Wale is back on his freestyle flow, rhyming over A$AP Rocky’s mixtape cut “Purple Swag.” “Everything is purple and these MCs is Urkel/ You send me beats via email/ I’ma send them back in a hearse though,” he spits.

Did Wale kill the beat? Weigh in below.

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Maybach Music all-stars Meek Mill and Wale spit four minutes of fire over Drake’s popular Bay Area anthem “The Motto.” “Ricky told me get ‘em and I told him that I got ‘em,” raps the Philly MC on his verse before passing the mic to Wale. Rozay would approve.

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Tyga calls on Wale, Fabolous, Young Jeezy, Meek Mill, and T.I for the all-star remix to his top 10 single “Rack City.” An accompanying video was recently shot, while the Young Money MC’s album Careless World: Rise of the Last King drops February 21.

Who had the best verse? Tell us below.

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Wale delivered an explosive set on Wednesday’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” With some help from The Roots and a suspenders-sporting Miguel, the bespectacled MC performed his Ambition single “Lotus Flower Bomb.”

Wale’s year is already off to a busy start. He has been in the studio with Teyana Taylor (“Make Your Move”) and most recently recorded with Monica for her upcoming album New Life, due March 6. Look out for the Chris Brown-directed video for “Slight Work” featuring Big Sean.

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He may be filling baby bottles at home these days, but Jay-Z was back to popping bottles of Ace of Spades on Wednesday night (Jan. 18). The Roc Nation boss snuck out for his first public appearance since becoming a father at the grand reopening of his 40/40 nightclub in New York City.

Ashanti, Wale, Swizz Beatz, Rico Love, ?uestlove, Adrienne Bailon, Grandmaster Flash, Selita Ebanks, Irv Gotti, and Fabolous were among the VIP guests who came out to celebrate with Mr. Carter. A crowd gathered outside the venue to congratulate Blue Ivy Carter’s dad, who responded, “Thank you!”

Even billionaire Warren Buffett, who shared the cover of Forbes with the hip-hop mogul, was seen throwing up the Roc. But despite rumors of an appearance, new mom Beyoncé was a no-show, opting to stay at home with their newborn daughter while her husband walked the red carpet and greeted well-wishers.

The sports club underwent a multi-million dollar renovation that includes four 165-inch video screens and gold bats lining the walls.

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Teyana Taylor is making moves in 2012. The singer-actress gets a jumpstart on the new year by cooking up a collabo with Wale. The feel-good record features an intro verse from the Maybach Music signee, before a lovestruck Teyana soars over the soulful melody.

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Bei Maejor cooks up more “Trouble” on the remix to the first single off his forthcoming RCA Records debut. The singer-songwriter recruits Wale, Trey Songz, and T-Pain for the all-star remix, which features J. Cole’s original verse. During his appearance on “106 & Park,” the 24-year-old hinted that there would be an additional guest, but he’s missing from this version.

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It was all love on set of Wale’s video for “Slight Work,” his Diplo-produced collaboration with Big Sean off Ambition. The rappers took instructions from their pal Chris Brown, who was in the director’s chair. MTV News caught up with the trio on set in Los Angeles earlier this week.

“Man, this video’s just fun,” explained Chris as he flashed his grill. “We’re young so I think it’s only right to just do what we wanna do.”

A fur-wearing Big Sean chimed in. “Man, we just having fun. You don’t understand, man, we was just them young players looking at the OGs like, ‘Damn, that’s where we’re trying to be.’”

The video is set to debut at the top of next year. “They gave us a budget now, so we can just play around and have fun on set,” added Breezy.

Go on set of “Slight Work” below.

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Wale goes off the chain in the Rik Cordero-directed video for “Chain Music,” a cut off his sophomore album Ambition. The D.C. rapper shows how people around him react once his bank account gets bigger, whether it’s a car salesman or a potential baby mama. See their humble ways turn geechi.

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