A double-platinum Top Ten hit, Beware of Dog singer Bow Wow is an American rapper and actor who is estimated to have the net worth of $2.5 million. He debuted in the music industry at the young age of 13.
As of 2020, he has 51 music videos, 26 singles, and 7 mixtapes. We have all the details of his net worth, career, income, expenses and so on.
According to the verified source, Shad Gregory Moss aka Bow Wow is estimated to have a net worth of around $2.5 million. He mostly earned his net worth from his professional career as an American rapper, actor and TV host.
He is on his way to become the popular rappers such as Travis Scott, Eminem, 21 Savage, and Lil Pump to name the few.
As per the PayScale, the average salary of a rapper in America is around $39,919. The salary typically ranges in between $20 thousand to $205 thousand. Similarly, as an actor, Bow Wow earns between $19 thousand and $233 thousand. An actor’s average salary is estimated to be $50,249.
Furthermore, A TV show host in America earns an average of $61 thousand. As a matter of fact, the actual salary range starts from $35 thousand to $210 thousand.
Mentioning his debut in the music industry, the American rapper began rapping at the age of six as moniker “Kid Gangsta”. Moreover, he came to fame after he was noticed by Snoop Dog at his concert in Los Angeles in 1993. As a matter of fact, Snoop dog gave him a stage name, “Lil’ Bow Wow’.
After he gained fame, he gave various hits including Like You, Bow Wow, Let Me Hold You, Ghetto Girls, Bounce with me, Shortie like Mine, Ain’t Thinkin’ ‘Bout You and several famous singles.
Bow Wow got the tremendous popularity and rapidly increased his net worth throughout the years.
Below is the timeline of Bow Wow’s net worth and earning over the years.
The rapper surely has increased his net worth and is still on the path to be a well-established and wealthy personality.
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Apart from his professional career as an actor and a rapper, he earns huge from sponsorships and Endorsement deals. As per some sources, Bow Wow earns around $15,686 per lucrative deals.
Well, being a famed personality, he also gathers money by promoting various brands including Asphalt Yacht Club, Besado, Campbells, Caviar Gold, and Cavoda vodka on Instagram. A verifies source claimed, Bow Wow earns between $8,099 to $13,499 per post.
Moreover, Bow Wow also launched a YouTube channel on 7 May 2008. As of March 2019, his self-titled YouTube channel makes $49 to $791 monthly and his annual income is estimated to be from $593 to $9.5 thousand.
With a hefty net worth of millions, Shad is living a lavish and luxurious life. He owns few houses across the world such as a beautiful mansion in Georgia worth $0.95 million and beach facing house in Japan.
Moreover, he seems to be fascinated by luxury cars and jeeps and does not hold back on spending for it. His houses and cars are listed below:
Cars | Worth |
Lamborghini Murcielago | $151,100 |
Range Rover Sport SuperCharged | ranging from $63,350 to 92,495 |
Lamborghini Gallardo | $191,900 |
Bentley Continental GT | $196,225 |
Porsche 911 Turbo | $85,295 |
Such a big voice personality is sure to have insurance to make a future secure.
You might think although being an experienced and professional player in the business, he has a low net worth. Actually, this is because he has to pay $3,000 every month in child support. On October 2, 2012, Bow Wow claimed that he earns only $4,000 per month working in Birdman's Cash Money records and had just $15, 00 in his bank account.
A verified source TMZ revealed that he owed over $90,000 to the IRS. Further, the news portal reported Bow Wow still owes over $280,000 to a luxury car leasing company.
Taking about his charity, he loves dogs and is working for the welfare of the dogs. He opened an online website for crowdfunding money from the people for the stray dogs. Till date, he has helped more than 140 dogs and collected around $245 thousand.
Bow Wow began his singing career at a pretty early age. He released his debut studio album Beware of Dog at just 15 and soon achieved a feat as a rapper with his later releases hitting the Billboard lists.
His initial success was followed by hit albums throughout 2000s. He released his second studio album Doggy Bag in 2001, which was followed by Unleashed and Wanted in 2003 and 2005 respectively.
His latest release was New Jack City II in 2009. Having released six studio albums, Bow's total album sales count over 10 million. Also, he has sold over 14 million digital copies by far.
Bow Wow went through a pretty low phase in his career when he reportedly had just $1,500 in his account.
Well, at the meantime, the rapper signed a six-month deal as the host of the BET series 106 & Park that was worth $200k.
Shad Gregory Moss famous with stage name Bow Wow and formerly Lil Bow Wow was born on 9 March 1987 in Columbus, Ohio, United States.
Sneaking into the star’s personal life, Bow Wow is a father of daughter Shai Moss. Shai was born to Joie Chavis and Bow Wow.
But he was previously engaged to ex-fiancee Erica Mena. He proposed her with a ring cost around $2684 in the present market.
Prior, he was linked to several ladies including Ciara, Kim Kardashian West, Ayisha Diaz, Joie Chavis, and Keyshia Cole.
He is at the age of 29 and stands at the height of 5′ 7′′.