Bow Wow dropped the "Lil'" from his stage name in April 2002; he told MTV News: "I changed my name because I'm getting older now and it's too many Lil's.
2002年4月，鲍沃去掉了自己艺名里的“小”字；他在接受MTV新闻采访时表示：“我改名是因为我已经成长了，而且现在有太多名称带‘小’的人。