Bow Wow
Biog
Though he has since dropped the age restrictive "Lil'" for the more mature
Bow Wow, this rapper-turned-actor stands tall on both stage and screen no
matter what moniker he assumes. Born
Shad Gregory
Moss
in Reynoldsburg, OH, Lil' Bow Wow dropped his first rhymes at the tender age of
three, and after hooking up with producer
Jermaine Dupri,
the young rapper released his debut album, Beware of Dog, in 2000. The following
year, he brought his vocal talents to the small screen in
Carmen: A Hip
Hopera.
After releasing his 2001 sophomore album, Doggy Bag, Lil' Bow Wow made his
feature debut in the action
comedy
All about the Benjamins. Leading-man status followed with a starring role as an
orphan who discovers a pair of magical basketball shoes in
Like Mike
(2002), showing that the pint-sized rapper's skills in front of the camera
rivaled those behind the microphone.
Following the release of his third album, Unleashed (2003), he returned to the
screen in 2004 for the comedy
Johnson Family
Vacation;
snagging the lead role in Director Malcolm D. Lee's nostalgic coming-of-age tale
Roll Bounce the following year. Strapping on a pair of roller skates for the
'70s-set family drama, Bow Wow's first leading role snagged impressive
box-office totals in its first-weekend, indicating good things to come for the
young rapper-actor hyphenate. 2006 would find the actor/hip-hopper adding the
title of wheelman to his credits when he buckled-in for the rubber-burning
sequel
The Fast and
the Furious:
Tokyo Drift.
Hits:
‘Hydrolics’: Video: Watch here
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