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Metro Breakthrough Artist of the Year" at WKYS's Go-Go Awards in November 2006. Wale's song "Breakdown, " was featured on the video game Madden NFL 2009. Both "Breakdown" and "Uptown Roamers" were on Wale's second mixtape, Hate Is the New Love. " On September 14, 2006, "Uptown Roamers" debuted on XM Radio Channel 66 and was played twice in one day. In September 2006, after dropping another go-go influenced single, "Breakdown", sampled from Huck-a-Bucks "Sexy Girl" and getting a mention in The Washington Post, Wale released his first non-go-go original single, "Uptown Roamers. C and connected with him through Myspace. Weisman had been tipped off about the rapper by a friend in Washington, D. In July 2006, Wale found representation in Daniel Weisman, a former club DJ and promoter who had no previous experience in management. The song was included in Wale's first mixtape, Paint a Picture. radio history and Wale was the first local artist to get any BDS spins since DJ Kool in the early 1990s. The song became the most requested song by a local artist in D. C, Maryland and Virginia and was a tribute to Ronald "Dig Dug" Dixon, percussion player for the go-go band Northeast Groovers. "Dig Dug (Shake It)" became popular in Washington, D. He was signed to a local label called Studio 43 in 2006. He was featured in the "Unsigned Hype" column of The Source magazine in 2006. It was his first song to ever be played on local radio. Wale's first recording was called "Rhyme of the Century". He is the cousin of actor Gbenga Akinnagbe, best known as Chris Partlow on HBO's The Wire. Wale's 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 attended Robert Morris University and Virginia State University on football scholarships, then transferred to Bowie State University but dropped out due to academic reasons. He graduated from Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland in 2002 and later moved to Largo, Maryland in Prince George's County. Wale's family first lived in Northwest, Washington, DC before moving to Montgomery County when Wale was 10. His parents are of the Yoruba ethnic group of southwestern Nigeria and came to the United States from Austria in 1979. Wale, a Nigerian American, was born Olubowale Victor Akintimehin in Northwest, Washington, D.C.
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The album, although under-shipped, received positive reviews from critics. In 2008, Wale signed with Interscope Records for $1.3 million, and his debut album Attention Deficit was released in 2009 with the singles " Chillin", " Pretty Girls", and " World Tour". A song called "Ridin' in That Black Joint" was featured in the popular video game Saints Row 2's soundtrack in 2008. While signed to that label, Wale released several mixtapes and appeared in national media including MTV and various Black-American-focused magazines. Producer Mark Ronson discovered Wale in 2006 and signed him to Allido Records in 2007. Wale became locally recognized and continued recording music for the regional audience. He rose to prominence in 2006, when his song "Dig Dug (Shake It)" became popular in his hometown. Olubowale Victor Akintimehin (born September 21, 1984), better known by his stage name Wale ( / ˈ w ɔː l eɪ/ WAH-lay), is an American rapper from Washington, DC.