Wale' vs. Washington Wizards? Say it Ain't So…

Wale’ is the best rapper to ever come out of the DMV—which some might consider a slap in the face to Nonchalant, but so be it.

So it’s quite a hurting feeling to find out the Truth about Wale’s lukewarm feeling on the hometown Washington Wizards.

So admittedly, Wale expressing support for Cleveland left a bad taste in my mouth—a response was necessary.

“@Wale damn. rooting 4 the cavs is effed up. you DMV card is going to be revoked” [the 'r' in 'your' is clearly silent/invisible]

To which Wale answered:

“@Truth_About_It no I can like who I like..I am diehard skins fans..wizards some of them are cool..but I’ve had run ins with them..so …”

Now, I’m not one to speculate on what constitutes a run-in with Wale’, but his music and the personality he gives off in various interviews doesn’t come across like one prone to antagonize local celebrities. He’s been totally available to fans, a Twitter fiend, and a great representation of the area in his growing international fame.

Considering that the majority of the Wizards are in the city but not of the city, I would place the blame of my vague interpretation of a run-in I know nothing about on their shoulders. Put simply, I am more likely to believe that a Mike James or a Nick Young was in a setting with Wale’, one side of the equation showed love, the other side brushed it off.

Am I a D.C. socialite? Absolutely not. I’m a married guy living just outside of Baltimore, and wouldn’t know the first thing about who or how either side of this story lives. But I do know how it goes down with young black males thinking they are or at least should be the center of attention in a given situation.

So, there’s a difficult choice to be made here, but there’s only one right one. If you had to believe a side, you go with the homeboy Wale’. You love the Wizards, but Wale’ is carrying D.C. hip-hop squarely on his shoulders, and with much more success than Wizards players have carried D.C. professional basketball glory.

You hope for fan allegiance and common sense to prevail, and that our music hero would be in harmony with our sports heroes—but it can’t always be sweet in Chocolate City.

And for what it’s worth, the native land is always going to trump the native team.