Wale Performs A Show About Something In NYC

By the end of Wale's headlining performance at New York City's Highline Ballroom, the point was made. Hip-hop's future is in safe hands and is no longer dictated by tired tropes such as where a rapper is from and where he represents. Wale, the MC from a city that's a five hour drive down on the I-95 from New York, owned the Highline Ballroom like it was his own backyard.

Equipped with his hometown band, UCB and their lead singer, Tre, Wale ripped through a catalog of songs, to which the crowd responded by rapping along with him word for word. Dressed in a black knitted Polo tee, black pants, and a black and red Chicago Bulls fitted, Wale had no special effects to back up his show, and frankly, he didn't need any.

Wale performs 'The MC'

The thing about rappers these days is the live show is their bread and butter, and so. at some point, fatigue will be a factor; especially for someone like Wale who on any given day can be found on an Internet video performing somewhere around the world. But the only factor Wale had to deal with was a problematic cab driver he claimed made him late for his show. But all was forgiven and practically forgotten when he went into his first song, 'The MC', a brand new cut from his recently released mixtape, More About Nothing.

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