Bow Wow and Omarion used a November 20 Instagram Live to finally break down how they moved past their long-running tension ahead of the 2026 Boys 4 Life Tour.
The conversation unfolded after B2K’s J-Boog put the issue on the table, asking the pair how they went from public friction to gearing up for another nationwide run. “Obviously, Bow Wow and O, y’all had, like publicly, some differences,” Boog said. “Y’all smiling. Y’all about to go on tour again… How are we back ready to go party?”
Omarion stepped up first. “I’ll talk first,” he said, explaining the fallout as part of the natural cycle between artists who grew up in the spotlight together. “As the world knows, brothers go through things… regardless of what happens, when there’s respect, when there’s love, things always come back into alignment.”
He described whole stretches of the previous tour where he and Bow Wow crossed paths without speaking. “I could take you through the whole tour of us not talking, seeing each other, crossing each other in the hallways and not speaking,” he said.
Boog pushed for details. “What was that like? Y’all just like, I ain’t gonna say nothing to you… no eye contact, nothing?”
Bow Wow picked it up from there. “It was just weird,” he admitted. One moment stuck with him:
“My aunt coming back like, ‘I just seen O’Ryan.’ I’m speaking to O’Ryan, I’m speaking to everybody… We walk to the stage, and O coming off, we passing each other. My aunt giving him a hug, I’m like, damn, she put me in an awkward position. I feel like I gotta dap bro up now.”
Bow Wow & Omarion Speak On Settling Their Difference Ahead Of “Boys 4 Life Tour”
Bow Wow said the tension didn’t just affect them — it disappointed fans who expected them to share the stage as brothers again.
“At the end of the last run earlier this year, it was fucked up and it kind of hurt because I know the fans wanted that moment… They wanted that O and that Bow moment,” he said.
He admitted the divide grew out of pride. Bow continued: “N****s is ego tripping… I could admit my faults, my wrongs. Sometimes we get in our own heads and our own egos. We live, we learn, we grow from that shit.”
He said things began shifting when he saw Omarion’s son at a festival appearance before this tour cycle. “I’m talking to little man like, damn, me and your pops,” Bow Wow said. “This is so weird.”
Now, though, both artists insist the conflict is behind them. “I’m just glad that we here now. It’s all about the right now,” Bow Wow said. “Fuck the past, fuck what the blogs been saying… We’re in a better place. Niggas’ mentals is right, and we focused, and we ready to rock the fuck out… give the people something they never saw.”
As a final sign of peace, Bow Wow added with a grin: “And we’re back following each other, too.”
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