Bow Wow reflected on how getting hospitalized in 2007 helped him combat his addiction to lean. "I was sipping so much syrup. I was drinking that s–t like crazy,” the rapper, 36, said during a Monday, ...

Bow Wow revealed his addiction to lean was so severe he ended up hospitalized in 2007 — though his publicist at the time claimed he had suffered from dehydration. “I was on lean. I was sipping so much ...

In a candid and revealing interview, rapper Bow Wow, formerly known as Lil’ Bow Wow, has shed light on his past struggles with addiction to lean, a potent concoction containing codeine and ...

Bow Wow—né Shad Moss—candidly spoke about the extent of his addiction to lean that landed him in the hospital. Lean (purple drank, purp, sizzurp, syrup) is promethazine (an antihistamine) and codeine ...