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April 24, 2002 - Getty Images has photos of Lil' Bow Wow performing from the rooftop of a radio station on Monday. Many of those students skipped classes to see the rapper, who was ostensibly there to promote the importance of staying in school. Check out the pictures here.

April 23, 2002 - Associated Press reports rapper Lil' Bow Wow's headlining appearance to honor students today at Southern University-Shreveport, where he'll rap about staying in school and off drugs, won't be seen by all of the students invited. Robert Schiller, Caddo Parish school superintendent, said Saturday that "to endorse commercially sponsored activities during the school days" is inconsistent with discipline policies and would set a precedent. Others cited that they were given too little notice. Read more.

April 12, 2002 - TeenMusic.com spoke with LIl' Bow Wow recently where he was quized on the coolest person he's ever met. Bow Wow said, "Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson and all the basketball stars. No, wait. Michael Jackson." As for whether he's a better rapper than Lil' Romeo, Bow Wow said, "I started it. I was the first." Read more.

April 12, 2002 - Diane Vadino of Spin magazine spoke with Lil' Bow Wow at the MTV Rock 'N Jock basketball game where he told them, "I want the cover of the magazine. I'm the youngest artist ever to go triple platinum." Well Pink got the cover, Bow Wow got a paragraph.

April 10, 2002 - Kelley L. Carter of the Detroit Free Press profiled the recent move in hip hop from the many rappers using 'Big' in their monikers to now using 'Lil'. George Martinez, a leading hip-hop activist in New York said, "It's a youth movement. The market is dominated by 13- to 18-year-olds. They're buying the records, the advertising and the material." Read more. Of course with Bow Wow's recent decision to drop the 'Lil', maybe this trend will be switching again.

April 7, 2002 - Michael A. Gonzales of XXL Magazine spoke with Lil' Bow Wow and his mother Teresa Caldwell in a feature article. Asking about recording his first album, 'Beware of Dog', Bow Wow recalled, "Recording that first album was so hard, because sometimes it felt like it took forever to record just one song. There were times when I just wanted to go home, and other times when I was playing around too much. But, I'm a teenage kid, you know. There are times I rather have fun than work. Jermaine taught me a lot about having patience." Read more.

April 5, 2002 - Lil' Bow Wow's official website has the 2.5 minute trailer of his upcoming movie 'Like Mike' posted. Check it out here.

April 5, 2002 - Bow Wow was an in-studio guest on Z100 Thursday evening to talk with Z100's Romeo and listen to callers tell how much they loved him trying to win autographed prizes.

April 5, 2002 - MTV News reports Lil' Bow Wow has dropped the Lil' from his name after the onslaught of Lil' imitators that have since followed him. Bow Wow said on TRL earlier today, "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] 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.'" Read more.

April 4, 2002 - Lil' Bow Wow was on Regis and Kelly earlier today and the only thing you could really walk away with after the interview was how clueless both were about the young rapper. Kelly Ripa even asked if he knew Snoop Dogg! He did say he has no girlfriends. Read on for what he had to say to the clueless hosts. Read more.

April 3, 2002 - Liz Sidoti of the Associated Press spoke with Lil Bow Wow about the run of kid rappers that has seemed to follow him. Lil' Bow Wow said, "I started it. I was the first. I really opened up the gate and the next thing you know, another 'little' comes and another 'little' comes, and another 'little' comes, and it's not stopping. It makes me feel good. I'm at the point where I don't care what everyone else is doing." Read more.

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