EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS - Bow Wow Shows Off His Tiny Daughter Shai

Posted on Thu Aug 11th, 2011 11:55am PDT       By X17 Staff

Young rapper Bow Wow is a proud papa!

The 24-year-old "I Want Candy" singer held on tight to baby daughter Shai while cruising with friends at the Malibu Country Mart.

Hard to believe Bow Wow is a dad, but he looks like a natural. The rapper recently opened up about his new perspective on life. Read what he had to say about how his daughter has changed him ... after the jump.

“For the past 3 years I been batteling life. Even thought about taking my own. I felt like as a kid I did everything and saw everything too fast which spoiled my adult years. I felt as if I had no purpose to live(Thinking selfishly) until god gave me the illest gift of my life. No lambo, no blk card nuffn ammounts to my lil girl.

I waited so long to tell yall the truth because i was nervous on how yall would look at me. Yall know everyone makes a big deal out of everything i do. I wanted to be 1st n let yall know the real. My lil girl is getting BIG fast. i love every minute of it. She inspires me to go harder.Even made me treat my mother better, its like it made me into a man over night.”

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