# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bow-wow
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:34:07.466Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bow-wow"
name: "Bow Wow"
slug: "bow-wow"
description: "Shad Gregory Moss, better known by his stage name Bow Wow, is an American rapper and actor. His career began upon being discovered by rapper Snoop Dogg in 1993 at the age of six; five years later, he signed with record producer Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings, an imprint of Columbia Records. As Lil' Bow Wow, his debut studio album, Beware of Dog (2000), was released at the age of 13, and followed by his second album, Doggy Bag (2001). Both commercial successes, the albums peaked at numbers 8 and 11 on the Billboard 200, respectively."
tagline: "American rapper, actor and broadcaster"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bow_Wow_(Shad_Moss)_2022.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1987-03-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           76.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           25.393144
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1490000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/smoss"
    handle:    "smoss"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/shadmoss/"
    handle:    "shadmoss"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/bowwow"
    handle:    "bowwow"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0510168/"
    handle:    "nm0510168"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bwapparel.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCga9ttn13eItx0cW62Ci4ig"
    handle:    "@princebowwow"
    followers: 1490000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/130964"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Wow_(kletsrymer)"
    title: "Bow Wow (kletsrymer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "باو واو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "باو واو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Wow_(raperu)"
    title: "Bow Wow (raperu)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "باو واو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%86%D9%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "بۆو واو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Wow"
    title: "Bow Wow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Wow"
    title: "Bow Wow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Wow_(rapper)"
    title: "Bow Wow (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Wow_(rapero)"
    title: "Bow Wow (rapero)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88_%D9%88%D9%88_(%D8%B1%D9%BE%D8%B1)"
    title: "بو وو (رپر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Wow"
    title: "Bow Wow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Wow"
    title: "Bow Wow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%90%D7%95_%D7%95%D7%90%D7%95_(%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A8)"
    title: "באו ואו (ראפר)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Wow"
    title: "Bow Wow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Wow"
    title: "Bow Wow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Wow"
    title: "Bow Wow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A6"
    title: "バウ・ワウ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%94%EC%9A%B0_%EC%99%80%EC%9A%B0_(%EB%9E%98%ED%8D%BC)"
    title: "바우 와우 (래퍼)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Wow"
    title: "Bow Wow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Wow"
    title: "Bow Wow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Wow"
    title: "Bow Wow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Wow"
    title: "Bow Wow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Wow"
    title: "Bow Wow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_Wow"
    title: "Bow Wow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bow_Wow"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6fd44ae7-097d-4979-94ba-5dfc40d9f7ad"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312173"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58197"
    title: "Shad Moss"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump