he can rap as well and sing even better
also has women fanbase
and classics albums (attention deffecit, folariaan, and shine)

not make good music

go f*** ur self u f***ign lsoerf
lil tracy could never wale
dmv legend

keeping Painus in the vault

"my name wale my name wale"

I see your title and raise What did Vic Mensa do wrong to not be drake level

listen to any wale/cole collab and youll see he is simply not on that top level

I bet u didn't know iw as the one that started painus on ogktt

There are some people who bring up colorism as a reason as to why Drake blew up more than Wale despite them making similar "rap music for the chicks" tunes. But I really think it's simply because Drake had the co-sign of Lil Wayne who was at the time one of the biggest rappers in the world. Also being recognizable from his years as a childhood actor also helped give him a boost.

He doesn’t have the charisma, talent or branding.

DMV doesn’t ride for Wale like Toronto rides for Drizzy. I’m not saying Wale is a bum but drakes a once in a generation musician with his appeal

ok
I can talk about this alot
Kanye cosign did not pay off
and overshadowed by chance
chance fit with the cultural zeitgeist more back then
and vic got overshadowed
industry gave up when he couldn't get hit even with u mad
was into punk/emo too early and got labeled corny
if they came out today vic would be better

acting gave him a boost?

he has charisma
listen to the mixture about nothing
talent
linnet atone attending deficit album
and branding
first rapper to embrace latino cholo aesthetic and add his own goth touch

Wale overrated

Not be lightskinned

not everyone can be a drake

hes corny but not in a lovable way like drake

Also personality wise...Wale kind of a jerk lmao like he was often stating he was better than so and so or he should be getting more attention than whoever instead of simply just focusing on his craft, and that put people off.

I'm also sure the whole "It should've been Wale!" thing from Retch also gave him a negative light, and it became a trending meme from people who just wanted to hate on Wale whenever a random artist died.

Remember when he got into it with that nba commentator lmao

.......very clearly said being recognizable in my post.

First time I heard Best I Ever Had my response was "Is that Wheelchair Jimmy!?"