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His career began upon being discovered by rapper Snoop Dogg in at the age of six; five years later, he signed with record producer Jermaine Dupri 's So So Def Recordings , an imprint of Columbia Records. As Lil' Bow Wow, he released his debut studio album, Beware of Dog at age 13, and his second album, Doggy Bag the following year. Both met with commercial success, the albums peaked at numbers ten and 11 on the Billboard , respectively.

Moss then parted ways with So So Def and signed with its parent label, Columbia Records, to release his third album, Unleashed It peaked at number three on the Billboard and was his first release after dropping "Lil'" from his stage name. His fourth album, Wanted , spawned the singles " Let Me Hold You " featuring Omarion and " Like You " featuring Ciara , which peaked at numbers four and three on the Billboard Hot , respectively, and remain his highest-charting songs.

His sixth, New Jack City II , was met with trailing critical and commercial response, serving as his final album on a major label.

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He briefly signed with Birdman 's Cash Money Records in to release a series of promotional singles—including " Ain't Thinkin' 'Bout You " featuring Chris Brown and " Sweat " featuring Lil Wayne —leading up to his seventh album Underrated , which remains unreleased. He then signed with Puff Daddy 's Bad Boy Records in , and likewise released no albums with the label.

Moss first appeared in the film All About the Benjamins as a cameo. That same year, Moss was cast in the lead role for the sports comedy film, Like Mike. He played a supporting role in the film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift in , a character he reprised in F9