Bow Wow

By Maura Johnston Bow Wow—the hip-hop star who grew up in front of America's eyes over the past 16 years—has announced his retirement from the music business, telling RealTalkNY that "there's no more that needs to be done on the music side, I've done everything." And by "everything," he means "released a re...

By Chris Molanphy Chris Brown, "Run It!" 14 WtP Ludacris feat. Pharrell, "Money Maker" 10 WtP Akon feat. Snoop Dogg, "I Wanna Love You" 8 WtP Fergie feat. Ludacris, "Glamorous" 9 WtP Avril Lavigne, "Girlfriend" 8 WtP Chris Brown feat. T-Pain, "Kiss Kiss" 7 WtP T.I. feat. Rihanna, "Live Your Life" 2 WtP

By Chris Molanphy 19. “Kiss Kiss” (Chris Brown feat. T-Pain) 66. “Get Like Me” (David Banner feat. Chris Brown) R&B/Hip-Hop: 42. “Get Like Me” (David Banner feat. Chris Brown) 45. “Kiss Kiss” (Chris Brown feat. T-Pain) 90. “What Them Girls Like” (Ludacris with Chris Brown & Sean Garrett)

By Maura Johnston 10:54 p.m. Artist Of The Year: Chris Brown? Really? POP/ROCK MUSIC Favorite Male Artist: Chris Brown Favorite Female Artist: Rihanna Favorite Band, Duo or Group: Daughtry Favorite Album: Alicia Keys, As I Am ARTIST OF THE YEAR Artist of the Year: Chris Brown

By Maura Johnston You may recognize Bow Wow when he pops up on HBO's Entourage this September as a new client of Eric's (Kevin Connolly), but don't bother looking for his name in the credits. The 21-year-old rapper-actor is opting to use his real moniker, Shad Moss." Yes, this is a prelude to Mr. Wow hinting at hi...

By Dan Gibson Choice Music: Rap Artist Flo Rida Kanye West Lil Mama Lil Wayne Lupe Fiasco Choice Music: R&B Track Damaged - Danity Kane Forever - Chris Brown Hey Baby (Jump Off) - Bow Wow and Omarion Bye Bye - Mariah Carey Take You There - Sean Kingston

By Anthony Miccio Don't worry, fans, Bow Wow still has at least one more album, H.I.M. (History In Making) planned, and it has proposed tracks like "'Pole In My Basement" and "Get Money N—-as" as well as rumored guest stars like Lil' Wayne, 50 Cent, Bone Thugs, and Ashley Tisdale. So it's not like we're being left...

By Jess Harvell Much like Spank Rock and Benny Blanco's greasy hindquarters, many of you think that Hell Rell's For The Hell Of It happens to be one of the best album covers of 2007. (I happen to agree with you on this one.) Surely this means that the two faces of R&B/hip-hop evil will win this round in a walk...

By Chris Molanphy The name T-Pain appears seven times on the year-end Hot 100. But what's most gratifying for him is that his performances as a lead artist--"Buy U A Drank" (a huge No. 5) and "Bartender" (No. 33)--handily outrank his supporting credits for R. Kelly, Plies, Baby Bash, Bow Wow and Chris Brown.

By mjohnston Anatomical Incorrectness Bracket: 1 vs. 8: Ted Nugent, Love Grenade (Special edition) (1) 4 vs. 5: Spank Rock and Benny Blanco Are... Bangers & Cash (4) 2 vs. 7: Hell Rell, For The Hell Of It (2) 3 vs. 6: Omarion/Bow Wow, Face/Off (6) The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament

By jharv For the second entry in today's Anatomically Incorrect bracket, we have pop emo godfathers Jimmy Eat World and their bald feathered metaphor for the place where babies come from (or out of) facing off (omg lol) against Bow Wow and Omarion's collaborative efforts at facial reconstructi...

By Maura Johnston TOP FIVE HIP-HOP VIDEOS 05. Fat Joe ft. Lil Wayne, Baby, T.I., R Kelly, and Rick Ross, "Make It Rain (Remix)" 04. T.I., "Big Things Poppin'" 03. MIMS, "This Is Why I'm Hot" 02. Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, "Crank That" 01. Jim Jones ft. T.I., Lil Wayne, Diddy, Juelz Santana, Young Dro, and Baby, "We Fly High (Remix)"

By mjohnston You know, this cover for Omarion and Bow Wow's kiss-and-make-up album would be almost fine—and I do stress almost if not for that weird Photoshopped smoke that's serving as the "dividing line" between Omarion and Bow Wow's faces. Especially since one of those smoke curls is coming out of B...

By Brian Raftery Kevipod Music has "Lil' Love," the new team-up from Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Mariah Carey and Bow Wow. The track appears on the group's upcoming Strength & Loyalty album, and it even features a Culture Club reference (hint—it's not "I'll Tumble 4 Ya"):

By mjohnston Billboard notes the quirky chart notation for "I'm A Flirt," the R. Kelly-penned song that appeared on Bow Wow's album before getting remixed, and de-Bowed, by Kelly. Because of the two versions' common ground, they will be tracked as a single entity on the Billboard singles charts: The so...

By mjohnston Bow Wow, The Price Of Fame The sound: Beats by Chris Brown (!) and Jermaine Dupri, tempered by the sort of sullenness that only a reformed child star can bring. The first in line: Trainwreck aficionados who can't wait to hear if Bow Wow has responded to being dissed by Lil Romeo. Er, we mean Rome...