Shad Gregory Moss was born on march 9, 1987, in columbus, ohoio Shad never saw his father when he was growing up. And neither did his half-sister Erica. by his mother and her other husband. When he was five, he started his rap career using the nickname "kid Gangsta". One year later , he took front stage during "The Chronic Tour" and impressed rapper Snoop Dogg. who later gave him the name "Lil' Bow Wow . Snoop Dogg later hired him as an opening act and introduced him to jermaine Dupri, a producer who helped shad's career In 1993 . As he was amoung the adience who were called to come to the stage the enthusiastic boy eagerly displayed his rhyming skills in front of crowd without any hesitation. Much to Shad 's surpise he had a lot of fans and he was prade of what he did in the music life most of his songs spoke to people and Snoop Dogg help him in all thee things he did to get him were he is now ....