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Bow Wow was born Shad Gregory Moss on
March 9, 1987 in Reynoldsburg, Ohio (near of Cleveland). His
biological father left his mother before he was born. He was raised
by his mom and his step-dad. He has a step-sister named Erica and
another sister from his mom and step father.
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He began to rap at a very young age –
in fact, he started rhyming at the age of 5 (but did not become
serious about it until he turned six. While still very young, he
was taken under the wing of Jermaine Dupri and signed to So So Def
record label (they were used to developing young talent such as
Kriss Kross and Da Brat). Along with Brian Michael Cox, they
developed Shad’s Lil’ Bow Wow rapper image and began to produce his
first album, Beware of the Dog, which debuted in 2000. The
album, and many of its singles became hits such as “Bounce With Me,”
“Ghetto Girls” and “Bow Wow (That’s My Name)” featuring
Snoop Dogg. The songs were young
and fresh with a youthful beat and were not as harsh as most of
today’s hip hop.
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This talented young star wanted to try
his hand at new mediums in 2001 and appeared in the television
special Carmen: A Hip Opera. Then in 2002, she appeared on
the big screen in All About the Benjamins. He then starred
in the movie Like Mike which had a basketball theme. The
movie was a fairly decent movie and gave viewers a taste of Lil’ Bow
Wow’s acting talents. For this movie, he was nominated for the
Black Reel Award for Best Breakthrough Performance – Viewer’s Choice
and a nomination for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in
a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor.
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In 2002, he followed up with his
sophomore album, Doggy Bag, which was just as popular and
included big hits such as “Take Ya Home.”
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Lil’ Bow Wow was growing up. In 2003
he shed his “Lil’” Bow Wow name and is now called Bow Wow. He also
went through some other changes professionally - he left So So Def
and went over to Columbia Records. They quickly put him into the
studio and he recorded his next album, Unleashed later that
year. The music and lyrics showcased a more mature person, but were
very like most of the day’s hip hop sound. The album did not do as
well as expected.
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In 2003 Bow Wow started his own
clothing line, Shago Clothing, which he promotes when not singing or
acting.
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In 2004, he continued pursuing his
movie career and appeared as D.J. Johnson in Johnson Family
Vacation with Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer. He will
also be appearing in two more movies slated to be released later
this year (2005), Roll Bounce, about roller skating teens in
the mid 1970’s and Mr. Prez, where he wins a contest to
become President for a day.
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His love life is flourishing and has
been seen in 2005 with hip hop diva Ciara.
He has also released his fourth album, Wanted, which features
a more musically mature and polished Bow Wow.
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Favorites: musicians:
Snoop Dogg, DMX, Jermaine Dupri
Biography by Ian Ripley,
PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer
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