Artist profile
Bow Wow
Shad Gregory Moss, known professionally as Bow Wow (formerly Lil' Bow Wow), is an American rapper and actor from Columbus, Ohio.
Bow Wow’s name is stamped on a whole era of pop-rap radio: young, sharp, and impossible to ignore when the 2000s were counting spins.
His Bad Boy chapter is easy to misread because it didn’t ship a flagship studio album under the imprint. In September 2015, Moss announced he had signed with Bad Boy—coverage at the time also framed the move alongside an updated management circle—then kept moving as an actor, host, and touring artist while the long-teased Underrated era never landed a definitive label release.
On the Bad Boy catalog side, he still shows up where the family tree gets honest: a featuring credit on B5’s Don’t Talk, Just Listen keeps the thread visible even when the headline is “signing,” not “LP.”
For this directory he’s listed as former roster: a real alignment in the historical record, even if the discography under the brand stayed quiet.
