Bow Wow's Net Worth (Updated September 2022) | Wealthy Gorilla

Net Worth:	$1.5 Million
Age:	38
Born:	March 9, 1987
Gender:	Male
Height:	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Country of Origin:	United States of America
Source of Wealth:	Professional Rapper
Last Updated:	Dec 17, 2025

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• Introduction
• Before Wealth & Fame
• Music Career
• Acting Career
• Financial Issues

Introduction

Bow Wow is an American professional rapper, actor, and television host with an estimated net worth of $1.5 Million.

Before Wealth & Fame

Bow Wow found success in the music world at an incredibly young age. He began rapping when he was just three years old, and at six years old, he was given the opportunity to rap on stage at a Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg concert. As a result, Snoop introduced him to Death Row Records as Lil Bow Wow. While he likely would have been given a recording contract with the label, he was simply too young. However, he was featured on Snoop Dogg’s “Gz and Hustlas” single, which was a part of his album Doggystyle (1993).

As he was growing up, Bow Wow appeared in numerous TV commercials for food products such as Tootsie Pops and Campbell’s Soup and even auditioned for the role of Young Simba in Disney’s The Lion King (1994). Several years later, when Bow Wow was 11 years old, the producer Jermaine Dupri helped him officially launch his music career.

Music Career

In September 2000, Bow Wow, then thirteen years old, released his debut studio album, Beware of Dog, under the So So Def record label. Having already made connections with Jermaine Dupri and Snoop Dogg, they were two of the many artists to be featured on the album. Beware of Dog was certified platinum in the United States within less than three months and reached over 2 million copies sold the following year. To date, it remains Bow Wow’s best selling album with over 2.7 million copies sold.

Throughout the early 2000s, he released two more studio albums with So So Def, Doggy Bag (2001) and Unleashed (2003). While they didn’t sell as well as his debut album, the former also reached platinum certification.

In 2005, he released Wanted through Sony Music, continuing his collaborations with Jermaine and Snoop and featuring artists such as Omarion and Ciara. The album fell just short of a platinum certification. He later signed to LBW Entertainment, where he would release his final two studio albums, The Price of Fame (2006) and New Jack City II (2009). The albums failed to reach anywhere near the level of success of his early work.

Acting Career

Bow Wow has also achieved relative success as an actor alongside his music career. His first film, Like Mike, was released in 2002, when he was just fifteen. In 2004, he starred in Johnson Family Vacation, and just two years later, he landed the iconic role of Twinkie in The Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift. Bow Wow has since reprised the role in the franchise’s official video game and the more recent F9: The Fast Saga (2021).

Although the Like Mike & Fast & Furious franchises are Bow Wow’s most notable acting projects, he’s worked on numerous television shows since then. This includes his role as Marcus Kingston-Persons in 104 episodes of Are We There Yet? from 2010 to 2012 and as Brody Nelson in 31 episodes of CSI: Cyber.

Financial Issues

In 2012, Bow Wow faced a lawsuit from SunTrust Bank after defaulting on a $300,165 business loan used to purchase a Lamborghini Murcielago. According to the lawsuit, Bow Wow agreed to make 84 monthly payments of $4,730 but fell behind in 2011.

Subsequently, the bank repossessed the Lamborghini, selling it for $161,000. The repossession process added over $25,000 in expenses, leaving him with a remaining debt of $21,371, which the bank pursued. In another case, a collection agency pursued Bow Wow for a $283,000 judgment after he defaulted on payments for a Ferrari.

Later, in 2012, Bow Wow owed the IRS $91,105.61 in unpaid taxes for the 2006 financial year and revealed during his child support case that he only earned $4,000 a month, had $1,500 in his bank account, and was leasing his car. However, in light of his plea for hardship, he was ordered to pay $3,000 a month in child support, further straining his finances.

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