Wale got the front page cover in today’s Washington Post, as well as a large feature regarding his latest album, The Gifted.
Wale owns property in Atlanta, he sublets in New York and he tours constantly, leaving just a few months each year for the District, where he usually checks into luxury hotel suites like this one at the Mandarin Oriental in Southwest. When his road manager arrives from Maine Avenue Fish Market toting plastic-foam containers of shrimp and fried whiting, a room painted anyplace-beige suddenly smells like home.
“I’m getting my mambo sauce before I leave!” Wale says, and tugs a hundred dollar bill from the roll in his pocket, requesting seconds for the friends that keep pouring through the door.
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