Last updated on June 24th, 2025 at 06:08 am
Nicholas Scott Cannon, better known as Nick Cannon, is an American rapper, actor, comedian, record producer, and entrepreneur.
He is also a radio and television host! He is famous for being the host of the hit reality show ‘America’s Got Talent’ and also for hosting ‘The Nick Cannon Show.’ After starting his acting career as a teenager on the TV show ‘All That,’ Cannon went on to appear in several TV shows and has even acted in a handful of films.
As a rapper, he released his debut self-titled album in 2003 with the single “Gigolo”, a collaboration with singer R. Kelly.
In 2007, he played the role of the fictional footballer TJ Harper in the film Goal II: Living the Dream. In 2006, Cannon recorded the singles “Dime Piece” and “My Wife” for the planned album Stages, which was never released.
Full Name: Nicholas Scott Cannon
Date of Birth: October 8, 1980
Age: 41
Place Of Birth: San Diego, California, U.S.
Networth: $30 Million
Background:
Nicholas Scott Cannon was born on October 8, 1980, in San Diego, California, to parents James Cannon, a televangelist, and Beth Hackett, an accountant. His parents separated when he was young, so he grew up shuttling between California and North Carolina.
At the age of 8, Nick Cannon got the performance bug after his grandfather gave him several musical instruments. Soon after, he switched from music to stand-up comedy when he was invited to perform on his father’s public access show. It wasn’t long before a teenage Cannon was working in well-known comedy clubs.
Career:
Cannon released a self-titled album in 2003. He’s also collaborated with other big names on various music projects, including Kanye West, P. Diddy, Mary J. Blige, and R. Kelly. Because of his strong musical ties, he was a natural host of the nationally syndicated radio show Cannon’s Countdown. After the show’s premiere in 2011, Cannon decided to leave the Top 40 countdown two years down the line.
Since 2011, Cannon has released a pair of mixtapes, as well as his second studio album, White People Party Music (2014).
Nick Cannon created, hosted, and produced the MTV comedy series ‘Wild ‘N Out’ in 2005. The same year, he hosted Nickelodeon’s 2005 ‘Kids’ Choice Awards.’ After this, he served as the DJ on the ‘Bigger, Longer, and Wider’ show.
In 2009, he hosted Nickelodeon’s ‘HALO Awards.’ That year, he was also signed as the host for ‘America’s Got Talent’ and served in that position till 2016.
Meanwhile, in 2011, he hosted the popular eating competition ‘Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest.’ In early 2012, Cannon created the comedy television series ‘Incredible Crew.’ During that time, he also started appearing in a music video television series named ‘TeenNick Top 10.’
In 2019, it was announced that Cannon would be debuting his own syndicated daytime talk show in 2020 via Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury and Cannon’s own production company, NCredible Entertainment.
Personal Life:
Cannon has been married once, to Maria Carey, from 2008 to 2016, and their relationship bore two children – twins. As of June 2025, he has a total of 12 children from 5 different women.
In 2006, Cannon was in a relationship with Kim Kardashian.
Cannon married singer-songwriter Mariah Carey on April 30, 2008, at her private estate on Windermere Island in the Bahamas.
On April 30, 2011, Carey gave birth to fraternal twins: daughter Monroe and son Moroccan Scott. After six years of marriage, the pair separated and filed for divorce in 2014, but reunited briefly in 2015. Their divorce was finalized in 2016.
Cannon has two children with model Brittany Bell: a son, Golden, born February 2017, and a daughter, Powerful Queen, born December 2020.
In June 2021, his twin sons, Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir, with DJ Abby De La Rosa, were born. Later that month, on June 23, his seventh child, a son, Zen, with model Alyssa Scott, was born. Zen died of brain cancer at five months old, on December 5, 2021.
In January 2022, Cannon announced he is expecting a baby boy with model Bre Tiesi.
Films: Nick Cannon has starred in various films:
- 2000 Whatever It Takes Chess Club Kid
- 2002 Men in Black II MIB Autopsy Agent Alternative titles: MIB 2, MIIB
- Drumline Devon Miles
- 2003 Love Don’t Cost a Thing Alvin Johnson Alternative title: Love Don’t Co$t a Thing
- 2004 Garfield: The Movie, Louis’ Voice role
- Shall We Dance? Scott
- 2005 Underclassman Tracy “Tre” Stokes. Also writer, executive producer
- Roll Bounce Bernard
- 2006 Even Money Godfrey Snow
- The Adventures of Brer Rabbit: Brer Rabbit Voice
- Monster House Officer Lester’s Voice role
- Bobby Dwayne
- 2007 Weapons Reggie
- Goal II: Living the Dream, TJ Harper
- 2008 American Son Mike
- Day of the Dead Salazar Direct-to-DVD film
- Ball Don’t Lie Mico
- 2009 The Killing Room Paul Brody
- 2010 School Gyrls Lunch Lady Director
- 2011 Mash Up
- 2014 Drumline: A New Beat Devon Miles Also executive producer
- School Dance Super Sizer/Himself. Also director, co-writer, producer
- 2015 Chi-Raq Chi-raq
- 2016 King of the Dancehall Tarzan Brixton. Also director
- 2017 Nick Cannon: The Vlad Couch Himself
- 2019 Berserk Raffy Rivers
Awards: 2006 Hollywood Film Festival Ensemble of the Year Bobby (Shared with cast)
2012 Won NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor Up All Night
- Kids’ Choice Award for Favorite Male TV Star – 2002
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series – 2012
- MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Host – 2019
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