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(8/13/03, 5 p.m. ET) -- This year rapper and actor Bow Wow opted not to participate in the Scream III tour which he helped to launch in 2001. The tour's present line-up includes B2K, Mario, and Nick Cannon. On Tuesday (August 12), LAUNCH spoke with Bow Wow who said that he has no beefs with anyone on the tour and that he and B2K are presently taking about recording and touring together.

"You know me and B2K, we talking about doing something next year," Bow Wow said. "Talking about doing an album together and then touring together, just us two. So there's no telling what's going to happen."

Bow Wow will release his third solo set, Unleashed, on Tuesday (August 19). The first single from the set, "Let's Get Down," is presently Number 18 on the urban Radio & Records National Airplay charts.

Bow Wow will be launching his Unleashed tour in September. The rapper recently replaced opening singer/rapper Lumidee with several up-and-coming acts that he's developing.

When LAUNCH spoke to Bow Wow he explained that Lumidee missed a warm up date for the tour which prompted him to consider using his own acts. "I understand why you know Lumi didn't show up," Bow Wow said. "I understand that. I'm willing and would love to have a talk with her cause I think they really blew that whole thing out of proportion. It's not a diss. It's just a fact that it's really hard you know to really work with people that you haven't been working with and to depend on them after one incident happens. I know it's not her fault. I really understand that but then again it's just always safe just to make sure everything is right."

Bow Wow will have his chance to talk to Lumidee on Thursday (August 21) when the singer opens for him at New York's Pier 54.

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