Bow Wow Says Women Need to Be 'Mentally Tough' to Handle Groupies Being Around Him

The rapper and actor compared his influx of groupies to the "wild wild west."

SOUTH FULTON, GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 27: Rapper Bow Wow performs onstage during the Funk Fest on September 27, 2025 in South Fulton, Georgia.
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Bow Wow broke down what it takes to date an artist of his status.

The rapper and actor, who shares children with his ex-girlfriends Joie Chavis and Olivia Sky, explained on the latest Million Dollaz Worth of Game episode how women he's dating often observe him being surrounded by groupies.

Around the 51-minute mark of the video, Bow Wow claimed that being mentored by So So Def founder Jermaine Dupri "cursed" him.

"'Cause in situations where I like this girl and I'm putting my best foot forward and I'm really fucking with her and I'm trying to do the right thing, I've learned me being me, even when I'm doing the right thing, doing the wrong thing," he said.

Bow Wow gave an example of him requesting cranberry juice from a female bartender in a nightclub, only to be accused of "talking to bitches" by a romantic partner.

"I might as well fuck the bartender then, the way you getting at me," he continued.

The "Take Ya Home" artist then explained that he's brought his girlfriends on tour and to strip clubs with him, but it would often turn into a "nightmare."

He told a story about walking into one of his birthday parties ("my 18th birthday party or 19th, one of them"), hand-in-hand with a "famous girl" he was then dating. As he was heading into the party, he recalls, a woman slipped her number into his free hand.

Bow Wow didn't specify who he was dating at the time, but he was in his late teens when he dated his "Like You" collaborator Ciara. The rapper then explained what comes with dating a man of his caliber, comparing groupies to "the wild wild west."

"They don't give give a fuck about you. They don't care," he continued. "They going to keep coming. They going to keep trying to holler. They going to keep throwing it. They going to keep sliding in my DMs. You have to be mentally tough for this shit. I don't need you to break down. I got your back. But I don't need you to get caught up in this shit."

Bow Wow added that when he's on tour, there's generally "50, 60 girls backstage," no matter if he's in a major city or "humbuck fuck, Alabama."

Earlier this year, Bow Wow detailed on Club Shay Shay that he lost his virginity at fifteen years old, but he wouldn't "crack the code" to casual dating until he was eighteen.

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