Bow Wow To Retire?
In a recent interview with MTV, Bow Wow spoke about possibility retiring from the rap game in the near-future:
“I wanna be the next Will Smith,” the 21-year-old recently said, restating his growing passion for acting while sitting poolside at L.A.’s Le Montrose Suite Hotel. “After the eighth album, I’m done. I already feel it. I love acting. I love my music like I said, but I feel it. After this one, probably one more in me and that’s eight. Like, I’m one [album] behind Nas, and that’s crazy.”
LP number seven comes out later this year. It’s called The Pedigree.
Reading this, you’d think he’d sold albums by the truckload or was held in any kind of critical regard. Unfortunately for Shad, none of these apply lol. I’m guessing it’s more the fact that next to no one is checking for him on the music tip anymore, so acting is his new ‘passion’. That said, I can’t down him on this one; get in where you fit in, I say.
Any thoughts?
Filed Under: Mariah Carey
tia
August 1, 2008 at 10:39 am
ok i’m not a bow wow stan AT ALL but dont act like mr. shad moss was not hott for awhile or like he didnt sell for any of his albums,he has accomplished alot in his lil short life,Its true that nobody is really checkin for him album wise but he always does well with singles,too bad that isnt enough
i say more power to him and his acting career,i hear he will be in a new movie coming up,good for him cuz we all know thats where the real money is lol.
Anonymous
August 1, 2008 at 10:42 am
RETIRE!!! dont nobody like you no more…all your old fans have grown out of you!!! booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol
Stefkes
August 1, 2008 at 10:43 am
He was Hott for a while, tia, indeed.
But those days are long gone, and if you dont believe me, check his Marco Polo video.
That one is killing me softly.
Anonymous
August 1, 2008 at 10:56 am
bye f@g
Anonymous
August 1, 2008 at 11:33 am
He’ll never be the next anyone, maybe the next Vern Troyer….dude too short to be a “Will Smith” and too scrawny….I think people should accept his limitations he wanted to be a b’baller at 3″11″ wasn’t gonna work, we wanted to rap but he’s played now he wants to act and pretend like we gonna be somebody’s box office pull…don’t think so, he needs to just step out of the lime light and take his ass to school or something before we see him in amateur porn.
jonnyhco
August 1, 2008 at 11:52 am
good.but please no more cd’s
Anonymous
August 1, 2008 at 11:56 am
Pussycat Dolls are in KL, Malaysia
It’s only days before the MTV Asia Awards, and the first of the many international acts have already landed in town. Today, the Pussycat Dolls previewed a few tracks from their upcoming album Dolls Domination (set to release on September 15) at their South East Asian press conference.
The lead single off Dolls Domination, ‘When I Grow Up’ (produced by Rodney Jerkins), is already making waves on the charts, making it the Pussycat Dolls’ fourth top ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Among the producers they worked with on the album are Cee-Lo, Scott Storch, Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic), Darkchild and of course, Timbaland. Besides the lead single, other tracks include ‘Away’, ‘Barely Breathe’, ‘Bottle Pop’, ‘Fly The World’, ‘If I Were A Man’, ‘In Person’ and ‘Psycho’. Look out for a faux Brit accent on the track ‘Watchamacallit’ (sp?).
At the press conference Nicole, Ashley, Melody, Kimberly and Jessica also discussed Kim Kardashian’s upcoming stint as a guest Pussycat Doll. The girls also revealed that they will embark on a world tour that will bring them back to the SEA region (some time in March/April 09).
http://www.junkonline.net/articles/298-Pussycat-Dolls-are-in-KL-Malaysia
Anonymous
August 1, 2008 at 12:23 pm
even though im not a big fan… Sam ur a bit wrong… every single album apart from one went platinum, d boy has sold records… his fan base
is alot (females luv the dude)… more respect to him though
Tyler
August 1, 2008 at 12:39 pm
He should. He’s a much better actor than he is a rapper.
Anonymous
August 1, 2008 at 1:54 pm
he should just retire from entertainment completely…go back to school and learn how to be humble.
Anonymous
August 1, 2008 at 3:19 pm
If he weren’t so arrogant I would like him more..
AaronMichael
August 1, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Better to know when to abandon ship and do it than sink like the Titanic!
No one is checkin’ for him anyways. He’s still trying to prove his manhood by talking about people on YouTube.
Anonymous
August 1, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Bow Wow is a loser. No one is checkin for him except for 9 year old girls. He’s irrelevent in the rap game. Do US all a fovor and retire from life.
He’s so fuckin cocky and arrogant for no apparent reason. He doesn’t even write his own shit. SIT THE FUCK DOWN.
DJ Triumph
August 1, 2008 at 6:42 pm
congrats bow wow, im jkin ur goin to be missed.
http://djtriumph.blogspot.com
Anonymous
August 1, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Bow who??? Puhhllease this one needs to go and sit somewhere
Anonymous
August 1, 2008 at 9:04 pm
i think its good that he’s retiring too, but i doubt a holywood career would be lucrative for him, being honest he’s too short for any lead roles, he could play the comic relief like in tokyo drift I guees. Every job has a description.
Anonymous
August 2, 2008 at 10:35 am
lmbao@being the next will smith…BOY BOO!he is not even that good of an actor,his acting is not believable to me….good luck to him though!
but i will say that arrogance wont get you anywhere,somebody needs to help him with that
Anonymous
August 2, 2008 at 4:14 pm
THE SOONER, THE BETTER
lOl JUST JOKING, I don’t hate Bow Wow, I just wouldn’t buy any of his Albums
Anonymous
August 2, 2008 at 7:36 pm
STFU Bow Wow! Don’t even try to compare yourself to Will. Johnson Family Vacation and Like Mike aren’t even on the same planet, caliber wise aas Independent Day and Bad Boys. Not even in the league with Wild Wild West, and that sucked!!
Anonymous
August 7, 2008 at 7:50 am
u niggas shud stop hatin really. and sam, why are u always takin on him ? he has had some really good joints. marco polo was shit thou..
Anonymous
August 9, 2008 at 4:18 pm
stop hating on bow wow
he has some hot songs
he is a great actor, has anyone seen roll bounce, he had a crying scene
i think he can be the next will smith
his albums are good too but he shouldn’t do whole albums with only jermaine dupri
he should work with timbaland, b. m. cox, the runners, danja, and polow da don
i can’t wait for the hurricane season movie he has with forest whitaker, taraji p. henson, and lil wayne
Anonymous
August 10, 2008 at 4:57 pm
thank you to all of the true bow wow fans. there is nothing wrong with his music. it’s catchy and fun and he is a very talented actor. he deserves an oscar and a golden globe. big ups to bow. good luck on all that you do.