He kicked off the tour for the album in October with opening acts such as Meek Mill, Pusha T and J. With his new army, Wale began the recording of " Ambition", his second studio album, in Atlanta, Georgia. People don't know Ross, man." He also later signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation for management. I've seen him work from the business side, I've seen him work on the street side. "That dude is a genius," said Wale of the boss. He later parted ways with Interscope and signed with Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group. Then in the second half of 2010, he started to re-release a track from one of his previous mixtapes for free-download on his own website every Thursday. Nevertheless, promotional efforts continued with national tour and one more mixtape release. Daniel Weisman, Wale's manager, claimed that Interscope didn't ship enough copies of the album.
However, the rapper blamed the low number of sales on the shipping. It earned the 21st spot on Billboard Hot 200 chart on the first week of sale. The studio effort was released in November 2009 to mostly positive reaction. Under Interscope's umbrella, Wale began recording tracks for his major label debut, " Attention Deficit". It was in 2008 that Wale signed a venture deal with Ronson's Allido Records and Interscope after rejecting big labels like Def Jam and Atlantic Records among others first. The Ronson association opened many doors to him including his first national TV interview with MTV in 2007. Tour before signing a production deal with Ronson's Allido Records.
Relationship brought him to get to know Mark Ronson who did a remix of Lily Allen's "Smile". He was branded "cool, smart, up-and-coming hip-hop artist" at that time. Wale made a couple more mixtapes after that. The rapper was then represented by Weisman and released his first original single called "Uptown Roamers".
Wale's name started to spread around in DJ scene and reached the ear of a former club DJ, Daniel Weisman. It was later included in his first mixtape, "Paint a Picture". His next song "Dig Dug (Shake It)" became the most requested song by a local artist in D.C. He had tried out a career in music in the latter of 2000s, recording his first song "Rhyme of the Century" and signing deal with a local label in 2006. Wale enrolled in Robert Morris University and Virginia State University on football scholarships, then transferred to Bowie State University but dropped out. His family moved Stateside through Austria in 1979, allowing him to get education in Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland among others. Born as Olubowale Victor Akintimehin on September 21, 1984, Wale was raised by his Nigerian parents in the United States. If there were a rapper with idealistic points in his music, it would be Wale.
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