Editing Bow Wow (rapper) (section)

=== 2002: ''Doggy Bag'', ''Like Mike'' and name change ===

[[File:Bow Wow cropped.jpg|thumb|120px|Bow Wow in 2002]]
In 2002, his second album ''[[Doggy Bag]]'' was released with singles "[[Take Ya Home]]" which peaked at #72 on the Hot 100 and #21 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and "[[Thank You (Bow Wow song)|Thank You]]" with [[Jagged Edge (American group)|Jagged Edge]], #1 on the R&B chart.<ref name="singles charts" /> ''Doggy Bag'' peaked at #11 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and #2 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart<ref name="albums charts">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p440722/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=Bow Wow > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums|website=allmusic|access-date=April 11, 2009}}</ref> and was certified platinum.<ref name="RIAA albums" /> Lil' Bow Wow performed the track "[[Basketball (song)|Basketball]]" for the soundtrack of his film ''[[Like Mike]]''; that song peaked at #1 on the R&B and #25 on the rap chart.<ref name="singles charts" />

Bow Wow dropped the "Lil'" from his stage name in April 2002; he told ''[[MTV News]]'': "I changed my name because I'm getting older now and it's too many Lil's. All these Lil' rappers, I'm just kind of getting real irritated by it. I said, 'You know what? Drop the Lil'. Forget it. I'm Bow Wow. Besides, I'm growing up, I'm not little anymore. [I just decided that] two weeks ago. I really got irritable. It's all these Lil' cats, forget it. I'm Bow Wow now. Everything is just 'Bow Wow,' no 'Lil' Bow Wow.'"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453258/20020404/bow_wow.jhtml|title=Bow Wow Drops The Lil', Collars Tour Dates|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|date=April 4, 2002|publisher=MTV News|access-date=August 6, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20021001195524/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453258/20020404/bow_wow.jhtml|archivedate=October 1, 2002|url-status=dead}}</ref>