Teen Idols With An Urban Edge

Steve Jones of USA Today profiled the new generation of teen music stars and how the latest trend isn’t boybands, but young urban stars such as Lil’ Bow Wow, B2K, and 3LW. Jermaine Dupri is quoted talking about his protege Bow Wow, “I really wanted black kids to have a superstar. I wanted BET to make him the poster child for 106 and Park the same way Britney Spears was for TRL.” Read more.