Bow Wow
Bow Wow is the rapper, actor and former 106 & Park host behind “Like You” and “Let Me Hold You,” still sharing new music and taking his catalog on the road.
At 100 nudges, fangea sends Shad’s team an official invite.
🔒 Star boosts open once Shad claims this page.
Latest
Shad’s happenings, collected from public sources, plus his backstory and Starbook, where fans write.
Known for
So So Def / Columbia
YouTube
YouTube
20th Century FoxOverview
- Full name
- Shad Gregory Moss
- Born
- March 9, 1987 · Columbus, Ohio
- Work
- Rapper, actor and television host
- Breakout
- “Bounce with Me” and Beware of Dog, 2000
- Also known as
- Lil’ Bow Wow and Mr. 106 & Park
Mini bio
How it started.
Born Shad Gregory Moss in Columbus, Ohio, Bow Wow began rapping as a child. Snoop Dogg noticed him in 1993 and gave him the name Lil’ Bow Wow. He later worked with Jermaine Dupri, who helped guide his debut album, Beware of Dog, released in 2000 when he was 13.
The records fans grew up with.
“Bounce with Me,” featuring Xscape, introduced his debut era. By 2005, Wanted had brought “Let Me Hold You” with Omarion and “Like You” with Ciara, which reached Nos. 4 and 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. “Shortie Like Mine,” with Chris Brown and Johntá Austin, followed on The Price of Fame in 2006.
Beyond the booth.
He played Calvin in Like Mike and Twinkie in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, returning to the latter role in F9. In 2012, he became a host of BET’s 106 & Park. His work on screen also includes CSI: Cyber and Growing Up Hip Hop.
Still sharing the stage.
The Millennium Tour 2021 earned Omarion and Bow Wow the 2022 Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Tour. In 2025 he released “Use Me” with Chris Brown, followed in 2026 by the Boys 4 Life tour with B2K and a six-song Tiny Desk set.
Creditschronological, newest first
Music
- 2026Boyfriend · B2KFeatured artist
- 2025Use MeArtist with Chris Brown
- 2006The Price of FameArtist
- 2005WantedArtist
- 2000Beware of DogArtist as Lil’ Bow Wow
Film
- 2002Like MikeCalvin Cambridge
Awards
Quotes
I never would have thought in a million years that me and the boys would be able to tour again together.Bow Wow, Associated Press
Speaking in March 2026 about reuniting with B2K for the Boys 4 Life tour.
Trivia
- Before Lil’ Bow Wow, he rapped under the name Kid Gangsta.
- He appeared on Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle as a child.
- He competed as the Frog on The Masked Singer in 2020 and reached the finale.
Find Shad
Follow Shad for new music, tour diaries and moments from the stage.
Are you Bow Wow?
Fans built this page. Claim it to connect with them and unlock Star boosts, or request a takedown if you’d rather it not exist.