Bow Wow AIM Interview

Get the lowdown on Bow Wow's new collaboration with Omarion.


CannonInMusic: What it is Bow Weezy?
bowwowpriceof: boweezy is a nickname
bowwowpriceof: it's another way of saying bow wow
CannonInMusic: Nah lol I know what it meant- I was just saying "Whatup"
bowwowpriceof: oh i ok
bowwowpriceof: lol
CannonInMusic: Like "Yo what it is"
CannonInMusic: lol
bowwowpriceof: gotchu
CannonInMusic: How you feelin' today my dude?
bowwowpriceof: I'm good
bowwowpriceof: jus chilln'
CannonInMusic: Good to hear! Where are you typing from?
bowwowpriceof: my crib
CannonInMusic: Which one?
CannonInMusic: I'm sure you've got several
bowwowpriceof: atl
CannonInMusic: Ah, cool/ how's the weather out there now? I love it down there in the A
bowwowpriceof: its like 83 2day
bowwowpriceof: sunny
bowwowpriceof: humid
CannonInMusic: That's a good look. how long have you been living out there?
bowwowpriceof: 4 a bout 4n half yrs
CannonInMusic: Dag. do you prefer it more than your hometown?
bowwowpriceof: i make my money here... and i love atl. and the city has accepted me. but there's nuffin like Ohio
bowwowpriceof: tha'ts where I'm from
CannonInMusic: Cool. so you celebrated a birthday recently right?
bowwowpriceof: yea
CannonInMusic: Happy belated dawg
bowwowpriceof: thanks
CannonInMusic: How old did you turn?
bowwowpriceof: 20
CannonInMusic: Uh oh. two decades on em now!
CannonInMusic: What are some of your goals for this year?
bowwowpriceof: jus 2 run my label
bowwowpriceof: put my artist out, making sure they are successful
bowwowpriceof: my bizness ventures i have going on
bowwowpriceof: franchising my 1st mcdonalds
bowwowpriceof: sneaker store in atl
CannonInMusic: DAYUM!!!
CannonInMusic: Go hed and make that bread homie!
CannonInMusic: What would you say you've learned from being in the industry as long as you have? because you started out pretty young....
bowwowpriceof: jus to stay focused really
bowwowpriceof: its really watching err body else's mistakes
bowwowpriceof: and tryin not 2 go down da same path
bowwowpriceof: I learned not to trust alotta people as well
bowwowpriceof: that's the numba 1 thing
bowwowpriceof: and to put a 100% effort into err thing u do
CannonInMusic: I can feel you on that
CannonInMusic: What would you say are some mistakes that you've made personally that you've learned from?
bowwowpriceof: not too many mistakes...
bowwowpriceof: lol
CannonInMusic: lol cmon man
bowwowpriceof: but I'm not perfect
bowwowpriceof: i guess jus tryna help people too much
bowwowpriceof: lending out a hand 2 err body
bowwowpriceof: I'm over-generous
CannonInMusic: And what type of experience have you had with that?
bowwowpriceof: friends
bowwowpriceof: bizzness wise
bowwowpriceof: not good 1s
bowwowpriceof: cuz at da end of the day u find out wat they were really round u 4
bowwowpriceof: they either have motives or are plotting ways to eat or get rich off u
CannonInMusic: Would you say that you have a lot of "true" friends now...
bowwowpriceof: yezzir
bowwowpriceof: childhood friends
bowwowpriceof: they work 4 me now
bowwowpriceof: all my boyz from ohio are wit me
bowwowpriceof: they don't want nuffn
bowwowpriceof: but 2 be round me and work
bowwowpriceof: and we all help each other in the best way we can
CannonInMusic: That's tight yo
CannonInMusic: it seems like you're a good dude, and loyal to those who keep it real with you
bowwowpriceof: yezzir
CannonInMusic: As far as your personal life is concerned, what's your schedule like? I know you said you were @ home today, but what's your typical day consist of?
bowwowpriceof: right now I'm on my price of fame tour
bowwowpriceof: I'm doing shows only on the weekends
bowwowpriceof: most of em r my dates, but i have 3 radio shows 2 do as well
bowwowpriceof: so I'm home for 3 dayz err week
bowwowpriceof: then gone the rest
bowwowpriceof: on my tour bus
bowwowpriceof: so i guess u can say crazy
CannonInMusic: I mean, you're way busier than the average 20 year old that's for sure
bowwowpriceof: oh yea believe dat
CannonInMusic: Still on the topic of your personal life -- what's the "love" aspect of your life looking like right now?
CannonInMusic: You just dating, you got a main shorty, you chilling with that for now or what?
bowwowpriceof: naw.....
bowwowpriceof: ima flirt
bowwowpriceof: "THE ORIGINAL FLIRT"
bowwowpriceof: lol
CannonInMusic: lol good answer
CannonInMusic: What you mean by "the Original flirt"?
bowwowpriceof: cuz ima flirt is a song on my album
bowwowpriceof: but was taken an remixed
bowwowpriceof: so i tell err body that I'm the original flirt
bowwowpriceof: it was on my album and to this date the only album the song is on
CannonInMusic: ah, I feel you. but you're not sour about it or anything right?
CannonInMusic: Like there's no beef or nothing...
bowwowpriceof: nawwww... never
bowwowpriceof: i.m eating off both records
bowwowpriceof: ima bizzness man b 4 anything
CannonInMusic: NICE!
CannonInMusic: Do you have beef with anyone just in general though?
CannonInMusic: I heard Lil Romeo and you were going at it. I remember being like "Why, they're crazy paid. they should chill."
bowwowpriceof: nope no beef
bowwowpriceof: ima grown ass man
bowwowpriceof: i ain't got time 4 dat
bowwowpriceof: I'm coo wit err body
CannonInMusic: Ok, so can I hold something? We cool right?
CannonInMusic: lol just kidding homie
bowwowpriceof: lol
CannonInMusic: As far as your relationship with Ciara goes, are you guys on good terms?
bowwowpriceof: i like 2 keep that personal
bowwowpriceof: jus outta respect 4 her
bowwowpriceof: but we cool
CannonInMusic: I can respect that, most def
CannonInMusic: It seems like you're the type of dude that plans ahead. aside from the ventures you've already started, what are some other plans of yours for the future?
bowwowpriceof: movies
bowwowpriceof: more albums
bowwowpriceof: me and Omarion been talking bout doing sumn big this year!!!!
bowwowpriceof: my artist and jus getting involved in anything i possibly can
CannonInMusic: You plan on being a "flirt" forever or do you ever just wanna settle down?
CannonInMusic: Because I know you've been getting play from the ladies since you were like 5
CannonInMusic: lol
bowwowpriceof: i mean yea
bowwowpriceof: eventually but i'm 20 yrs old livin da life having fun...
bowwowpriceof: so... umm... maybe in the next yr or 2
bowwowpriceof: ill be 22
CannonInMusic: Some dudes settle young though. I recently spoke with T-Pain and I didn't know that dude was married with kids already, and he's a young dude.
CannonInMusic: So sometimes dudes turn their cards in early
bowwowpriceof: yep
CannonInMusic: But you've got a while before you've even got to think marriage and stuff
CannonInMusic: Before you mentioned your artists. what's their names?
bowwowpriceof: i got my boi Khleo
bowwowpriceof: who was in Roll Bounce wit me
bowwowpriceof: played in a gang of movies
bowwowpriceof: and he be holding me down on the stage
bowwowpriceof: 24 7
CannonInMusic: Oh ok. the dude with the big Afro?
bowwowpriceof: yep
CannonInMusic: And they called him the "half breed"
bowwowpriceof: plus i got 2 djs who gon be putting out their albums as well, so we movin' ova hurr
bowwowpriceof: i gotta female rapper from Newark named Miss Nana
bowwowpriceof: and a young new "lil bow wow." his name young Jinsu
CannonInMusic: Is she asian?
bowwowpriceof: naw she ain't asian
bowwowpriceof: she super hood tho. grimey
CannonInMusic: You talking about Nana right?
CannonInMusic: Is she nice?
bowwowpriceof: yep
bowwowpriceof: if she runnin wit me she gotta be
bowwowpriceof: lol
CannonInMusic: Like who would you compare her to?
bowwowpriceof: i dont know its kinda hard ....
bowwowpriceof: ummm
bowwowpriceof: like young Brat mixed wit Lady of Rage
CannonInMusic: It could be a combination of people...doesn't have to be just one
CannonInMusic: Oh aight, she sounds tough
CannonInMusic: Does she look good?
bowwowpriceof: she cute...
CannonInMusic: Hook me up meng!
bowwowpriceof: she like my lil sis so.... i dont really look at her
bowwowpriceof: but she tuff tho
CannonInMusic: Hey I like em rough and tuff with some afro puffs
CannonInMusic: lol
CannonInMusic: I recently heard a rumor that you didn't write your verses for Shortie Like Mine
CannonInMusic: I was like, that can't be true. Bow's been putting it down for a while now. But I always like to hear things directly from the source
bowwowpriceof: i write alotta my material
bowwowpriceof: been have
bowwowpriceof: i called brat to do it 1 4 me
bowwowpriceof: we had so many versions of dat record
bowwowpriceof: i wrote verses...
bowwowpriceof: we had a different beat..
bowwowpriceof: and i called on brat to write sumn fast and crazy 4 me because she fresh at doing that
bowwowpriceof: the last time brat wrote sumn 4 me was Bounce Wit Me
bowwowpriceof: but alotta stuff on the album i wrote
bowwowpriceof: and produced
bowwowpriceof: like I'm on the new Pop Lock and Drop It remix. i wrote dat
bowwowpriceof: da new Party Like a Rockstar remix
bowwowpriceof: Crime Mob, Rock Ya Hips
bowwowpriceof: so 4 me its all bout da delivery
bowwowpriceof: but i wud say i write alotta my stuff
CannonInMusic: I'm glad you cleared that up yo. dudes just hate sometimes
CannonInMusic: Who in the game would you wanna battle? Not like beef or anything, but just for the art of emceeing?
bowwowpriceof: Nas
CannonInMusic: You would wanna battle Nas?
CannonInMusic: That would be interesting
bowwowpriceof: or Murda Mook
bowwowpriceof: lol
bowwowpriceof: the reason y i say murda mook cuz thats my patna
bowwowpriceof: I'm alwayz joking wit him
CannonInMusic: Oh word? That dudes got some bars
bowwowpriceof: yea we alwayz be in the studio 2getha
bowwowpriceof: thats my homeboi
CannonInMusic: Did you sign him?
bowwowpriceof: naw i didnt sign him
bowwowpriceof: we did a cupple mixtape joints 2getha
bowwowpriceof: we jus got a real cool bizness relationship
CannonInMusic: Would you let him pen something for you?
bowwowpriceof: if i didn't know how 2 ye
bowwowpriceof: yea..
bowwowpriceof: lol
bowwowpriceof: but i like penning my own
bowwowpriceof: caught so much flack from people it made me want to learn at an early age how 2 write
bowwowpriceof: so ive been bussn my chops tryna come up wit da best material i can
bowwowpriceof: i wud let him come up wit sum concepts on the creative side tho
CannonInMusic: I feel you. do you freestyle at all?
bowwowpriceof: i do
CannonInMusic: kick something right now
CannonInMusic: Off the head........anything
bowwowpriceof: it will take m 4 ever to type sumn out
bowwowpriceof: lol
CannonInMusic: ahhh c'mon yo
CannonInMusic: I know you got it
bowwowpriceof: u gotta spot me in person
bowwowpriceof: live is better
bowwowpriceof: lol
CannonInMusic: Aight. bet if we ever cross paths we'll have a cypher
bowwowpriceof: done deal
CannonInMusic: I'm gonna hold you to it my dude
bowwowpriceof: its nuffn
CannonInMusic: You know I had a totally different impression of you
bowwowpriceof: lott people do
CannonInMusic: I didn't think you were an ass or nothing, because I don't judge anyone, but I didn't think you would be as open
bowwowpriceof: oh ight
CannonInMusic: It's almost like you didn't let anything get to your head
CannonInMusic: Do you think your mom plays a role in that?
bowwowpriceof: 4 sho
CannonInMusic: In what ways?
bowwowpriceof: err way
bowwowpriceof: the way she raised me
bowwowpriceof: she's my manager
bowwowpriceof: so she's in my life err day
bowwowpriceof: err second
bowwowpriceof: and we jus super tite like dat
CannonInMusic: That's dope man. I was a Mom's boy myself and damn proud of it! Moms hold you DOWN
CannonInMusic: Have you ever had a close relationship with your pops?
bowwowpriceof: naw not really
bowwowpriceof: but we coo tho
CannonInMusic: I find that so ironic yo. like most of us dudes haven't really had a tight bond with their pops
CannonInMusic: Have you been following what they're saying about Hip-Hop? Banning the 'N' word and stuff like dat?
bowwowpriceof: yea the hip hop thing is getting outta hand
bowwowpriceof: with oprah and dem comments
CannonInMusic: How do you feel about them saying that the music is negative and promotes nothing but disrespec towards women, foul language, etc?
bowwowpriceof: they tryna kill hip hop 4real
bowwowpriceof: simple
bowwowpriceof: if u don't like it turn it off
bowwowpriceof: or don't buy it
bowwowpriceof: u don't see them blaming these action movies
bowwowpriceof: she done had some actors on her show
bowwowpriceof: that have blown up buildings, shot people b 4
bowwowpriceof: in movies
bowwowpriceof: but blames hip-hop
bowwowpriceof: they doing it because they view u as the bad guys
bowwowpriceof: but not knowing we didn't invent this
bowwowpriceof: they old
bowwowpriceof: she nor her audience understands
bowwowpriceof: ozzy osbourne biting bats heads off
bowwowpriceof: but u don't hear dem talking bout dat
bowwowpriceof: at da end of da day it's all entertainment
bowwowpriceof: that's it
CannonInMusic: LOL
bowwowpriceof: she dont understand that 90% of these rappers come from poverty
bowwowpriceof: and had 2 do things to take curr of the families
bowwowpriceof: so this is all we know...
bowwowpriceof: o we express it as musicians
bowwowpriceof: we tell it real and how it is
bowwowpriceof: no different from the news
bowwowpriceof: we are the ghetto reporters
bowwowpriceof: lol....
bowwowpriceof: if they get rid of hip-hop, they shud get rid of the news....
bowwowpriceof: lol...
bowwowpriceof: that's more depressing and negative then anything else
bowwowpriceof: they gone alwayz blame us tho
CannonInMusic: I feel you. but then you have some people talking about things that they've never done but acting as if they have CannonInMusic and people are saying kids become influenced by it and don't know what's real from the fake.
CannonInMusic: My thing is the parents should be more involved with what they're teaching their kids and what they're listening to.
bowwowpriceof: i was jus bout 2 say how influential we are to kids...
bowwowpriceof: but isn't jus about anything?
bowwowpriceof: i agree 2
bowwowpriceof: what about that kid that body slammed his lil cuzzn and killed em...
bowwowpriceof: remember dat?
CannonInMusic: Yup. that was CRAZY
bowwowpriceof: anything is influential wit kids
bowwowpriceof: wat isnt???
bowwowpriceof: especially if its sumn they like
CannonInMusic: Exactly!
CannonInMusic: Would you say that you're aware of the messages you put in your music?
bowwowpriceof: naw..
CannonInMusic: Because you know you have a huge kid following. the kids love them some Bow Weezy
bowwowpriceof: because i know who and wat audience i cater 2
bowwowpriceof: so ima kinda cautious but its harder in my shoes cuz alotta people still view me az lil bow wow
bowwowpriceof: so if i say sumn that may seem right 2 me
bowwowpriceof: and fine
bowwowpriceof: it mite not seem right to them
bowwowpriceof: but they have 2 understand im grown
bowwowpriceof: im steppn out and living life
bowwowpriceof: so of course ima talk bout it
CannonInMusic: Yeah I think it's harder for you because people see you as like a childhood star almost and watched you grow up and they're not ready to let you go into adulthood because they're so used to the kid side of you.
bowwowpriceof: exactly
CannonInMusic: But you're always going to change and that's a part of life.
CannonInMusic: I won't be surprised if I see a Bow Wow strip club or something crazy
bowwowpriceof: lol
CannonInMusic: It's like "Hey you're a grown man. do what you want."
CannonInMusic: I'd support you.......lol
bowwowpriceof: lol 4sho
CannonInMusic: That 'Outta My System' record is crazy by the way too
bowwowpriceof: preciated
CannonInMusic: That's a true story right there or are you speaking from someone else's experience?
bowwowpriceof: tru
CannonInMusic: If you had to say one thing about you that people may consider, would it be?
bowwowpriceof: sumtimes i sleep da opposite way in bed
bowwowpriceof: in my bed
bowwowpriceof: like my feet be where the head board be at sumtimes
bowwowpriceof: or i sleep across it
CannonInMusic: Oh. I thought you were gonna say something next level like, 'I sleep from my ceiling like a bat'
CannonInMusic: lol
CannonInMusic: But yo I know you've gotta jet man. I really appreciate you taking the time to chat and letting the folks into your world homie.
bowwowpriceof: lol notta prob
CannonInMusic: You're all right man
bowwowpriceof: be eeezy
CannonInMusic: Is there anything you'd like to say to the fans before you jet?
bowwowpriceof: go get da new album
bowwowpriceof: lol
CannonInMusic: lol aight gotcha!

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