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Shad Moss did recently officially drop his rap moniker (although he admitted at the BET Awards that he's always going to be Bow Wow). This doesn't mean he's dropping the rap game though. He comes back with a new song with Problem entitled "Ya Heard...

Name changes are not that rare with artists in the music industry nowadays. Snoop Dogg has gone through his fair share of multiple name changes and now his "nephew" Bow Wow is following his lead, sort of. Bow Wow would now like people to address him by his real name, Shad Moss...

Sports, especially basketball,  go hand-in-hand when it comes to hip-hop.  So much that many rappers possess the skills of what could have been an all-star player. From Master P actually playing in the NBA to 2 Chainz playing professional college ball to many MCs who simply have the skill, check out 12 Rappers Who Could Be Professional Basketball Players....

After 20 years, Bow Wow is dropping his stage in preference of his real name Shad Moss. The 106 & Park host has to decided to retire the name that launched his rap career to fit his grown up image. The 27-year-old announced via Instagram, “After BET awards I will no longer go by Bow Wow! I’m goin...

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Here are 64 rappers who chose, for one reason or another, to take on new rap names as their careers have gone on.

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It's been a while since we've heard from Hi-Tek. The Ohio producer was last seen on Reflect Eternal's Revolutions Per Minute in 2010. Now, he's back with "Ohio Players," which features Bow Wow, Krayzie Bone and Bootsy Collins. The Midwest anthem finds each MC showing off their unique style over Hi-Tek's triumphant production...

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From the release of the #XXLFreshmen14 cover to Lil Durk exchanging words with Tyga, this week on Twitter was all over the place. As people also reacted to the release of Lil Wayne premiere single featuring Drake, check out XXL's "Best Hip-Hop Tweets Of The Week...