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August 30, 2003 - Jason McNeil of the Toronto Sun caught up with Bow Wow who revealed his latest effort 'Unleashed' has special meaning to him. "I definitely feel I had more control over this album," he said. "The reason being because I had the opportunity to really just sit down in the studio and really put my creative thoughts into it. Not only that but just the amount of time we actually spent on this album and I feel that this album right here I had a lot of input into it." Read more.

August 29, 2003 - Hilary Duff and Bow Wow joined Teen People in celebrating the new October issue and the release of their new albums on Wednesday (August 27) in New York City. Check out pictures from WireImage.

August 25, 2003 - Bow Wow's HOT 97's concert on Thursday (August 21) went down at Hudson River Park in New York City, where the rapper was photographed backstage. Check out pictures from FilmMagic and LFI.

August 23, 2003 - Bow Wow did an in store appearance to promote the release of his new album 'Unleashed' on Wednesday (August 20) at Best Buy in New York City. Check out pictures from FilmMagic, LFI, GlobePhotos, GettyImages, and WireImage.

August 21, 2003 - Bow Wow tells Launch.com that he tried to put together a different kind of album with his just released effort 'Unleashed'. "Not only was I trying to capture a sound, but I wanted this album to be a variety," Bow Wow said. "I wanted to switch it up. I really wanted to do different things. I wanted to talk about different things on my records as opposed to ice and girls and cars. I really wanted to take this album real far. I wanted talk on bases that I just have people have flipping 'like, 'Dang, I know Bow Wow didn't just talk about what I just think he talked about.'" Read more. 

August 21, 2003 - Jim Farber of the New York Daily News caught up with Bow Wow who sees his latest effort 'Unleashed', drop today. "Some people didn't know it was Bow Wow when they first heard it," the 16-year-old rapper admitted. "But it didn't change my flow and that's what matters." Still, don't look for explicit language on a disc that shows a matured Bow Wow. "If I start cursing, I think that would hurt me," he said. "The media would blow it out of proportion. Jay-Z hardly curses on his records, and he's about the best emcee now." Read more.

August 21, 2003 - Bow Wow and The Neptunes stopped by MTV's TRL Studios on Wednesday (August 20) at Times Square in New York City. Check out pictures from GettyImages and WireImage.

August 21, 2003 - HitsDailyDouble.com reports that based on one-day sales, The Neptunes look set to top the charts with 'The Neptunes Present... Clones', which should clear between 200-230k. Look for Bow Wow to clear about 150,000 units of his latest effort 'Unleashed', while Juelz Santana, whose 'From Me to U' will likely reach 90k for the week.

August 18, 2003 - WB11 played host to Boy Wow last month where the young rapper talked about why he cut off his hair, his relationship with his mother, his new album 'Unleashed', and how he looks up to Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs on the professional side and is emulating him with his own clothing label. Bow Wow also talked about the Computers for Youth program he's involved with. Watch the interview here.

August 18, 2003 - Billboard.com featured Bow Wow as their artist of the day who talked about the maturation of some of his songs on his latest album 'Unleashed'. "It's cool because [my fans] don't want me to be stuck on the same little stuff that I was talking about two or three years ago," he explained. "I think they're sick of that. My fans have grown up with me, therefore I have to step it up when it comes to the topics I talk about. I can't still be talking about my Mickey Mouse -- that's old. I have to really touch on situations that are going on right now that they can relate to." Read more.

August 16, 2003 - Elysa Gardner of USA Today profiled a few of the new television series starring musicians, including Bow Wow, who plans to play a boarding school student from the inner city in a sitcom being developed for the WB. "I'm really going to be playing myself, only with no music," Bow Wow says. Read more.

August 15, 2003 - On Tuesday (August 12), Launch.com spoke with Bow Wow who said that he has no beefs with anyone on the Scream III tour, which he skipped this year, and that he and B2K are presently taking about recording and touring together. "You know me and B2K, we talking about doing something next year," Bow Wow said. "Talking about doing an album together and then touring together, just us two. So there's no telling what's going to happen." Read more.

August 15, 2003 - The Las Vegas Sun reports celebs such as Bow Wow and more are coming to Las Vegas for the MAGIC clothing convention the last week of August to promote their own new lines or to support others. Read more.

August 7, 2003 - LFI has photos of Bow Wow at Kips Boys and Girls Club's Third Annual National Kids Day Event in Bronx, New York. Check out the pictures here.

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