Mark Ronson's protégé Wale chills with Lady Gaga...

July 28, 2009, 09:49 PM

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Hip hop has an exciting new face and his name is Wale. The 24-year old who hails from the colourful back streets of Washington DC was discovered by Mark Ronson in 2007. The Grammy-Award winning producer/writer was so impressed by the East-Coast rapper’s laid back flow and skilful wordplay, that he decided to sign him to his own label Allido Records, an imprint of Interscope Records.

Ronson introduced Wale to Lady Gaga who instantly became a fan and proceeded to write the hook for Wale’s debut single ‘Chillin’, which will be released on August 31st. Produced by Cool & Dre the track samples the 1969 Steam hit single ‘Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye.’ Click here for the ‘Chillin’ video, which also features Gaga:


‘Chillin’ is already burning up the UK airwaves via Radio One, 1Xtra and Galaxy. Its catchy, double-dutch playground hook (sung by Gaga) intertwined with Wale’s too cool-for-skool delivery makes this a contender for THE hip hop hit of the summer.

This may be the first time many have heard of Wale’s talents, but he’s already well known at street level. The DC rapper has released some of the most well received mixtapes in recent times including ‘100 Miles and Running’, which featured the hip hop banger ‘W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E’ a remix of French electro-house stars Justice ‘D.A.N.C.E’.

Wale's debut album ‘Attention Deficient’ drops in late 2009.

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