So what do you do when you’re busting your ass and taking pills to stay up and be able to provide the right energy, and you’re not seeing the proper response? People ask, “Why do you check social-media comments?” But what else do I have, bro? I don’t get no major articles. I constantly work my ass off and I’m not in these magazines - all I can go by is the people and what they say. Other people have kids or a strong woman in their lives all I have is my music. You can say I’m sensitive, but music is why I live. What are you talking about on this album that hits closest to home when it comes to your life? rapper says he’s got issues, and they’re just under the surface on the deceptively titled The Album About Nothing - drug and alcohol use, a miscarriage and what he sees as a lack of respect. “He’ll be like, “Oh, you watch wrestling? Really?’ And then he’ll talk about the little dumb shit that he does, like, ‘I spent the day watching a documentary on making boots.’ And I’m like, ‘Bro, really?'” But behind the good times, the D.C. “We’ll crack on each other,” Wale, 30, says of his relationship with the comedian. His new album, The Album About Nothing, in stores Tuesday, March 31, is inspired by Seinfeld and features Jerry himself. His last album, 2013’s The Gifted, topped the Billboard 200, and 2011’s Ambition (his first on Rick Ross‘ Maybach Music Group imprint under Atlantic after an album on Interscope) hit No.

On paper, you’d expect Wale to be a happy guy.

Wale the gifted interview