Bow Wow Confirms Relationship with Jada Pinkett Smith’s Niece Jade as He Reveals If They’ve Talked Marriage

• Rapper and actor Bow Wow confirmed that he is in a relationship with Jada Pinkett Smith’s niece, Jade Pinkett
• The revelation comes a few months after the pair shared a selfie celebrating the new year
• On the Club Shay Shay podcast, Bow Wow revealed that they’ve had a conversation about marriage but are not rushing into it

Bow Wow confirmed some big relationship news: He’s dating Jada Pinkett Smith’s niece, Jade Pinkett.

The 38-year-old actor and rapper sparked romance rumors with the professional dancer and model earlier this year when she shared a photo of them together celebrating New Year’s.

During a Wednesday, April 30 appearance on the Club Shay Shay podcast Bow Wow, whose real name is Shad Moss, explained that he was “trying to keep [the relationship] lowkey.” However, he did share his thoughts behind posting the photo — and even alluded to the couple eventually tying the knot.

Reflecting on the New Year’s post, Bow Wow admitted that he tried to understand Pinkett’s desire to share a photo of them, saying that he “put [himself] in a woman’s shoes.”

“She wanted to show off and show me off,” he said, thinking, “I’m going to let her get this.” He added that he didn’t “want to make it an issue. She looks beautiful; I look good. It’s a moment.”

Bow Wow did reshare the photo on his story, but he opted out of tagging Pinkett, thinking it would keep an element of privacy.

Although he did confirm their relationship status, the musician said that fans shouldn’t get used to seeing his love pop up on his platform.

“I always tell people my page is for my fans and it’s for work,” he explained. “You want to see my girl, go to her page. Birthdays, you might see her. Holidays, New Year’s, certain things… You might see her five times, six times out of the year on my page.”

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It’s not totally clear how long he and Pinkett have been together. However, it is long enough to have talked about the possibility of getting married.

“Me and her, we’ve had these talks,” he said. “I told her like this: I’m not against anything, but when I get to that point, or if I ever do get to that point, I want to make sure I’m right. That’s not only commitment to you but commitment to God.”

He continued, explaining, “I don’t want to talk about it, I don’t want to plan it. Let’s just roll, baby.”

That being said, Bow Wow sounds open to the idea, adding, “If it gets there, it gets there.”

The star also looked back on his previous dating history, reflecting on relationships with the likes of Ciara.

“I’ve had a blessed life, man. I’ve calmed down, though. I want to think that I have,” he admitted, saying, “God put some beautiful people in my life, and I’ve had a chance to come across some beautiful women.”

Even though their time together ended, Bow Wow has no bad blood.

“Like I said, I’m still a supporter for all of my exes. I’m really, truly happy for them to move on and watch them live out their dreams and things that they always wanted to do. It coulda been the things that I couldn’t offer at that time. I’m genuinely happy for everybody because it seems like everybody’s happy. Everybody won at the end of the day.”

Bow Wow recently had more to say about dating and working with Ciara in 2005.

“I was the youngest, hottest cat in the game. She was the youngest, hottest female in the game and at that time we were dating,” he told Billboard.