Editing Bow Wow (rapper) (section)

== Personal life ==
His family supported him through his choice of music as a career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1808558589/bio|title=Shad 'Bow Wow' Gregory Moss |publisher=Yahoo! Movies|access-date=January 9, 2009}}</ref> Bow Wow lives in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], along with his mother.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Strohm|first1=Emily|title=Why Shad 'Bow Wow' Moss Still Lives with His Mom!|url=http://greatideas.people.com/2015/04/10/shad-moss-bow-wow-atlanta-home/|access-date=July 7, 2016|magazine=People|date=April 10, 2015|archive-date=August 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801215743/http://greatideas.people.com/2015/04/10/shad-moss-bow-wow-atlanta-home/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.al.com/scene/2008/06/some_facts_lil_and_big_about_b.html|title=Some facts, lil' and big, about Bow Wow|last=Harvey|first=Alec|date=June 20, 2008|work=The Birmingham News|access-date=January 9, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416174533/http://blog.al.com/scene/2008/06/some_facts_lil_and_big_about_b.html|archive-date=April 16, 2009}}</ref> Bow Wow has a daughter Shai Moss (b. April 27, 2011) with Joie Chavis.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Burke|first1=Minyvonne|title=Erica Mena Slams Bow Wow's Ex, Joie Chavis, In Post Explaining What Caused Their Breakup|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/erica-mena-slams-bow-wows-ex-joie-chavis-post-explaining-what-caused-their-breakup-2386721|access-date=July 7, 2016|website=International Business Times|date=June 25, 2016}}</ref> Bow Wow was formerly engaged to [[Erica Mena]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enstarz.com/articles/130262/20151226/bow-wow-daughter-rapper-spends-christmas-with-shai-moss-her-mom-after-erica-mena-split-video.htm|title=Bow Wow Daughter: Rapper Spends Christmas With Shai Moss & Her Mom After Erica Mena Split [VIDEO]|last=EnStars|date=December 26, 2015|access-date=September 8, 2016}}</ref> In September 2020, Bow Wow had his second child while in another relationship.<ref>[https://celebrity.nine.com.au/latest/bow-wow-first-child-olivia-sky/609d2818-d500-4462-9436-d6ea52508e87 Bow Wow welcomes a baby boy with model Olivia Sky, the second child for rapper]</ref><ref>[https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/24/bow-wow-confirms-hes-a-dad-again-after-sharing-photo-of-new-baby-with-olivia-sky-13323587/ Bow Wow confirms he’s a dad again after sharing photo of new baby with Olivia Sky]</ref>

=== Politics ===
In October 2008, for the [[2008 United States presidential election|U.S. presidential election]], Bow Wow led a 15-city "Walk Across America" event to register new voters.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1596881/20081013/bow_wow.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016033127/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1596881/20081013/bow_wow.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 16, 2008|title=Bow Wow Gets Out The Vote One Step At A Time With Walk Across America|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=October 13, 2008|publisher=MTV News|access-date=April 11, 2009}}</ref> In 2014, during a charity [[flag football]] game organized by [[Chris Brown]], Bow Wow participated in a celebrity tribute to [[Ferguson, Missouri]], police-shooting victim [[Shooting of Michael Brown|Michael Brown]].<ref>"[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6221756/nelly-ferguson-dont-shoot-mike-brown-chris-brown Watch Nelly Lead 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' Protest Chant for Michael Brown]." Billboard. August 18, 2014. Retrieved 2016-07-30.</ref>

In 2016, Bow Wow was involved in a controversy on Twitter when he told his followers that he had decided not to vote in the [[2016 United States presidential election|presidential election]] that year.<ref name="mixed">"[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/bow-wow-s-mixed-heritage-means-he-can-t-understand-n618971 Bow Wow's Mixed Heritage Means He Can't Understand Civil Rights]. NBC News. 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2016-07-30.</ref> In response to a suggestion that refusing to vote dishonors the [[Civil Rights Movement|struggle for civil rights]] in the United States, Moss said that he did not identify with the fight for civil rights because his heritage was "mixed" and not exclusively black.<ref name="mixed" />

On March 15, 2017, Bow Wow, responding to President [[Donald Trump]]'s criticism of [[Snoop Dogg]]'s music video for "[[Lavender (Nightfall Remix)]]", sent a tweet to Trump in which he threatened to "[[Procuring (prostitution)|pimp]] [[Melania Trump|your wife]] and make her work for us". In less than 24 hours, Bow Wow deleted the offending tweet.<ref>{{cite web |last=Chasmar |first=Jessica |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/16/bow-wow-deletes-tweet-threatening-to-pimp-melania-/ |title=Bow Wow deletes tweet threatening to 'pimp' Melania Trump |date=March 16, 2017 |work=The Washington Times |access-date=March 18, 2017 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112042753/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/16/bow-wow-deletes-tweet-threatening-to-pimp-melania-/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Platon |first=Adelle |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7727880/snoop-dogg-trump-video-lavender-support-ti-bow-wow |title=Here's Every Artist Who Has Defended Snoop Dogg's Trump-Referencing 'Lavender' Video |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 18, 2017 |archive-date=March 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318080817/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7727880/snoop-dogg-trump-video-lavender-support-ti-bow-wow |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Bow Wow challenge ===
In 2017, a new photo challenge went viral over social media, called "Bow Wow Challenge". It all started from the Bow Wow post supposedly portraying his private jet travel lifestyle, only to turn out as fake, since the photo used was actually taken from the MIA VIP Transportation website and was a stock photograph. The challenge gained major popularity from people sharing their misleading photos tagged as "bowwowchallenge".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://raptology.com/the-bow-wow-challenge-everyone-lies-on-social-media/|title=The Bow Wow challenge|last=Privalova|first=Natalia|date=December 19, 2018|website=Raptology|language=en-US|access-date=December 19, 2019}}</ref>