Wale

Date of Birth:

21-Sep-1984

Nationality:

United States

Profession:

Rapper

Olubowale Victor Akintimehin, renowned by namesake Wale, is a celebrated American rapper who gained recognition in 2006 with his song ‘Dig Dug (Shake It) which became very popular in his native place. He continued to record music for regional audiences and gained a lot of recognition locally. In 2007, producer Mark Ronson discovered him and signed him to ‘Allido Records’. Wale then released a number of mixtapes and grabbed the attention of media including various Black-American focused magazines and MTV. His third studio album titled ‘Gifted’ debuted at number one on the ‘Billboard 200’. Wale is considered to be one of the most lyrical hip hoppers in recent times. He gave a new diversion and element to rap. His raps revolve around the real and deeper issues. Following are some views, opinions and thoughts by the celebrated rapper which have been curated from his songs, tweets, interviews, lyrics, writings and work. Here is a list of some popular quotes and sayings by Wale.

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QUOTES BY Wale

D.C.'s a tough place to get love unless you're from D.C. It's like everybody hates you here. The only black person that everyone can agree on is Obama.

The ability to make somebody feel something: that's art. However you look at it, whether you're an author, a painter, a singer, a rapper, a spoken-word artist - art.

My job is to inspire the people, to be on top of my game and push my culture forward.

Not everybody is a great rapper; not everybody lives for the art of lyricism.

I'm insecure about things. I'm not afraid to say it, though. Even when my publicist is like, 'Go on the red carpet,' I don't wanna go.

Making love is, simply put, poetry in motion.

I take a lot of pride in my live show and put more energy there than I do in the studio.

I come from a place, with all due respect, who's never had a music star in hip-hop. So the odds is already against me.

I put my foot in my mouth sometimes. I'll be the first to admit it.

I want to be on a show that's not sensitive to racial jokes; I want to be on one where they call me everything and I call them right back. There's blatant racism going both ways. That's what we need.

If someone doesn't have a reason to not like you in America, they talk politics or religion. Then they get to hate you and we get to be enemies.