immigrants and raised in our nations capital (Washington D.C.), Wale was exposed to all sorts of music growing up that has helped to influence his unique sound. Twenty-six-year-old Wale Folarin first broke out and broke ground in 2005, appearing in the Source Magazine's "Unsigned Hype" column - the same column that launched the careers of the Notorious B.I.G., Common and Mobb Deep.

In 2007, after the independent release of his record Good Girls, world-renowned DJ and producer Mark Ronson signed Wale to his label Allido Records, which in turn led to the successful releases of his 2008 superlative Mixtape About Nothing and more recent Back To The Feature.