First check out a little behind the scenes before the announcement with Just Blaze here:
Then read the full story over here:

Man, I’ve got to say that I wasn’t really sold on Wale when I first heard his music a few years ago. But After his last lash of mixtapes & promo cuts, I’ve come around full circle. Dude can SPIT. And he talks about REAL situations. I’m excited to see where he’ll take this music thing. He’s always been about putting D.C./MD/VA (DMV) on the map so I’m hoping Interscope doesn’t suck that aspect out of his character. This marks a second major move for D.C. music after my homie Osinachi just recently signed with Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins’ production team. I feel like this might be the start of something big so let’s see what happens.