Bow Wow

I have a real soft spot for Bow Wow, because his story is genuinely wild — Snoop Dogg spots a six-year-old kid rapping at a show and basically crowns him the future of hip-hop, and then that kid actually delivers. His early 2000s run as Lil' Bow Wow was nothing short of phenomenal: "Bounce With Me," "Bow Wow (That's My Name)," and "Like You" were inescapable, and he did it all before he could even drive. The transition from child star to grown artist is brutal in this industry, and he navigated it better than most, pivoting into acting with films like Like Mike and releasing albums that held real credibility in the streets. He's maybe best known these days for the "Bow Wow Challenge" meme, which he took in stride, and honestly that kind of self-awareness is what keeps someone relevant across decades.

Name (English)

Bow Wow

Name (Japanese)

バウ・ワウ

Reading

ばう・わう

Born

March 9, 1987 (age 39)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rabbit

Origin

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Height

170 cm

Occupation

rapper / singer / songwriter / actor / broadcaster

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.bwapparel.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/shadmoss/
• Xhttps://x.com/BowWow
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A6

Tags

• Ohio
• rapper
• singer
• songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.