Bow Wow Net Worth in 2021

Bow Wow is an American Rapper, Actor, Television Presenter, and Broadcaster. Let’s find out the net worth of man of many talents through Bow Wow Net Worth in 2021.

The 33-year-old rapper was just 13 when his first album came out. Bow Wow was then known by the name Li’l Bow Wow.

As an actor, he started his career at the age of 15. The rapper turned actor has hosted many of the prestigious TV shows as well.

Bow Wow is famous for both, his talents, and troubles alike. Let’s find out all that and Bow Wow Net Worth from this article!

Bow Wow Net Worth & Overview

Net Worth	$1.5 million
Occupation	Rapper, Songwriter, Actor, TV Show Host
Date of Birth	March 9, 1987
Age	33
Height	1.7 m
Spouse (s)	–
Children	Shai Moss (b. 2011)
Country of Origin	US
Source of Wealth	Musician, Actor, Presenter
Instagram Followers	4.6 million
Twitter Followers	3 million
YouTube Followers	1.04 million
Last Updated	December 2020

Early Life

Shad Gregory Moss aka Bow Wow was born on March 9, 1987, in Columbus, Ohio. He is the middle child, between two sisters, Teresa Rena Caldwell and Alfonso Preston Moss.

From an early age, Moss started to engage himself in music. He would use kitchen utensils to make music. His mother began to enter Moss in talent shows from the age of three.

Snoop Dogg noticed Kid Gansta in 1993, while the young rapper was performing at a concert.

From 1993 to 1997, Li’l Bow Wow appeared in many music videos as a cameo; Snoop Dogg’s Doggy Style, Gin, and Juice, etc. Li’l Bow Wow even appeared on The Arsenio Hall Show in 1993.

Since his mother was Li’l Bow Wow’s manager, Bow Wow managed to maintain a normal childhood. He was a good student in school and has won a junior-high-level award from the Ohio Interscholastic Writing League.

In 1997, Li’l Bow Wow signed with So So Def, after producer Jermaine Dupri discovered his talent. Dupri began writing, which included no profanity at all, for Li’l Bow Wow.

In 1999, his song, “The Stick Up”, was featured in the movie Wild Wild West.

In 2000, at the age of 13 Li’l Bow Wow released his first album “Beware of Dog”. Since rapping was considered to be adult content, his album stood out. He became a teenage sensation after that and continued his tour in 2001.

Bow Wow starred in lead role in the movie Like Mike in 2002.

Stage Names

He began performing under the name “Kid Gangsta”, since the age of 6.

Snoop Dogg gave Moss the stage name, “Li’l Bow Wow” after he discovered Moss’s talent. Moss reminded Dogg about his childhood and so to reflect that he gave the name.

Li’l Bow Wow change his name to Bow Wow in 2002, since he felt he is not “Li’l” anymore.

Bow Wow released a statement through Instagram that after the 2014 BET Awards, he will be using Shad Moss as his stage name.

Career Highlights and Achievements

Rapper

The young rapper Li’l Bow Wow got double platinum for his first ever album “Beware of Dog”.

“Bounce with Me” earned him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest rap star in American History. The single was included in his first album Beware of Dog.

The second album, “Doggy Bag” earned 11th place on the Billboard 200 chart. It earned second place on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums Chart. Li’l Bow Wow earned platinum certification for the album.

Bow Wow released “Unleashed” in 2003. It received RIAA Gold Certification.

The first single, “Let Me Hold You”, of the 2005 album “Wanted” was place first on the rap chart. The album was certified with Platinum.

“The Price of Fame”(2006) was certified with Gold. The lead single from the album, “Shortie Like Me” earned Bow Wow, the number one position on the Hot Rap Tracks.

In 2010 Bow Wow released the album, “Ain’t Thinking ‘Bout You”, ft. Chris Brown. The music video was a success on 106 & Park. In two weeks, the song reached no.1 on the Show’s Chart and it remained.

“Better” featuring T-Pain, and second single from the album “We in Da Club” were also a huge success on 106 & Park.

Retirement

In 2016, Shad Moss announced that he is retiring as a rap artist with a final album “NYLTH”.

In 2018, Moss tweeted that he is working on a new album called “EDICIUS”. The name is the word “suicide” spelled backward. He further stated that the meaning of the title means to bring yourself back from something.

The tweet itself made it clear that Moss is not going to retire any time soon from Music industry.

Awards

Year	Awards	Categories	Work
2001	BET Awards	Viewer’s Choice Award	Bow Wow (That’s My Name)
2001	Billboard Music Awards	Rap Single of the Year	Bow Wow (That’s My Name)
2001	Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards	Favorite Male Singer	–

Actor

Li’l Bow Wow began his acting career through cameo appearances in the movies- “All About the Benjamins” and “Carmen: A Hip Hopera”.

Li’l Bow Wow got the lead role in the 2002 movie, “Like Mike”.

He has starred in many Hollywood movies like Roll Bounce, The Fast and the Furious: The Tokyo Drift, etc.

He played the role of a hacker turned computer specialist in the CSI spinoff, CSI: Cyber.

Presenter

After Terrence J and Rocsi retired as the hosts of BET’s 106 & Park in 2013, Bow Wow was chosen as the host.

In 2016 Moss began hosting the nighttime edition of the Australian Hit Network’s radio show, “RnB Friday Nights”.

YouTube

Bow Wow has a YouTube channel, where he uploads his works. He had uploaded 281 videos to date and has 1.04 million subscribers.

Personal Life

Bow Wow lives with his mother in Atlanta, Georgia. His daughter, Shai Moss, with his ex-partner Joie Chavis, lives with them when she is not with her mother.

Shai Moss was born on 27th April 2011. She lives with her mother and time to time visits Bow Wow. Many of his decisions are taken by considering the future of his daughter.

Bow Wow has changed considerably after having a daughter. He likes to play around and cuddle with his daughter. Both father and daughter had been sharing many videos of them playfully performing at home, lately.

“My lil girl is betting BIG fast,” he wrote on his personal website. “I love every minute of it, She inspires me to go harder. Even made me treat my mother better, its like it made me into a man over night.”

In 2018, Moss tweeted that his then-girlfriend, Kiyomi Leslie and he lost a son due to miscarriage.

Bow Wow had been in a relationship with many women in the past years. Ciara, Erica Mena, Joie Chavis, Kiyomi Leslie were some of them.

Criticism

Disrespecting Ciara

Fans went rogue when Bow Wow made a ruthless claim about his now married ex-girlfriend, Ciara.

Moss performed his 2005 song, Like You, which featured Ciara, at the Eleven45 Lounge. He improvised some lines into the song, which many of his fans found offensive.

During the performance, Moss, aka Bow Wow, claimed that Ciara was his girlfriend before she was married. He said it using offensive language.

The fans filled his social media accounts with hate comments. The followers further asked him to grow up and get it over with”.

Bow Wow and Ciara ended their relationship 12 years ago. She is now a mother of two.

Body Shaming Wendy Williams

Bow Wow tweeted a photo of The Wendy Williams Show host, Wendy Williams, in a bikini. He captioned it “They say its a hot girl summer” and also used many emojis mocking her appearance.

The fans of the host took this as offensive. They criticized him to mock a 53-year-old woman on her physical appearance.

Singer Ari Lennox replied, “You’re disgusting” on his tweet. The reply got more than 11k likes.

A week before his tweet, Wendy Williams had criticized Bow Wow for disrespecting Ciara at the Eleven45 Lounge event. She said that she doesn’t hate him, but what the rapper did is not good.

This episode must have triggered the young artist to say terrible things to her in revenge. But in contrast, he got backlashed.

Miscarriage of Kiyomi Leslie

Kiyomi Leslie, the ex-girlfriend of Moss, accused him of abusing her by hitting on her belly and eventually caused an abortion. Through a series of tweets, she stated that his family was aware of this abuse.

Bow Wow’s team released a statement after his arrest. They stated that the artist was arrested for the wrong reason. They further stated that Leslie was the one who caused the abortion because of her drug use.

Erica Mena, ex-fiance of Bow Wow, supported Leslie through her Twitter account. She said that Moss used to physically abuse her too. She further tweeted that he had once broken Ciara’s finger as well.

What is Bow Wow Net Worth in 2021?

Bow Wow Net Worth in 2021 is $1.5 million. He is famous for his clean-language rapping.

5 Interesting Facts About Bow Wow

• Bow Wow has a different way to eat food. He eats Chocolate chip cookies without the chips and loves apple pie without the fruit.
• Bow Wow failed the learner’s permit test twice.
• His aunt used to have a secret code name to prevent any possible kidnapping.
• Bow Wow is afraid of heights.
• Growing up, the movie The Wiz felt scary to him. Bow Wow still doesn’t like the movie because of that.

Summary

Shad Moss, aka Bow Wow, aka Li’l Bow Wow, was the teenage sensation in the early 2000s. He is the first young star to enter the Rapping Industry.

Rap music had adult content until then and was considered inappropriate for children.

Although Bow Wow changed his stage name according to his age, Bow Wow is still considered a child because of the troubles he makes.

Bow Wow’s inappropriate comments about an ex-girlfriend, trying to shame a woman to bring up the latter matter, etc. shows how childish he is.

Bow Wow, a father to a daughter, has been sharing photos and posts claiming how he has changed and become mature for his daughter. But his personality, and way of reacting to criticism show that he still has a child-like brain.

Bow Wow Net Worth in 2021 is $1.5 million. Bow Wow is a multi-talented person; A rapper, actor, and TV show host. Bow Wow has many works to come in the future.

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