''Ross Wanted It To Be A Vehicle''
4:30PM ET December 28th, 2012
Contributor : Chris G.
A Rocky Williform Company

Wale spoke to Peter Rosenberg about his perspective on joining Maybach Music Group. The D.C. native, in the second part of a two-part interview, revealed that he doesn't believe that his affiliation with Rick Ross' camp and label should define him as an artist nor should it put any limitations on his career.

“Ross don’t want our careers to be defined upon MMG. And more importantly, I don’t want my career to be defined by MMG,” Wale explained. “When you latching on and you holding on for dear life you ain’t gonna want it. Meek is my man. I ain’t gonna lie, me and Meek fought with other n***as in the street before MMG…I say that to say that my relationship with Meek is not defined by MMG. My music with Meek is not defined by MMG. My music period is not defined through MMG. It’s a vehicle and Ross wanted it to be a vehicle.”

“I come from the beginning of rap. I saw it start. So when I think somebody can rhyme it’s because of the actual lyrical ability. I define emceeing differently than being a rapper,” said Clark Kent. “Rick Ross is an amazing rapper. Wale is an emcee first, who became a rapper because of the songs that he made. [They] took him to become a rapper. But he started off as an emcee.”