BOW WOW - BOW WOW: 'CIARA BREAK-UP MADE ME A BETTER MAN'

BOW WOW insists his break-up with R+B singer CIARA made him grow-up faster and eventually become a better person. The 19-year-old rapper used his new album THE PRICE OF FAME as a form of therapy to work through the feelings he had after the couple split. He explains, "It was an awkward process writing about the pain of the last year and a half, but it was something I had to do. "That's why I wrote the song SYSTEM. It's about getting someone out of your system." Bow Wow - real name SHAD GREGORY MOSS - says the couple separated because they ultimately had different goals. He adds, "It was two people with two different takes on life. I'm 19, I wanted to explore life. I learned from that relationship. It made me mature and a better man."