December Sleepers Issue: Wale Interview Snippet

Read this interview in its entirety and more next Monday when Scheme releases December’s Sleepers Issue. Read Wale’s thoughts on the death of Sean Taylor.

Scheme: I heard you were pretty torn up about Sean Taylor’s passing. I don’t know if you knew him or not, but as a D.C. native what are your thoughts at this time?

Wale: The thing is that he’s not really one of the Redskins that be out. C.P. [Clinton Portis] be out. You’ll see C.P. at the strip clubs, the regular clubs, you know what I’m saying. But Sean Taylor just wasn’t out like that. So I’ve seen him a couple times but C.P. is my man, so I feel [the loss of Sean Taylor] through him. It’s like he lost his brother. They went to the same school together and everything. So I’m f*cked up [cause, it reminds me of] my own situations where I’ve lost people to nonsense, so it seems like it’s a roller coaster every day.

Scheme: Obviously Sean Taylor’s death is going to affect D.C. sports wise, but how do you think this will affect the D.C. community, losing someone so young and so talented?

Wale: It happens a lot though. Know what I’m saying? I feel like every year there are like two or three athletes, like High School athletes, that get killed. It happens so much. But I guess the difference this time is that it’s someone that we hold close. Sean Taylor is that dude that…even folks that don’t like the Redskins like Sean Taylor. Like, even Cowboys fans like Sean Taylor. They like the way he played aggressive. I feel like he embodied D.C. on the field. He was just like…it aint sweet…like there’s nothing sweet, like he don’t care, he had that whatever attitude. I feel like a part of D.C. just died with him. As far as like the Redskins…you can’t replace someone like Sean Taylor. It’s not like he was just a great player, his attitude and the way he played was D.C.