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At only age 13, Bow Wow made his rap debut on Beware of Dog (2000), a double-platinum Top Ten hit, and though he struggled to rival such breakout success in the years that followed, he persevered impressively, maturing as an artist (as well as a man) and releasing a series of albums that met varying degrees of commercial success. In addition to his music career, Bow Wow also found regular work in Hollywood, beginning with Like Mike (2002), a star vehicle for which he recorded a soundtrack. Successive film appearances included Johnson Family Vacation (2004), Roll Bounce (2005), and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006). Born Shad Gregory Moss on March 9, 1987, in Columbus, OH, Bow Wow began his rap career as Lil Bow Wow, a moniker acquired during his brief relationship with Death Row Records, then the home of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. A subsequent relationship with Jermaine Dupri and his So So Def label proved more fruitful for Bow Wow. Under the guidance of Dupri -- who had previously guided other kid rappers, namely Kris Kross and Da Brat, to mainstream success -- and songwriter/producer Bryan-Michael Cox, the young rapper was primed for success. Bow Wow s debut single, Bounce with Me, was released in summer 2000 and appeared on the soundtrack to the Eddie Murphy film Big Momma s House. The song featured the So So Def female R+B group Xscape and became a Top 20 hit in both the U.S. and U.K., charting number one on the stateside R+B and rap singles charts. Meanwhile, Bow Wow s debut album, Beware of Dog, also became a major hit, selling over two and a half million copies; its commercial success was partly due to the popular follow-up single Bow Wow (That s My Name), featuring Snoop Dogg, and a pair of subsequent minor hits, Puppy Love and Ghetto Girls. Bow Wow s second album, Doggy Bag (2002), was another major success; it peaked at number six on Billboard s album chart, eventually going platinum, and it featured two strong singles, Thank You (which prominently samples the Cars 1981 hit I m Not the One ) and Take Ya Home (produced by the Neptunes during their prime). Bow Wow broke off his relationship with Jermaine Dupri for his third album, Unleashed (2003). Released by Columbia, the album was a commercial disappointment, peaking at number three on the album chart yet selling less than a million copies in the long run. A couple well-charting singles did result, though -- Let s Get Down, featuring Birdman, and My Baby, featuring Jagged Edge -- and the album did boast some first-rate production work, including more beats by the Neptunes. Dupri resumed his executive production role for Bow Wow s next album, Wanted (2005), and good fortune resulted. The album went platinum, peaking at number three, and a pair of singles -- Let Me Hold You, featuring Omarion, and Like You, featuring Ciara (with whom he was romantically linked for a while) -- went Top Five. The hits continued for Bow Wow in subsequent years. His fifth album, The Price of Fame (2006), included a few big ones: Shortie Like Mine, featuring Chris Brown, Outta My System, featuring T-Pain, and I m a Flirt, featuring R. Kelly. For Face Off (2007), he collaborated with one of his peers, Omarion, an R+B star and friend with whom he toured. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide More Info card consolidation credit debt

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Blondie was the most commercially successful band to emerge from the much-vaunted punk/new wave movement of the late 70s. The group was formed in New York City in August 1974 by singer Deborah Harry (b. July 1, 1945, Miami), formerly of Wind in the Willows, and guitarist Chris Stein (b. January 5, 1950, Brooklyn) out of the remnants of Harry s previous group, the Stilettos. The lineup fluctuated over the next year. Drummer Clement Burke (b. November 24, 1955, New York) joined in May 1975. Bassist Gary Valentine joined in August. In October, keyboard player James Destri (b. April 13, 1954) joined, to complete the initial permanent lineup. They released their first album, Blondie, on Private Stock Records in December 1976. In July 1977, Valentine was replaced by Frank Infante. In August, Chrysalis Records bought their contract from Private Stock and in October reissued Blondie and released the second album, Plastic Letters. Blondie expanded to a sextet in November with the addition of bassist Nigel Harrison (born in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England), as Infante switched to guitar. Blondie broke commercially in the U.K. in March 1978, when their cover of Randy and the Rainbows 1963 hit Denise, renamed Denis, became a Top Ten hit, as did Plastic Letters, followed by a second U.K. Top Ten, (I m Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear. Blondie turned to U.K. producer/songwriter Mike Chapman for their third album, Parallel Lines, which was released in September 1978 and eventually broke them worldwide. Picture This became a U.K. Top 40 hit, and Hanging on the Telephone made the U.K. Top Ten, but it was the album s third single, the disco-influenced Heart of Glass, that took Blondie to number one in both the U.K. and the U.S. Sunday Girl hit number one in the U.K. in May, and One Way or Another hit the U.S. Top 40 in August. Blondie followed with their fourth album, Eat to the Beat, in October. Its first single, Dreaming, went Top Ten in the U.K., Top 40 in the U.S. The second U.K. single, Union City Blue, went Top 40. In March 1980, the third U.K. single from Eat to the Beat, Atomic, became the group s third British number one. (It later made the U.S. Top 40.) Meanwhile, Harry was collaborating with German disco producer Giorgio Moroder on Call Me, the theme from the movie American Gigolo. It became Blondie s second transatlantic chart-topper. Blondie s fifth album, Autoamerican, was released in November 1980, and its first single was the reggae-ish tune The Tide Is High, which went to number one in the U.S. and U.K. The second single was the rap-oriented Rapture, which topped the U.S. pop charts and went Top Ten in the U.K. But the band s eclectic style reflected a diminished participation by its members -- Infante sued, charging that he wasn t being used on the records, though he settled and stayed in the lineup. But in 1981, the members of Blondie worked on individual projects, notably Harry s gold-selling solo album, KooKoo. The Best of Blondie was released in the fall of the year. The Hunter, Blondie s sixth album, was released in May 1982, preceded by the single Island of Lost Souls, a Top 40 hit in the U.S. and U.K. War Child also became a Top 40 hit in the U.K., but The Hunter was a commercial disappointment. At the same time, Stein became seriously ill with the genetic disease pemphigus. As a result, Blondie broke up in October 1982, with Deborah Harry launching a part-time solo career while caring for Stein, who eventually recovered. In 1998, the original lineup of Harry, Stein, Destri, and Burke reunited to tour Europe, their first series of dates in 16 years; a new LP, No Exit, followed early the next year. After more touring, this was followed by another studio set, The Curse of Blondie, in 2003, and a DVD of the Live by Request program from A+E was released in 2004. In 2006, Blondie celebrated their 30th anniversary with induction into the Rock + Roll Hall of Fame and the release of Greatest Hits: Sound + Vision, a best-of collection that contained all their classic videos as well. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide More Info credit union