"Bounce With Me," Lil' Bow Wow (2000)

A report from the kiddie rap era

Peak: #1 on the R&B chart and #20 on the Hot 100
Streams: 4.1 million

“Okay… but Lil’ Bow Wow” sounds amazing? That’s my first thought after hearing “Bounce With Me”, his debut single, for the first time in at least 20 years.

And I realize he’s just Bow Wow these days, with his appearance on The Masked Singer and his recurring role in the Fast and the Furious franchise and his very grown-up knack for getting into legal trouble. But back in 2000, when was only 13 years old, he was releasing songs as Lil’ Bow Wow. Today, then, I shall call him Lil’.

And like I said: Lil’ is killing it here.