At the recent "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" premiere star Bow stopped short of using the R-word — not that "retiring" from hip-hop has meant much so far — but said his upcoming fifth album "might be the last one."

"[If so] we're going to go out with a bang," the former Lil' rapper said. "It's definitely going to be the biggest album that I've ever done."

Bow Wow is early in the recording of the as-yet-untitled album, but already has his first single ready.

"It features Chris Brown and it's called 'Shorty Like Mine,' so that definitely could be the biggest record of my career," he said.

The album, due around Halloween, will again be overseen by Jermaine Dupri and will be what Bow described as "very different."

"I'm going for a more edgy, kinda mature sound," he said. "Now that I'm 19, I'm able to talk about a lot of things that I've experienced in my life."

So if this is Bow Wow's last musical endeavor, where does that leave him? Well, acting, for one.

"Scripts keep coming into the office daily so I'm reading, trying to pick the next one," he said. "There's actually one in negotiations right now, but they don't want me to say. But definitely get ready to see me in at least two more movies. Last year I promised myself I'd do three movies and this ["Tokyo Drift"] is one right here."

For now, though, there's only one movie that Bow's been attached to that has yet to be released, and he's not sure where that stands. "Last thing I heard about 'Mr. President' was they're redoing the script," he said. "I guess it's still in the works, but I don't know if I'm doing that movie yet."

After "The Fast and the Furious," Bow Wow feels ready for anything ... even if that means learning how to drive again.

"I didn't know how to drive a stick, so the first day was tragic," he said of his "Tokyo Drift" experience. "I never wrecked a car, though. I just stalled it 80 million times."

THERE IS A GOD!

aw noooooo he iz soo cuteeeeeeeeee

OMGZ! I'm so gonna buy his album ,it could be his last.

I hope he gets raped again and disappear forever.

WTF at Bow Wow retiring? Isn't he like 18? What is gonna start doing now...acting? LMAO

Publicity stunt

Just like his alleged relationship with Ciara.

Ugh, you disgust me.
Please die.

Every rapper says the same ****. Good, Bow Wow sucks anyway.

He's had one good song his entire career and never even released as a single, so his time was up YEARS ago.

i wont mind. his last cd sucked.

thank god...he sucks!

Seriously.

If he says this is gonna be the biggest record of his career, why does his upcoming single feature Chris Brown? That will not help. If it were like Ciara, Romeo or maybe Jermaine Dupri or Three 6 Mafia, then it'd make sense. Chris Brown...doesn't.

Uh, yes it will help [unfortunately.] Chris Brown sucks, yes, but it's Chris Brown...

- Ciara? No. They dated and they officially hate eachother. Did I mention she can't sing?

- Romeo? You DO know they hate each other with a passion right?

- JD? No.

- Three Six Mafia? Besides the fact that they suck, they can't even keep group members, let alone appear on another artist's song. Plus, they only ruin songs. Did I mention he sucks?

- Chris Brown is a better choice because he couldn't convince Omarion or Mario to do the songs lol and everything Chris Brown has done this year has blown up. What did you expect; Bow Wow & Rihanna?

Besides, Bow Wow and Ciara got together once and they didn't even do that great IMO.

i hate when people say they are gunan retire from music, just dont do any music. and maybe at any given time you decide you wanan release an album or just put out a single.. then do so. how many retirements have we seen not follow through, also Bow Wow is too young to retire from music.

this guy is such a joke

for good!