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Shad Moss

Songwriter / Actor / Record Producer | * 03/09/1987 (37) | Columbus, Ohio (United States of America (USA))
Shad Gregory Moss (born March 9, 1987), better known by his stage name Bow Wow (formerly Lil' Bow Wow), is an American rapper and actor. His career began upon being discovered by rapper Snoop Dogg in the late 1990s, where he was then brought to record producer Jermaine Dupri and signed to his label So So Def Recordings, an imprint of Columbia Records. As Lil' Bow Wow, he released his debut studio album, Beware of Dog (2000) at age 13, followed by his second album, Doggy Bag (2001) a year later. The albums were met with critical and commercial success, peaking at numbers ten and 11 respectively on the Billboard 200. Moss' third album, Unleashed (2003) was his first release after dropping the "Lil'" from his stage name, as well as the first following his departure from So So Def. His fourth album, Wanted (2005) spawned the singles "Let Me Hold You" (featuring Omarion) and "Like You" (featuring Ciara), which peaked at numbers four and three respectively on the Billboard Hot 100 and remain his highest-charting songs. His 2006 single, "Shortie Like Mine" (featuring Chris Brown and Johntá Austin) peaked within the top ten of the chart and preceded the release of his fifth album, The Price of Fame (2006). His sixth album, New Jack City II (2009) was met with trailing critical and co... ()
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Shad Gregory Moss (born March 9, 1987) is an American rapper and actor. As Lil' Bow Wow, Moss made his rap debut with Beware of Dog in 2000 at the age of 13. He followed with Doggy Bag in 2002 and became Bow Wow.He made his first movie appearance in All About the Benjamins, in 2002 as a cameo. In the same year, Bow Wow 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 played as a supporting role in the film, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift in 2006.His next few movies were Hurricane Season (2009), Lottery Ticket (2010), The Family Tree (2011), Madea's Big Happy Family (2011), Allegiance (2012), and Scary Movie 5 (2013).In 2015, he landed a supporting character role in the CSI spinoff series CSI: Cyber. Starting in 2017, he was a regular in the reality series Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta.In 2021, he reprised his role as Twinkie in the Fast & Furious sequel F9.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Reality-TV

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Movies with Shad Moss as Actor(16)

as Twinkie2021 F9
as Malik Boudreaux2019 In Broad Daylight
as Twinkie (archive footage) (uncredited)2015 Furious 7
as Eric2013 Scary Movie 5
as Specialist Chris Reyes2012 Allegiance
as T-Boy2011 The Family Tree
as Kevin Carson2010 Lottery Ticket
as Gary Davis2009 Hurricane Season
as Xavier 'X'2005 Roll Bounce
as D.J. Johnson2004 Johnson Family Vacation
as Calvin Cambridge2002 Like Mike

TV Shows/Series with Shad Moss as Actor(23)

as Frog2019 The Masked Singer
as Frog (archive footage)2019 The Masked Singer
as Brody Nelson2015 CSI: Cyber
as Bow Wow2006 Ugly Betty
as Charlie Williams2004 Entourage
as himself2003 Punk'd
as Baern / Lamar Johnson2001 Smallville
1998 TRL
as Ray-Ray1996 Moesha
1993 WWE Raw

Full Name: Shad Gregory Moss
Born: Monday, 03/09 1987 (March) in Columbus, Ohio (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 37 years + 19 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN, native language), American English
Educated at: Laurel Springs School
Record Label: So So Def Recordings, Bad Boy Records, Death Row Records, Cash Money Records, Columbia Records, Republic Records
Net worth estimate: 1,500,000 USD
Other names for Shad Moss (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Shad 'Bow Wow' Moss"
"Bow Wow" (Pseudonym)
"Lil Bow Wow" (Pseudonym)
"Shad Gregory Moss"
"Kid Gangsta" (Pseudonym)
"Bow Wow (rapper)"
Shad Moss frequently works together with these people:
Jimmy Kimmel (10x, Actor)
Nick Cannon (10x, Actor)
Todd Slavkin (9x, Crew)
Mark Wahlberg (8x, Actor)
Vince McMahon (8x, Crew)
Tyra Banks (8x, Actress)
Wayne Brady (8x, Actor)
Usher (8x, Actor)
Brian Peterson (8x, Crew)
Omarion (8x, Actor)
Ryan Seacrest (8x, Actor)
Justin Lin (5x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2299, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/25/2024