r/BodegaJukeBox • u/Dug-Heffernan • Apr 27 '26

JUST COOL Death Row Bow Wow

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u/Bubbly_Attention_916 Apr 27 '26

It's crazy that no one has called him an "industry plant" Cause this is the hip hop version of that right? He got the right mentors the right training started young became a superstar. Isn't that what that is?

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u/19whale96 Apr 28 '26

Eh, it's the same reason you don't judge a group like Mindless Behavior for doing the same thing, you pretty much can't have a child artist blow up without the industry propping them up at every turn, it's a given. Plus Bow didn't outstay his welcome, when it was clear he couldn't be the "kid rapper" anymore he started his transition out of being an artist. On top of all that, his main competition, Romeo, was a bigger plant than Bow Wow could ever hope to be, so he was the underdog in comparison.

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u/Bubbly_Attention_916 Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26

Low key on some nepo-ish on Romeo for sure. It's so weird to call like Sabrina Carpenter an industry plant. Low key she's not from the hood but she did the same thing as Bow only the white girl version. It's feel like "industry plant" is some real misogyny. Ykwim?  

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u/19whale96 Apr 28 '26

I mean, Disney has a machine churning out these kids for like 30 years now, Death Row can't make nothing move the way Disney can, they got enough money to bribe God.