Bow Wow is reflecting on his past relationship with Ciara and their 2005 chart-topping collaboration. In a new Billboard interview, the 38-year-old rapper-actor looked back on the release of his fourth album Wanted, which featured the hit single “Like You” with then-girlfriend Ciara.
He praised the singer, now 39, saying she “was on fire” at the time. The track peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, as reported by PEOPLE.
“She was about to be certified triple-platinum on her first album, Goodies,” said Bow Wow, born Shad Moss. “It just made so much sense at that time in the moment of my life when we were together to record that song.”
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He recalled, “I was the youngest, hottest cat in the game. She was the youngest, hottest female in the game and at that time we were dating.”
“It just made perfect sense for us to collaborate together on a Jermaine Dupri product,” added Bow Wow, referencing the song’s producer. “And boom, there you have it — No. 1 out the gate.”
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The “Let Me Hold You” artist said dating another celebrity “wasn’t tricky” for him at the time. “It’s been done before,” he explained. “I think with us, it was the timing. It was effortless. It just made sense.”
Both Bow Wow and Ciara have moved on and started families of their own. Bow Wow is a father to two daughters — Shai, born in 2011 with Joie Chavis, and Stone Gemariah, born in 2020 from another relationship.
Ciara shares three children — Sienna Princess, Win Harrison, and Amora Princess — with her husband, NFL star Russell Wilson, and also has a son, Future Zahir, from her previous relationship with rapper Future.
