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Wale(Olubowale Victor Akintimehin)-A rapper, born to nigerian immigrants in Washington, D.C. in 1984. He grew up in suburban Washington D.C. until age ten when he moved to Maryland. Once he graduated high school he attended Robert Morris College on a football scholarship then later transferred to Virginia State University on a football scholarship also. Virginia State wasn't what he expected so he then later transferred to Bowie State where there he quit school all together and began his rapping career. He got his first big buzz on his first mixtape were he self proclaimed himself "Ambassador of Rap for the Capital." After that he started to get recoginized by big time stars such as Jay-Z, Rhymfest, and Lil Wayne. When 2008 rolled around and everyone knew who he was interscope signed him to a major deal. In the following year he released his album "Attention Deficit."

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