Bow Wow — Tiny Desk Concert (NPR), Washington, 2026

Premiering on 29 June 2026, this NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert features Bow Wow (Shad Moss), the American rapper who broke through as a child as Lil’ Bow Wow at the turn of the 2000s. Behind NPR’s iconic desk in Washington, he runs through a nostalgic set of his hits, from the bouncing “Bounce With Me” to “Let Me Hold You”, “Shortie Like Mine” and “Like You” — a distillation of his R&B/hip-hop golden age. The performance closes Tiny Desk’s Black Music Month programming celebrating BET, and marks a first in the series’ history: a concert that premiered on television. The Tiny Desk’s tight acoustic format, backed by a live band, reinvents these club- and radio-minded songs, revealing their melody and groove. A filmed live capture perfect for revisiting Bow Wow’s career and the feel-good aesthetic of early-2000s hip-hop.