U-Wale uyilungu eliqavile lesigcawu somculo we-rap waseWashington futhi ungomunye wabaphumelele kakhulu ukusayinda ilebula ye-Rick Ross Maybach Music Group. Abalandeli bafunde ngethalente lomculi ngenxa yomkhiqizi uMark Ronson.
Umculi we-rap uchaza igama-mbumbulu lobuciko njengethi Asithandi Wonke Umuntu. Uthole ingxenye yakhe yokuqala yokuduma ngo-2006. Kungawo lo nyaka lapho kwaqala khona umdlalo womculo othi Dig Dug (Shake It).
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaWale
Usuku lokuzalwa lomculi lungoSepthemba 21, 1984. U-Olubovaley Viktor Akintimekhin (igama langempela le-rapper) wazalelwa eWashington. Abazali bakhe babephuma esizweni samaYoruba eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeNigeria. Lapho uVictor eba neminyaka eyi-10, umndeni wathuthela eMontgomery (eMaryland).
Umrepha waseMelika odabuka eNigeria uthe ukhulele endaweni yokwesaba nokulawula. Umama akazange azinake izingane. Wayengowesifazane obandayo futhi ongenandaba.
Eseyingane, wayeyithanda imisebenzi yangaphandle. Wayethanda nokudlala ibhola. UVictor wafunda kahle esikoleni, ngakho ngemva kokuqeda imfundo yakhe yesibili, waya e-Bowie State University. Akazange ayithole imfundo ephakeme. Kwakunezizathu zomuntu siqu zalokhu.
Wayegcwele "umculo wasemgwaqweni" futhi waqala ukuqamba izingoma ze-rap. Le nsizwa yacabanga ngomsebenzi womculi, ngakho ayizange ibone iphuzu lokuthola omunye umsebenzi. Ngalesi sikhathi, uVictor wazinikela ngokuphelele emculweni.
Indlela yokudala yomculi we-rap u-Wale
Ngo-2005, i-rapper yavezwa ku-Umthombo esigabeni sabo se-Unsigned Hype. Kulesi sihloko, intatheli ikhulume ngoVictor njengomrepha osafufusa.
Ngemva konyaka, uWale wethula umsebenzi womculo othi Dig Dug (Shake It). Ukwamukelwa ngemfudumalo kwashukumisela le nsizwa ukuba ihambe ngendlela ekhethiwe. Ngawo lowo nyaka, umkhiqizi onethonya uMark Ronson wadonsela ukunaka kuye. Ngemva konyaka, wasayina inkontileka ne-Allido Records. Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, waqopha izingoma ezingashadile, waphinde wavela emithonjeni yezindaba eminingi esezingeni eliphezulu, nasemakhaveni omagazini basemadolobheni.
Ngemva konyaka, rapper Wale wasayina inkontileka ne-Interscope Records nge $ 1,3 million. Ngaso leso sikhathi, wajabulisa abalandeli ngolwazi mayelana nokukhululwa okuseduze kwe-debut yakhe ye-LP. Ngo-2009, umculi wavula i-discography yakhe nge-Attention Deficit.
Iqoqo lamukelwe ngemfudumalo abagxeki bomculo. Ukukhishwa kweqoqo kulandelwe inqwaba yamakhonsathi. U-Wale akazange akhohlwe nangeziqeshana. Ngemva kokusebenza kanzima, lo mculi wahlala phansi esitudiyo sokuqopha.
Isayina inkontileka neMaybach Music Group
Eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, wasayina inkontileka neMaybach Music Group (ilebula likaRick Ross). Ngokushesha ngemva kokusayina inkontileka, umculi we-rap wethula i-albhamu ethi Self Made Vol.1.
Ngosuku lokuqala lukaNovemba 2011, i-discography ye-rapper yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo. I-Longplay yayibizwa ngokuthi i-Ambition. Irekhodi likhishwe endaweni yesibili ku-Billboard.200. Kwathengiswa amakhophi angaphezudlwana kuka-160 ngesonto lokuqala. I-LP iqale yathola ukubuyekezwa okuxubile, okuhlanganisa nezibuyekezo ezingezinhle ezivela ku-Washington City Paper.
Ekupheleni kukaJuni 2013, u-Wale wethula i-albhamu yesithathu ilandelana. Sikhuluma ngeqoqo elithi The Gifted. Ukuze adale "umsindo" kurekhodi, ukhiphe i-Sight of the Sun (i-remix ethi Fun). Le ndlela yathakaselwa izethameli zomrepha.
NgoMashi 31, 2015, kwethulwa i-LP yesine. Le noveli ibibizwa nge-Album About Nothing. Le nhlanganisela yaba i-albhamu yakhe yesibili engunombolo 1 e-United States of America.
Umrepha uphinde waqopha ingoma yetimu yoqobo yomdlalo we-TV odumile. Uhlelo lwamahora amabili, oludlala kabili ngosuku ngo-10:00 ekuseni nango-13:00 ntambama ku-ESPN, lubonisa ingqikithi yomculi ekuqaleni kohlelo.
Ngegagasi lokuthandwa, ukhulula i-albhamu yesihlanu yesitudiyo, eyayibizwa ngokuthi Shine. Cishe amakhophi angu-30 XNUMX e-albhamu adayiswe esontweni lokuqala. I-LP yamukelwe ngemfudumalo abalandeli balo mculi.
Imininingwane yempilo yomuntu siqu ka-Wale
UWale ungomunye wabaculi abambalwa kakhulu bomculo ongathandi ukukhuluma ngempilo yakhe yangasese. Uke waba nobudlelwano obunzima obuningi esikhathini esidlule.
Isikhathi esithile wathandana nomodeli H. Alexis. Esikhathini esingengakanani esidlule, wavuma ukuthi kwakuvela ku-Alexis ukuthi indodakazi yakhe yayikhula.
Ngo-2019, wayesebudlelwaneni nemodeli ebukekayo yase-India Grahams. Ulingise umkhankaso wesikhangiso se-G-Star nomculi u-Pharrell Williams futhi manje usesayinelwe kuma-IMG Models.
Ngo-2021, kwaziwa ukuthi lo mbhangqwana wawungasekho ndawonye. Ngalesi sikhathi, umculi akakho ebudlelwaneni. Namuhla ugxile ekwakheni umsebenzi.
Amaqiniso athakazelisayo mayelana ne-rapper u-Wale
- Ngo-2021, inani lakhe lemali lilinganiselwa ku-$6 million.
- Ngemva kokuba owayeyintombi yakhe eshonelwe ingane, wayecindezelekile. Bobabili abalingani babekhathele ngokomqondo. Inkinga yaxazululwa ngo-2016. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho u-Alexis abeletha khona umntwana ophile kahle.
- UVictor wayengaba ngumdlali webhola lezinyawo waseMelika, kodwa ekugcineni wakhetha i-rap.
- Umlingisi uGbenga Akinnagbe ungumzala kaVictor.
- Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi uyayithanda imisebenzi yangaphandle, i-rapper ngezinye izikhathi izitika ngokudla okusheshayo.
Wales: izinsuku zethu
Ngo-2018, i-Premiere ye-EP Eyinkimbinkimbi yenzeka. Ngawo lowo nyaka, wethula i-albhamu ethi Self Promotion. Wabe esesayina inkontileka neWarner Records. Ekupheleni konyaka, wajabulisa abalandeli bakhe ngokukhululwa kwamathrekhi ama-Winter Wars kanye ne-Poledancer.
Ngo-2019, wethula i-albhamu yesitudiyo ethi Wow ... Kuyahlanya "kubalandeli". Inezinto eziningi ezinhle kubaculi be-R&B, futhi itimu evamile, ngamafuphi, izingoma zothando. Irekhodi lamukelwa ngezandla ezifudumele izilaleli zakhe.
Ngemva konyaka, kwakhululwa i-mini-LP The Imperfect Storm. Ngo-2020, waqala ukukhuluma ngokusebenza ku-LP entsha. Kodwa-ke, umculi we-rap akazange adalule usuku lokukhipha. Ngawo lowo nyaka, kwethulwa ividiyo entsha yengoma ethi Sue Me.
Ividiyo entsha yalo mculi ingeyokuqalwa komsunguli wohlobo oludumile lwePyer Moss, uKerby Jean-Raymond. Ngandlela thize, izethameli zajabulela ifilimu emfushane ekhuluma ngezinkinga zokucwasa ngokwebala, equkethe nezithombe zangempela zokucwaswa kwabantu abamnyama.
U-2021 awuzange uhlale ungenazinto ezintsha futhi. Kulo nyaka, i-Premiere yemisebenzi yomculo ethi Angles (ehambisana noChris Brown) kanye ne-Down South (ehlanganisa u-Yella Beezy no-Maxo Kream) yenzekile.
Akukho okwaziwayo mayelana nokukhishwa kwe-albhamu entsha yesitudiyo yalo mrepha. Yize engaphawuli ngokuthi ukulungiswa kwe-albhamu kukusiphi isigaba. Ungalandela izindaba zakamuva ezivela empilweni yomculi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana zakhe.
