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“I don’t prescribe to “the king of R&B”. You know, I’m a contributor, just like the great artists before me. A King, yes. A King of RnB I’m not sure if I would claim myself to be that. But definitely a one of a kind and a great contributor to RnB music. But a king for sure, even a God!”

RESPECT MAG: How is it going?
O: It’s going amazing. I’m in New York City we have The Millennium Tour tomorrow so I’m just out here making errands. Everything is great though.

Are you still the king of RnB? if not, who do you think holds that crown?
I don’t prescribe to “the king of RnB”. You know, I’m a contributor, just like the great artists before me. A king, yes. A King of R&B I’m not sure if I would claim myself to be that. But definitely a one of a kind and a great contributor to R&B music. But a king for sure, even a God!

Let’s talk about the Millennium Tour 2020. What are the expectations and does it feel good to be on stage performing again? Lots of hits lots of nostalgia what else is new?
Well we just dropped a new song a couple of weeks ago “Can You Hear Me” featuring T-Pain. So you know we got new music to go with the tour. I got so many amazing things currently going on, I also just announced also ill be dropping essential oil with Art Naturals called “Unbothered” by Omarion. Giving you the essence of what it really means to be unbothered. so many things going on. They all good things. so, I’m happy.

How do you balance between being a dad and touring?
well, I have a staff. I’m so blessed with an amazing staff who make sure that my schedule is cleared for the important times. You know like, my kids, they sometimes have morning assemblies. I’m a very very involved parent, so I make time for my kids. I understand how important it is to be there for them. Also, I’m on tour right and my daughter’s birthday is coming up on the 7th, she’ll be turning four. so ill be flying back the next week to celebrate her birthday, so daddy makes time.

Stars have moments, what’s your favorite moment in your career that’s unforgettable to you that you’d like to share.
Yes definitely, it’s 08 all of the performances on the BET Awards of “Oh”, “Touch” you know, “Ice Box”, “Post To Be”, you know, performing with Chris although they didn’t have all of my shots you know what I’m saying but it was a great moment. what else? currently, now I’m often living in moments, in the upcoming week I’m gonna be shooting “Can You Hear Me?” featuring T-Pain music so that should be fun. But you know, all of the Highlights come from the supportive fans. You know all those moments that are not I’m just contributing my energy and my creativity towards but you know when the fans respond when they love it and that it’s reciprocal. so yeah, those are few moments.

If there was something you could do over what would it be.
You know I’m not the one to take moments back. Because there is always some information and lessons you can learn from those moments that you might not be happy about at the time. So, I wouldn’t take anything back. You know, you live and you learn. That’s what life is all about.

What are some of the big body collabs your fans would be excited about happening right now?
Well, definitely this one with T-Pain. I have some other things in the work that I can’t really speak about. But yeah, some organic and like real-time collabos. No forced collabs. I find that when people talk about collabs, they say the same things like “well, who is it gonna be?” you know, and collabs come in many forms. A collab can come in the form of a producer as well as an artist. So, yeah it’s gonna be some amazing collabs. One amazing collab that I have is coming up at the end of the year announcing my forthcoming album Passport with James Fauntleroy. Me and James did a whole album together, you know, he’s an amazing creative so I cant for people to finally hear it. We’re dropping that in the forth quarter so yeah, I’m excited about that.

Are there any new artists you are currently into?
Not at the moment. I find that no disrespect to any of the artists that are contributing to music but there is not a lot of substance out there. There are not a lot of songs that are actually talking about the things that resonate with me. So I listen to my 3-hour mixes you know Thunderstorm Laps/Soulection. I be good in front of my decks. But you know there is some good ones out there but having a good song or creating a good, I don’t wanna say it’s easy but it appears to be easier nowadays. That also falls into the assessment, like I’m not just into hearing rhymes and beats, you know, rhythm and blues, there is a reason why those genres are called that. Blues being the representation of you speaking about your perspective in love and life. I feel that there is little bit of that. There is not a lot, but there are definitely some artists doing that. One that I can think of is Jacob Latimore. I like what he’s doing. He’s flexible as his art. Someone who’s been doing it for a long time. you know, he’s doing TV, he’s doing music, so that’s a young man that I believe will have a really bright future and will be around in the music for the future to come.

If you could collaborate with any of the new artists who would it be?
I think it would be dope to do something with Jaden Smith. I know Jaden has specific type of music that he creates. It would be dope to do something with him.

I met Jaden, he’s a very creative kid. He’s got alot going on especially with MSFTS brand. so yeah, that would be dope.
Yeah he’s lit. yeah that would be dope! yeah Jaden Smith.

Electro hop/Hip House was a big wave in the late 2000s do you see that wave ever coming back in its original form? with the way hip-hop is going these days? what do you think will be some of the obvious sound difference now with trap and emo rap heavily influencing hip-hop?
Facts. yeah, I think House music in its totality has been a separate genre from the mainstream. It’s one of the classes of music that has it’s sprits. You know, It’s been around for so long like you said and things have their re-emerging and like Kanye has a little bit of house in his new music. I love house, by the way, you know and I go dancing frequently so yeah, music always has its re-emergence. It always pops back up, especially when it’s these seeming subcultures, like even afrobeat, that’s been around for a while. So to answer your question, yes, we will all be joined at house music, and house music is great music, its great vibrations. So yeah I’m looking forward to that.

Wow, well coming from you that means alot because I make electronic and house music as well so it feels good to know. Because doesn’t matter the color of your skin, it brings people together. It’s universal.
Ok facts! yeah man, house is on the way.

Follow Omarion’s insta to keep up with his tour highlights and more music.

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First, we received news that Bow Wow was releasing a new album titled Edicius (‘Suicide’ backwards), which I would personally love to hear more about. Then, the veteran artist delivered a new visual for “Yeaahh,” which appears to show him making light of various things that have involved him (a private jet makes an appearance, for example) and others (ex. Tristan Thompson). We also see Shad Moss in a straitjacket, so there’s that.

Anyways, the song is pretty cool, so this is certainly worth checking out. Not sure if this will appear on Edicius or his (still?) forthcoming Greenlight 6 mixtape with DJ Drama.

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The 30-year-old rapper and actor bragged on Instagram Tuesday (May 9) that he was traveling on a private jet for a NYC press run for his new We TV reality series “Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta.”

But later that day, an airline passenger allegedly spotted him traveling to New York on a regular commercial flight and posted a photo to Snapchat and Twitter to prove it.

“So this guy lil bow wow is on my flight to NY,” the passenger captioned the photo. “But on Instagram he posted a picture of a private jet captioned ‘traveling to NY today’ smh.”

https://twitter.com/Al_Khee/status/861986390724284417

Although Bow Wow never explicitly said he was flying on a private jet in his Instagram post, and he could argue that the lifted photo is a nod to being chauffeured there, it still doesn’t explain why he’d post the photo as his own, especially when images are so easy to track online.

As a result of the fake it ’til you make it post, Twitter created the #BowWowChallenge. Check out some of the hilarious tweets below.

Me at the stadium 😆#BowWowChallenge pic.twitter.com/U2fLH43LUJ

— Sheepy__TV (@TwitchSheepy) May 10, 2017

https://twitter.com/bloxkhead85/status/862318951178612736

Are we doing this right?🤔 #BowWowChallenge pic.twitter.com/Idkl223LOq

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) May 10, 2017

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https://twitter.com/August_Yeye/status/862258581898485760

https://twitter.com/PrinceKFox/status/862311637029724160

https://twitter.com/TreMelvin/status/862319736264171520

https://twitter.com/DormaniAvenue/status/862354367353155584

Just got done grocery shopping 🙌💪 the grind never stops😎💯#bowwowchallenge pic.twitter.com/o9eWa2GYP9

— Lily Marie 🌻💛 (@trappjackk) May 10, 2017

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Long before you knew Keshia Chante as the host of BET’s 106 & Park, she had a career as a productive singer in her native Canada.

A Juno Award winner, which is a Canadian equivalent to a Grammy, did you know that way before she even graced the stage as the daily host of 106, she was given a star on the Brampton Walk of Fame and had her song, Table Dancer hit # 1 on Billboard in Japan.

Yeah, she’s a pretty big deal. Her chat with me on community and the future stood out on yesterday’s episode of Scoop B Radio.

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So who is Shad Moss?

Back in 2014, days prior to the BET Awards, Bow Wow took to Instagram to say, ‘After BET Awards I will no longer go by Bow Wow! I’m going by my real name “Shad Moss.” We made a lot of history as Bow Wow, now it’s time for the next chapter and challenge. Bow Wow does not fit who I am today. I’m a father, business man, TV host, actor, and rapper! Time for Mr. Moss to take over!‘

When we see these negative tweets about how irrelevant Shad Moss is as an artist, and then we see him speak in some of these interviews about how he wants to focus more on acting and comedy, we can becomes extremely understanding as of why he maneuvered to a different career path. It’s not only common in the rap game that a rapper ventures off to acting, but at the same time when you’re five years old and you’ll spend the majority of your life rapping, what are the chances that you’ll decide to do some other s**t with your life? We’ve seen other rappers like Ice Cube, LL Cool J, Queen Latifah transition from spitting bars to reading movie scripts, so why is it an issue when Bow Wow (who started his rapping career at such a very young age) decides to take on movie roles as well? He’s labeled as ‘irrelevant’ by many because they assume he flopped as a rapper, when in reality he’s irrelevant because he chose to be. Again, he’s been in the game for over 20 years so now it’s like, ‘what’s next for me, what is it that I’m truly passionate about, do I want to do this music s**t for another twenty years?’

‘My whole life I hated rapping,’ he stated on Twitter on May 5. ‘Folks don’t know that. I always wanted to be a comedian growing up. I wanted to act.’

We practically have known Shad Moss all of his life. At the age of three Moss (who was going by the name Kid Gangsta at the time) was already performing in talent shows in the Columbus, Ohio area. Then a few years later, at the age of six during The Chronic tour he met and performed alongside Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre after being chosen from thousands of fans to come up on stage. After having met Snoop Dogg, Kid Gangsta didn’t only change his name to Lil’ Bow Wow, but he also began doing opening acts for Snoop Dogg during tours. Everything from there on out is history. From rapping on The Arsenio Hall Show, to trying to sneak into Tupac Shakur’s rapping booth, to meeting Jermaine Dupri, dropping hits back to back such as “Bounce with Me,” “Fresh Azimiz,” and “Like You.” To even starring in films such as Like Mike, Roll Bounce, Hurricane Season, and Lottery Ticket.

‘Til this day many fans are still wondering, will we be hearing more music from Shad Moss anytime soon or is he really done making music?

‘I got songs. Tons. Just not really passionate about the game…Made money. Been rapping since I was five. New place now. I still got my deal. I do what I want. Label can’t force me. Paid my dues. I do it when I want. Now ain’t the time.’

Known as both irrelevant, and broke he continues to be successful in all his encounters.

He also has plans of starting up his own late night talk show soon, Up With Bow. And despite there not being an air date as of yet, he’s been showing his excitement for the show throughout social media. Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Kobe Bryant, and Michelle Obama are some ideas of guest appearances he plans to have on the show as well which is also very exciting.

‘First time people saw me on The Arsenio Hall Show. So it’s only right I go back to where I started. First let me thank him by paving the way because I wouldn’t have did what I’m about to do. I been quietly working on a project that I felt is needed. When I hosted 106 I had a little control and I got to be the man because I’m a creator. So when I can’t be a creative well… But I learned so much to the point where I will have my own late night show coming.’

It’s true what they say, everything does come around full circle.

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