
Please note all ticket sales are subject to availability. Tickets are also available with a $5.00 service charge fee at the Fox Theater Box Office (open on show nights and on Fridays from noon – 7:00pm), and at The Independent Box Office (open on show nights and Monday through Friday from 11:00am – 6:00pm). These included the Asics “Bottle Rocket,” the Timberland “Gift Box Set” and the VILLA x Wale x ASIC Gel Lyte III “IC Champion.” Wale’s label imprint, Every Blue Moon encompasses the scope of his creative vision with musicians, comedians, and screenwriters under its umbrella. Expanding his cultural influence, Wale teamed up with Villa for a limited-edition line of sneakers. He first rose to prominence in 2006, when his song 'Dig Dug (Shake It. A regular guest of the First Family, he participated in First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Reach Higher” initiative for higher education as well. Olubowale Victor Akintimehin (born September 21, 1984), better known by his stage name Wale (WAH-lay), is an American rapper. Wale also made history as “the first rapper to open the State Of The Union,” gracing the stage with an unforgettable performance before President Obama’s final State Of The Union Address. Wale has over 6 million monthly listeners on Spotify and has reached over half a billion channel views on YouTube. To date, Wale has achieved four platinum or multi-platinum singles, three gold singles, and two gold albums. Along the way, Wale covered magazines such as Complex, Billboard, XXL, and Vibe, and would receive honorsĪt the BET Awards, BET Hip-Hop Awards, Soul Train Awards, and more. Wow marks Wale’s fourth top 10 effort, following The Album About Nothing (No. 7 on the Billboard 200 with 38,000 equivalent album units (5,000 in album sales). 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart by Keith Caulfield Wale’s sixth studio album, Wow That’s Crazy, launches at No. His most recent album to date is 2017’s Shine, which featured the platinum single My PYT, Running Back and My Love. YoungBoy Never Broke Again Nabs First No. Shine gave the world “My PYT” as Wale continued dropping heat. 1 Billboard 200 albums The Gifted (2013) and The Album About Nothing (2015). Bowing at #2 on the Billboard Top 200, the now-classicĪnd gold-certified Ambition yielded the GRAMMY® Award-nominated platinum-selling “Lotus Flower Bomb.” Two more blockbusters followed as The Gifted and The Album About Nothing both crashed the Billboard Top 200 at #1 back-to-back. 2008’s inventive Mixtape About Nothing cemented him as a critical favorite and preceded the major label debut Attention Deficit in 2009. Rick Ross made a stuntastic appearance last night at the Grammys with his vibrant blue velvet blazer.

An old school lyricist with new school energy, otherworldly hooks, and a sense of irony tailormade for its own Seinfeld episode, he instantly set himself apart. Rick Ross Announces Wale’s ‘The Album About Nothing’ Release Date. Since arriving in 2006, he has consistently gone against the grain.
