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Bow Wow, born Lamont Riggans, is an American rapper, actor, and television personality. Born on March 9, 1987, he is known for his career in the entertainment industry, particularly during his youth. Bow Wow has had a significant impact in both music and acting, with his songs and film roles appealing to a wide range of audiences.

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“Anyone who knows me knows how much time I spend on computers. I'm a computer addict. Every young person deserves to have a computer in his or her home. It's also cool that CFY will also make sure that they learn how to use them.”

Knows Persons Use Home Young Know How Computer Deserve Know Me Addict

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“I love my fans very much. They give me the confidence to continue things in life.”

Giving Fans Give Me Things In Life

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“Want me to sell my soul, just so I can go gold. You can have the cars, clothes the jewerlies, the houses and hos. Cats do anything for a little bit of fame and a little bit of change. Industry snakes, they ain't friendly. Thought she loved me, she just tricked me.”

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“I never acted out with my actions to show people that I'm getting grown, you never see me with a cigarette, or see me wilding out or doing anything like that.”

People Shows Action Cigarette

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“Trying your best not to get stressed out, the hardest part is not to get down, not to let the business get to you. I think the business is more mental than it is talent. I think you can have the talent, but if you don't have it up here, I think you can easily just break down.”

Ifs Thinking Trying Break Talent Hardest Breaking Down Stressed Stressed Out Try Your Best

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“[Music] business can drive you to do that if you don't have it here. If you're not strong-minded here, it could steer you the wrong way and when it steers you the wrong way, then it might take forever to get back.”

Ifs Way Might Strong Forever Get Back Music Business Steers Wrong Way Not Strong Strong Minded

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“I'm pretty much happy with the things that have been handed to me already. Seven albums, eight arena tours ... I think there's nothing I really would look forward to besides winning a Grammy one day if that would happen.”

Ifs Thinking Looks Has Beens Happens Winning One Day Seven Albums Eight Arena Grammy

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“I think I have a better chance at getting an Oscar before a Grammy.”

Thinking Chance Oscars Grammy

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“The music industry is so fickle, there's so many politics. I think a lot of people don't pay attention to the credits or the artistry no more. I think there's so much concern about what's going on right now instead of the actual artistry. But that's how the record business is, but for acting, I got that covered.”

People Thinking Pay Acting Attention Records Industry Right Now Concern Credit Pay Attention Covered Music Industry Artistry Fickle

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“To do business with a friend is difficult. The business itself is so stressful, so if you're havin' a bad day you can easily take it out on somebody, and then you takin' it out on somebody can easily turn into a blowup. It's weird, because you might really get to know a person by doin' business with them, then you probably decide you don't even wanna be around them, and that can really launch it off.”

Difficult Bad Day Stressful

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“Everything I do, I do it because it's me. At the end of the day, I only know how to be me. Everything is gonna be authentic, so I think, when it comes down to sayin' certain stuff in lyrics, or whatever the case may be, it's just me bein' me and me bein' honest.”

Thinking Honest

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“That's so difficult, to try to deal with every hater. I don't expect people to like my music whatsoever. How I deal with it is, I don't give them fuel.”

People Giving Trying Difficult

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“I think I'm just now startin' to get to the point where fans are startin' to respect my grind, and respect my lyrics and things that I'm gettin' into, and they see the hunger in me, and they know that I wanna become the best, and I'm just tryin' to prove myself. I feel like it would be a letdown if I stopped now.”

Thinking Prove Hunger Grind Prove Myself

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“At the end day, the only thing I owe the public is great entertainment, to respect my fans everywhere I go and to give the people what they want from me. I live by that motto, and it hasn't steered me wrong yet.”

People Giving Live By Motto

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“I don't want to mess up my life. You only get one shot. I don't want to let my fans or anybody else down. So, I always think before I act. And as long as I do that, I'll be okay.”

Thinking Long Okay Mess

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“I don't think the clothes make me, but I make the clothes.”

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“A young man who came from Columbus, Ohio and made it, and who wants every other young man and young woman, black or white, to know that if I could do it, they could do it. Me and my fans grew up together, and I believe they know I'm a walking billboard and proof of that. That's what I see when I look in the mirror.”

Men Believe Together I Believe Black Walking Young Women

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“My fans love what I do. That's what makes me love what I do. I don't do it for myself. I don't do it for money. I really don't. I've turned down money. People know that. When my fans tell me, "Yo, that movie was dope!" it makes me want me to do more movies.”

People Want Me Dope

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“I want to be remembered as one of the illest, youngest cats to do it successfully and to keep doing it successfully. My early story alone deserves to be told, because at 6 years-old I was discovered by one of the best producers of all time, Dr. Dre, and I went on tour at 6, and appeared on Snoop Dogg's album at the age of 7. And I'm still here. Nobody else has a story like that, and it has to end great.”

Age Deserve Cat Producers All Time

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“Trust me, pitfalls of early fame are always around. But you have to have the strength within yourself to say, "No!" Like tonight, I'd like to go out, and I have the freedom to do so. But I probably won't because I can't risk having my name associated with anything negative at this critical time. That's just to protect my brain and my job. There's no reason to play any games with a career I love.”

Reason Brain Risk Fame Protect Negative Trust Me

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“Fans are giving me instant feedback on a chat box. I keep my fans close by working collectively as a unit. I figure as long as I do that, I can't lose. I use the internet as much as possible.”

Giving Long Internet Instant Feedback

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“Don't follow in my footsteps. Create your own legacy! Be you! Do what you do! Stay focused! Stay positive about whatever goals you want to accomplish! Don't ever let anybody tell you that you can't, because you always can. To this day, I have people trying to discourage me, and telling me I should hang it up. I call them clowns.”

People Trying Goal Accomplish Focused Legacy This Day Clown Discouraging Footsteps Stay Focused

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“I got a nice jumper on me, and i'm not just bragging.”

Nice Bragging Jumpers

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“Money don’t change you, it changes the people around you.”

People Don't Change

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“You got to keep all your weaknesses away, and my weakness is women. I love women too much. Which has definitely road-blocked me. I just try my best to channel my energy to other things and remain focused while making my work as fun as everything else.”

Trying Energy Fun Too Much Weakness Focused Blocked

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“All these Lil' rappers, I'm just kind of getting real irritated by it. I said, 'You know what? Drop the Lil'. Forget it. I'm Bow Wow.'”

Knows Kind Said Real Forget Wow Rapper Bows Forget It Irritated Bow Wow

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“People ask for this life, but they don't really understand what comes with it. People just see the outside and that looks good - big houses, cars, girls, but you never see how the person is feeling deep down inside. Me personally, being a man, I'm going to feel better displaying all of this and pouring my heart out on each record.”

People Men Feels Looks Heart Persons Feelings Bigs Girl Asks House Records Car My Heart This Life Feel Better Deep Down Pouring Big Houses

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“It's weird because every movie that I do is always a role that reminds me of a role that 'Pac would have done. And when 'Pac did 'Juice,' he was young - probably like 21, 22 - something like that. And that's my favorite actor. I know it might be weird to say, but he was talented on screen, and that's who I studied.”

Knows Done Might Young Actors Roles My Favorite Screens Juice Pacs

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“LL Cool J was a rapper-turned-actor, and I also relate to him because he was sort of a ladies' man and had a female fan base, but yet he's a positive dude. You never read about him getting into trouble or going to jail.”

Men Actors Trouble Fans Female Relate Jail Rapper Ladies Man

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“When I see my own people going through the tough times, it's a wake-up call. I hope my influence can impact someone else's decision to get out here and vote.”

People My Own Decision Influence Tough Vote Wake Up Impact Tough Times Wake Up Call

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“I can take all the negative energy and turn it into a positive simply by purging my soul through music. That's how powerful music can be.”

I Can Soul Turns Energy Powerful Negative My Soul Negative Energy Purging Powerful Music

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“Dealing with the fame and going from nothing and becoming something where everyone wants a piece of you, your life changes in a day.”

Want Pieces Becoming Fame Life Changing Becoming Something

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“I feel like I just want to enjoy life and spend time with my daughter who is about to turn two, which is full-time job and the hardest job I've ever had in my life.”

Want Feels Two Jobs Turns Enjoy Daughter Hardest My Daughter End Times Enjoy Life Spend Time Full Time Jobs Hardest Job

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“I've noticed over my 22 years of living that, yes, women can be difficult, and I call myself a ladies' man, thinking I have them figured out. But as men, we will never understand women.”

Thinking Men Years Difficult Ladies Man

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“I loved playing a dramatic role. There's a side of me a lot of people don't know, and when I do dramatic roles, it just all comes out.”

People Knows Sides Roles Dramatic

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“My fans saw 'Roll Bounce,' but also that older crowd who might not have been familiar with me on the music tip saw 'Roll Bounce' and loved it. 'Roll Bounce' opened up that door for me to have older people love Bow Wow and opened up that door so all of the kids would love Bow Wow. My fan base is really diverse; it's all ages and all colors.”

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“I'm loving N.Y., and words can't even describe how happy I am to be here.”

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“Music is the reason I'm doing movies; I do credit that. But acting is an escape route for me.”

Reason Acting Music Is Credit Routes

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“I don't prepare for my roles. I don't watch movies to get inspired. I don't dig deep. I'll never be that type of actor, and I doubt that I ever will be.”

Actors Roles Watches Doubt Type Inspired Dig Deep Watch Movie

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“Guys like Todd Bridges never overcame being a child star. You can't have any big failures. I've always felt regular. I played organized ball at the rec league. At 13, they told me I sold 3 million copies. I didn't know what that meant.”

Knows Children Bigs Guy Stars Felt Millions Balls Bridges League Organized Copies

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“I worked with Snoop, but I would love to work with him again, but DMX I would love to work with him as well I met him in Atlanta; I went to one of his concerts; I would love to do a song with him. I respect him and really like his music.”

Wells Song Mets Concerts Atlanta

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“At the end of the day, I want to spend time with my daughter, and this schedule enables me to do that while still having fun hosting '106 Park.' I'm not really eager to get back into music just yet; I'm really eager to get into another movie before I put out an album.”

Want Stills Ends Fun Daughter Albums Having Fun Parks The End Of The Day My Daughter Get Back Schedules End Times Spend Time

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“I'm trying to become a young CEO, to brand myself in television and movies.”

Trying Young Television Brands Ceo

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“My mother doesn't really embarrass me. Even when I was young. She understands my career.”

Young Mother Careers

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“I was born with no money. So when people talk about Bow Wow being rich his whole life, I don't know where they get that.”

People Knows Whole Born Rich Whole Life Wow Bows No Money Being Rich Bow Wow

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“I'm coming for Ryan Seacrest - I want to be the black Ryan Seacrest for BET. I want to host, I want to produce, I want to do everything for the network.”

Want Black Produce Host

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About the Author

Born: March 9, 1987
Known for: Rapper
Quotes: 46

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