Rapper Bow Wow will retire from the music industry after the release of his next two albums - because he doesn't have enough material for any more Lps.

The 21-year-old is gearing up to unleash his seventh album, The Pedigree, later this year - and he's predicting he'll retire from hip-hop in 2009 so he can focus on his acting career.

He tells MTV.com, "After the eighth album, I'm done. I already feel it. I love acting. I love my music like I said, but I feel it."

"After this one (The Pedigree), (I've) probably (got) one more (album) in me and that's eight. Like, I'm one (album) behind Nas, and that's crazy."