Wale is an American rapper, who, after a stint at Interscope, inked a deal with Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group. Widely known for his critically-acclaimed mixtapes, Wale fuses D.C.’s homegrown go-go genre with a streetwise Northern hip-hop sensibility and lyrical dexterity. On November 1, 2011, Wale released “Ambition,” his sophomore album, which debuted #1 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop chart and #2 on the Billboard 200.