Bow Wow - Remember Him?

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June 19, 2014 4:38 PM

He released his first album at age 13 and has grown to become a mega media star! Guess who?

From releasing an album, Beware of Dog back in 2000 at age 13 to dating Ciara as his first love and kissing his crush Tyra Banks on TV, Shad Gregory Moss also known as Bow Wow has grown up to become one of America's most relevant child stars, a good actor, a loving dad to his daughter Shai and the most popular host of BET's 106 & Park TV Show.

Formerly known as Lil' Bow Wow, the 27 year old was born March 9, 1987 at Columbus, Ohio, United States and at age three, he became interested in rap. Under the moniker "Kid Gangsta" group, he began rapping recreationally at age six. But it was his meeting with producer Jermaine Dupri in 1998 at 13 that changed his career.

Bow Wow has gone on to release 7 official recording albums under four different record labels including So So Def, Columbia Records, Cash Money Records and currently Republic Records.

According to his Wikipedia page, Bow Wow made his first movie appearance in All About the Benjamins, in 2002 as a cameo. In the same year, he made his debut as the lead role in Like Mike. He later began to undertake lead roles in movies, such as Johnson Family Vacation in 2004 and Roll Bounce in 2005. He also played a supporting role in the film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift in 2006 and also appeared in five episodes of the television series Entourage.