Wale Folarin (born September 21, 1984) better known by his stage name Wale, is an American rapper from Washington, D.C. Wale was born to Nigerian immigrant parents. He rose to prominence in 2006, when his song “Dig Dug (Shake It)” became popular in his hometown. Wale became locally recognized and continued recording music for the regional audience. Producer Mark Ronson discovered Wale in 2006 and signed him to Allido Records in 2007. While signed to that label, Wale released several mixtapes and appeared in national media including MTV and various urban magazines.

In 2008, Wale signed to Interscope Records, and his debut album Attention Deficit was released in 2009 with the singles “Chillin”, “Pretty Girls”, and “My Sweetie”.
 

 Wale was born in Washington, DC on September 21, 1984. His parents are of the Yoruba ethnic group of southwestern Nigeria and came to the United States from Austria in 1979. He has two older brothers, one of whom, Clid, lives in New York City working for a record label. Wale’s family first lived in the Northwest section of Washington. His father worked as a cab driver in the D.C. area. He graduated from Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland in 2001 and moved to Largo, Maryland in 2003. Wale attended Robert Morris University and Virginia State University on football scholarships, then transferred to Bowie State University but dropped out. Wale’s boyhood love of the game of football and the Washington Redskins has led to a longstanding rumor that Wale had a tattoo of tight end Chris Cooley. 

Wale is planning on doing few collaborations and remix of few of his tracks with his favorite Nigerian artist, he did not mention names yet, but rumors have it he’s planning on featuring Tu-Face in one of his future tracks.

He’s planning on his African tour but dates are yet to be fixed and declared.