Twitter Still Wants to Know: Is Bow Wow Relevant?

A slightly edited clip showing Shad Moss seemingly confused by a crowd not recognizing him has inspired one of the greatest debates of our time.

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Hell hath no fury like a Twitter storm of mockery, and such fury has reclaimed a repeated victim of such orchestrated parody tactics — Shad Moss a.k.a. Bow Wow. Following last month's release of the Jermaine Dupri-assisted single "Where You At?" — which was accompanied by some truly underrated artwork — Bow Wow just released another new song entitled "All I Know":

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"All I Know" is, well, not exactly great. Thus, Twitter promptly resuscitated a classic Vine featuring a clip of Bow Wow apparently walking near a group of teenagers on some sort of field trip. Bow Wow then voices, through laughter, his amazement that no one has recognized him yet. The Vine, of course, adds a particularly Vine-esque alternate ending to the grueling clip:

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@DevGOAT: Bow Wow swears he's relevant.. pic.twitter.com/tCiWcLyeEp” I swear I laugh every time 😂

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The clip is far from a new addition to the Twitter landscape, though it appears to catch fire — in varying forms — anytime Bow Wow makes a public move. So, the question inexplicably remains — is Bow Wow relevant? Was releasing two canine-themed albums (Beware of Dog and Doggy Bag, respectively) back-to-back a bold move of genius or a career-haunting fumble? Was Like Mike our generation's The 400 Blows? Are these important questions? Are you tired of seeing question marks?

I leave you with this:

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