a fighter in the form of a writer February 10th, 2009
We’ve been looking for an out of the ordinary reason to mention DC rapper Wale for a while now, and then along comes this: Wale himself doing his take on K.I.G’s Head,Shouders,Knees,Toes - courtesy of DJ Semtex. If you haven’t heard the original by now [video below, below] you must have been living underground, but Wale’s version is a) slightly newer and b) slightly more interesting – given that it has travelled across the pond [which way is anyone's guess]. Come to think of it, if you haven’t heard THE Original you must have missed out on your childhood like MJ or Usher.
Wale hit hip-hop headlines after his 2007 track Nike Boots [video below], after years of mixtapes featuring music’s biggest names from Jay-Z to Travis Barker – via Mark Ronson – and he has since been accredited with putting DC back on the map. 2 years later, and he still got his Nike boots on…
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