http://www.ballerstatus.com Daily Urban Lifestyle Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:33:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/12/16/wale-celebrates-first-1-with-lotus-flower-bomb-announces-new-tour-dates/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/12/16/wale-celebrates-first-1-with-lotus-flower-bomb-announces-new-tour-dates/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:59:32 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=50149 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/12/16/wale-celebrates-first-1-with-lotus-flower-bomb-announces-new-tour-dates/feed/ 1 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/12/15/wale-chain-music-music-video/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/12/15/wale-chain-music-music-video/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:50:28 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=50105 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/12/15/wale-chain-music-music-video/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/17/wale-ambitious-girl-music-video/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/17/wale-ambitious-girl-music-video/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:55:23 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=48847 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/17/wale-ambitious-girl-music-video/feed/ 1 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/10/album-charts-wale-earns-biggest-debut-with-ambition-but-comes-second-to-justin-bieber/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/10/album-charts-wale-earns-biggest-debut-with-ambition-but-comes-second-to-justin-bieber/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:09:41 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=48455 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/10/album-charts-wale-earns-biggest-debut-with-ambition-but-comes-second-to-justin-bieber/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/01/wale-ft-j-cole-bad-girls-club-music-video/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/01/wale-ft-j-cole-bad-girls-club-music-video/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:40:34 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=48009 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/11/01/wale-ft-j-cole-bad-girls-club-music-video/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/27/preview-snippets-of-wales-full-ambition-album-before-it-drops/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/27/preview-snippets-of-wales-full-ambition-album-before-it-drops/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:03:02 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=47833 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/27/preview-snippets-of-wales-full-ambition-album-before-it-drops/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/03/wale-unveils-ambition-coverart-drops-pre-order-bundles/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/03/wale-unveils-ambition-coverart-drops-pre-order-bundles/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:20:51 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=46640 Ambition, less than a month away, the DC rapper has been working hard at setting things up. Following the release of a free mixtape (The Eleven One Eleven Theory), four album track leaks, a music video, and the announcement of his "Ambition Tour", the rapper now unleashed the coverart for the upcoming LP, as well as pre-order bundles. As you can see, the cover is simple. It's a painted side profile of Wale, his trademark shoe lace logo is placed in the corner, and a red, script of the title covers him...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/10/03/wale-unveils-ambition-coverart-drops-pre-order-bundles/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/07/wale-announces-dates-for-ambition-tour/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/07/wale-announces-dates-for-ambition-tour/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:10:04 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=45488 Ambition album. Presented by Live Nation, the upcoming tour kicks off on September 15 in South Carolina, and continue across the U.S., stopping in Baltimore, Nashville, Chicago, New York, Boston, and Dallas. Things will come to a close on December 8 in Atlanta. Wale will be joined by a stellar line-up including fellow rappers Rick Ross, Wiz Khalifa, Lupe Fiasco, Meek Mill, Big Sean, Savoy, Miami Horror...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/09/07/wale-announces-dates-for-ambition-tour/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/31/wale-ft-jeremih-rick-ross-that-way-music-video/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/31/wale-ft-jeremih-rick-ross-that-way-music-video/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:43:42 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=45194 Ambition, so he just unleashed the official music video for his latest single, "That Way," off the MMG compilation album, Self Made Vol. 1. In the clip, the DC lives the life of a jet setter alongside singer Jeremih and MMG boss Ricky Rozay. It starts with Jeremih serenading a beautiful women from his hotel suite, but it's quick, because he's got to catch a plane. Then, Wale kicks off his verse with the same message...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/31/wale-ft-jeremih-rick-ross-that-way-music-video/feed/ 1 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/23/wale-crashes-hulkshare-servers-with-release-of-new-mixtape/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/23/wale-crashes-hulkshare-servers-with-release-of-new-mixtape/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:24:33 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=44789 Ambition. But last week, the DC dropped a brand new mixtape for fans, crashing free download sharing services, Hulkshare and Sendspace. The mixtape, titled The Eleven One Eleven Theory, was released as a promise to fans after he reached 1 million Twitter followers @Wale. According to Hulkshare, the traffic surrounding the downlad to its server resulted in temporary crash to the site. CEO Ted Brinkofski commented, "This is actually the first time, it's due to an exisitng file...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/08/23/wale-crashes-hulkshare-servers-with-release-of-new-mixtape/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/06/28/freddie-gibbs-warns-drake-about-throwing-gang-signs-says-big-sean-wale-are-weirdos/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/06/28/freddie-gibbs-warns-drake-about-throwing-gang-signs-says-big-sean-wale-are-weirdos/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:24:10 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=42039 Complex recently questioned him about the new school of rappers on the come up, the rapper said everybody's got their lane, just like him...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/06/28/freddie-gibbs-warns-drake-about-throwing-gang-signs-says-big-sean-wale-are-weirdos/feed/ 20 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/06/16/wale-ft-rick-ross-jadakiss-600-benz-music-video/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/06/16/wale-ft-rick-ross-jadakiss-600-benz-music-video/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:03:01 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=41666 Self Made. In the Spiff TV-directed clip, the DC rapper meets with Ross in a rainy alley-way as he spits verses about moving up from a Camary to graduating to a Benz and a ton of money. "600 Benz, condo 600 Grand, I got 1,200 kicks, them straight from Japan"...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/06/16/wale-ft-rick-ross-jadakiss-600-benz-music-video/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/05/31/wale-ft-tiara-thomas-the-cloud-music-video/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/05/31/wale-ft-tiara-thomas-the-cloud-music-video/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 18:02:05 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=41013 More About Nothing. In the David Banks-directed clip, Tiara Thomas strums her acoustic guitar for the track's hook, while her and Wale hang around a lazy house party. Throughout, most of the partygoers are just lounging on couches, puffing on blunt after blunt, smoking the evening away and enjoying a few laughs...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/05/31/wale-ft-tiara-thomas-the-cloud-music-video/feed/ 2 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/05/26/former-bin-laden-mistress-kola-boof-sparks-twitter-feud-with-wale/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/05/26/former-bin-laden-mistress-kola-boof-sparks-twitter-feud-with-wale/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 21:31:07 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=40928 Diary of a Lost Girl.This week, Boof took to her Twitter to insult Wale for what she called a lack of...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/05/26/former-bin-laden-mistress-kola-boof-sparks-twitter-feud-with-wale/feed/ 11 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/04/28/wale-explains-reconciliation-with-kid-cudi-says-they-talk-all-the-time-now/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/04/28/wale-explains-reconciliation-with-kid-cudi-says-they-talk-all-the-time-now/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:30:25 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=39719 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/04/28/wale-explains-reconciliation-with-kid-cudi-says-they-talk-all-the-time-now/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/04/27/wale-meek-mill-pac-div-young-dro-offer-variety-of-hip-hop-at-s-o-b-s-in-nyc/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/04/27/wale-meek-mill-pac-div-young-dro-offer-variety-of-hip-hop-at-s-o-b-s-in-nyc/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:26:27 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=39665 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/04/27/wale-meek-mill-pac-div-young-dro-offer-variety-of-hip-hop-at-s-o-b-s-in-nyc/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/03/21/rick-ross-ft-wiz-khalifa-wale-retrosuperfuture-ii-music-video/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/03/21/rick-ross-ft-wiz-khalifa-wale-retrosuperfuture-ii-music-video/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:25:07 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=37947 Self Made. This is just the latest visual from the upcoming album, for the track "RetroSuperFuture II," featuring Wiz Khalifa and Wale. In the Maybach Films-directed clip, all three artists smoke non-stop, in between clips of live performances, all done in black and white. Smoke something y'all...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/03/21/rick-ross-ft-wiz-khalifa-wale-retrosuperfuture-ii-music-video/feed/ 0 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/03/11/rick-ross-ft-wale-make-it-rain-remix-nsfw-music-video/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/03/11/rick-ross-ft-wale-make-it-rain-remix-nsfw-music-video/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:09:21 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=37499 Self Made. In support of the upcoming record, Rozay recently released a BET Uncut-style music video for the "Make It Rain (Remix)," in which himself and Wale, as well as the labels' roster get a little crazy in a strip club...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/03/11/rick-ross-ft-wale-make-it-rain-remix-nsfw-music-video/feed/ 8 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/03/01/kid-cudi-wale-reconcile/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/03/01/kid-cudi-wale-reconcile/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:43:28 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=36971 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/03/01/kid-cudi-wale-reconcile/feed/ 2 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/02/07/its-official-wale-signs-to-rick-ross-maybach-music-group/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/02/07/its-official-wale-signs-to-rick-ross-maybach-music-group/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:05:50 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=36115 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/02/07/its-official-wale-signs-to-rick-ross-maybach-music-group/feed/ 3 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/02/07/maybach-music-super-bowl-xlv-vlog-rick-ross-parties-it-up-shows-new-jewelry/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/02/07/maybach-music-super-bowl-xlv-vlog-rick-ross-parties-it-up-shows-new-jewelry/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 06:08:10 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=36091 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/02/07/maybach-music-super-bowl-xlv-vlog-rick-ross-parties-it-up-shows-new-jewelry/feed/ 2 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2010/12/14/wale-signs-to-rick-ross-maybach-music/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2010/12/14/wale-signs-to-rick-ross-maybach-music/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:35:14 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=34319 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2010/12/14/wale-signs-to-rick-ross-maybach-music/feed/ 3 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2010/10/06/kid-cudi-explains-fallout-with-wale-says-dc-rapper-acts-too-cool/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2010/10/06/kid-cudi-explains-fallout-with-wale-says-dc-rapper-acts-too-cool/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 06:35:03 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=32065 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2010/10/06/kid-cudi-explains-fallout-with-wale-says-dc-rapper-acts-too-cool/feed/ 11 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2010/09/22/wale-brushes-off-kid-cudis-recent-disses/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2010/09/22/wale-brushes-off-kid-cudis-recent-disses/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 06:34:54 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=31591 Complex, Kid Cudi called Wale a "simple ass rapper" for a line the DC spitted referencing Cudi's infamous fan assault in a freestyle. In response, Wale said the initial jab at Cudi was not meant as a diss, but a metaphor in a rap that Cudi shouldn't have taken to heart. "It's a line, a freestyle," Wale explained when he called into DJ Drama's Gangsta Grillz satellite radio show recently. "I could use your [DJ Drama] name for a metaphor. It's just a rap...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2010/09/22/wale-brushes-off-kid-cudis-recent-disses/feed/ 10 http://www.ballerstatus.com/2010/09/16/wale-the-work-music-video/ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2010/09/16/wale-the-work-music-video/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:30:49 +0000 Editor http://www.ballerstatus.com/?p=31343 More About Nothing tape. The David Banks-directed clip was shot on the streets of his native Washington, D.C., showing the neighborhoods outside Capitol Hill that are rarely highlighted. While usually you see the White House and other government buildings, Wale keeps it hood ... and displays the hood in clip. Check it out...]]> http://www.ballerstatus.com/2010/09/16/wale-the-work-music-video/feed/ 0