Nick Cannon

Nick Cannon is an American comedian, actor, rapper, director, writer, record producer, entrepreneur, television host, radio personality, and philanthropist best known for being the creator, host, and executive producer of the improv comedy show Wild 'N Out on MTV, VH1 and MTV2. As a teenager, he starred as a cast member and writer in All That on Nickelodeon before going on to host The Nick Cannon Show, Lip Sync Battle Shorties, and The Masked Singer on FOX, and he is the former host of American's Got Talent on NBC. Cannon has also done acting in movies such as Drumline, Love Don't Cost a Thing, Roll Bounce, and Chiraq.

Biography[]

Nick started his television career as a writer, warm-up, then finally a new cast member in the fifth season of the sketch-comedy series All That on Nickelodeon and continued as a cast member until its sixth season. He soon went on to host his own show The Nick Cannon Show, which also earned him his first "Kids' Choice Award" for “TV Actor”. Upon signing with Jive Records, Cannon appeared with Lil' Romeo and 3LW on the cover song "Parents Just Don't Understand" for the soundtrack of the 2001 animated Nickelodeon film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.

In 2003, his television series was cancelled after two seasons, but Cannon had already started pursuing his film career as he starred in films such as Love Doesn't Cost a Thing, Men in Black II, and his most known film role as "Devon Miles" in Drumline. In the same year, he released his self-titled debut studio album which featured his hit single "Gigolo" featuring singer/record producer R. Kelly, who helped co-wrote and produce the track.

In 2005, Nick created, executive produced, and hosted his new improv comedy show Wild 'N Out on MTV, which aired for 4 seasons before going on six-year hiatus. Along with Wild 'N Out, Cannon created, occasionally starred in, directed, and executive produced a sketch-comedy series titled Short Circuitz that aired on MTV before being cancelled for one season due to low ratings.

In 2009, Cannon became the chairman of Teennick and formed his new production company/record label "N'Credible Entertainment", cancelling his former production company "Mr. Renassisance Entertainment" and label "Can-I-Ball Records". In June 2009, Cannon became the host of America's Got Talent on NBC, replacing former host Jerry Springer.

In 2012, Cannon signed a deal with NBCUniversal to make unscripted and scripted material for their network. In the same year, Cannon stepped down from his radio show "Cannon's Countdown" from CBS Radio due to his health issues. It was also announced by MTV that Wild 'N Out would be returning for a fifth season.

In 2013, due to popular demand by fans of the show, Cannon brought back Wild 'N Out with a new cast of talent and moved the show to New York City and MTV2 for its next two seasons, the show would later move back to airing on MTV when it's eighth season premiered. In the same year, Cannon created, and executive produced a sketch-comedy show titled Incredible Crew, which aired on Cartoon Network for 1 season before being cancelled. He also co-hosted alongside Shaquille O'Neal for Cartoon Network's third annual Hall of Game Awards. He also began starring as a fictionalized version of himself in the reality television parody show Real Husbands of Hollywood on BET.

In 2014, Cannon made his directorial debut with the comedy drama film, School Dance, which was released on July 2, 2014, along with his second studio album, White People Party Music on the same day. Cannon then executive produced and reprised his role as Devon Miles in the direct-to-TV movie sequel, Drumline: A New Beat, which aired on VH1 on October 27, 2014. While continuing to host Wild 'N Out and America's Got Talent, Cannon hosted his own reality clip show on NBC titled Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon for 3 seasons, had a lead role in the Spike Lee directed film, Chiraq, and was the Chief Creative Officer for Radioshack. He later released his second mixtape, The Gospel of Ike Turn Up: My Side of the Story and then released a separate single titled Hold On on iTunes.

In 2017, Cannon premiered his second Showtime comedy special "Stand Up, Don't Shoot" on February 11, 2017, and later announced his resignation as host of "America's Got Talent" on his social media after he made some controversial comments about NBC in the special and heard about how they took firing him into consideration. In August 2017, he released his second independent film that he directed, wrote, executive produced, and starred in titled King of the Dancehall on YouTube Red and Russell Simmons' "All Def Digital" YouTube channel.

In 2018, he directed, co-written, produced, and starred in an independent film that centers around a women's basketball team titled She Ball, which stars Chris Brown, Birdman, Cedric the Entertainer, and Faizon Love. The film was released on August 6, 2021, on VOD by RedBox Entertainment. Aside from hosting Wild 'N Out, Cannon began hosting the children's reality competition series Lip Sync Battle Shorties with JoJo Siwa on Nickelodeon. On June 1, 2018, Cannon released his third mixtape "Calling All Models: The Prequel" which was a prequel to the album that he planned to release before the end of 2018. On August 12, 2018, Cannon hosted and produced the 2018 Teen Choice Awards.

In 2019, Cannon began hosting the reality competition series, The Masked Singer on Fox. In February 2019, he was guest hosted a few episodes of The Wendy Williams Show, taking over for Wendy during her leave of absence from the show.

Cannon then hosted his own radio show "Nick Cannon Mornings" at Power 106 in Los Angeles.

In May 2021, it was announced that Cannon would be hosting his own daytime talk show “Nick Cannon” which officially premiered on September 27, 2021, but it was cancelled after one season.

In August 2021, Cannon wrote, directed, and starred in the independent film, She Ball with his fellow cast members DC Young Fly and Hitman Holla, and former cast member Luenell.

In December 2021, Cannon wrote, directed, and starred in the VH1 original Christmas film, Miracles Across 125th Street with his fellow Wild 'N Out cast members DC Young Fly, Charlie Clips, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Vena E. and Santwon.

In 2022, Cannon released his fifth studio album “The Explicit Tape: Raw & B” on May 20, 2022.

In 2023, Cannon and comedian Kevin Hart co-hosted a reality prank show titled "Celebrity Prank Wars' on the "E!" network. He also filled in for Jamie Foxx as the guest host of the FOX game show, Beat Shazam. Also in November 2023, he will host a docuseries titled Future Superstars on VH1.

Trivia[]

He has appeared in every episode and season of Wild 'N Out (except for Season 20, where he appeared in 20 out of the 25 episodes), though he didn't host the "International Woman's Day Special" he still appeared in the special.
He produces all of the beats that are used on Wild 'N Out.
He started doing stand-up when he was 12 years old.
He has produced music for artists such as Romeo, ItsAMovie, NCredible Gang, Kanye West and Kehlani.
On the show, he is frequently ridiculed for his rapping, music, and acting career, his work on Nickelodeon, his former beef with rapper Eminem, his past marriage with Mariah Carey, and his numerous amount of children.
He has a total of 12 children. He has two fraternal twins named "Monroe" and "Moroccan" from his marriage with Mariah Carey. Three children with model Brittney Bell: "Golden", "Powerful", and “Rise”. Two twin sons “Zion” and “Zillion”, along with a daughter named “Zeppelin” with DJ, Abby de la Rosa. A son “Zen” (who passed away in December of 2021 from a form of brain cancer) and a daughter named “Zeela” with model Alyssa Scott. A son named “Legendary” with model Bre Tiesi. A daughter named “Onyx” with model LaNisha Cole.
He produced the theme song that was introduced in Season 5.
He got the idea of "Wild 'N Out" from watching an episode of "106 & Park" with DJ D-Wrek.
He used his own money to film the pilot of Wild 'N Out.
He performed his song "Pajama Pants" (featuring Migos, Timothy DeLaGhetto, and Future) in the Chanel Iman/Migos of Season 6, which marked his debut on the show as a Musical Guest.
He is the founder of N'Credible Entertainment, which is his second production company and record label after "Mr. Renaissance Entertainment" and "Can-I-Ball Records".
He bought his mother a house with the money he received from Love Don't Cost a Thing.
He was enrolled at Howard University in 2016 and graduated in 2020 with a bachelor's degree in "Criminology/Administration of Justice and a minor in Africana Studies.
In the first 4 seasons, he led the Red Team. He later switched to the Platinum Team in Seasons 5 and 6. In Season 7, he led the Black Team and once again for a holiday episode in Season 10. In Season 8, he led the Gold Team. In Season 9, he led the Red Team again until Season 15 and once again in Season 20. In Season 15, Season 17, Season 18, Season 19, and Season 21, he led the "Old School" Team and some episodes, he led the "New School" Team. In Season 16, he led the “Revolution” Team.
In 2012, he won the "Outstanding Supporting Actor" Award for "Up All Night" at the 2012 NAACP Image Awards.
His longest running show is Wild 'N Out.
He created a sketch-comedy series, Incredible Crew, starring six teenagers as Cannon wrote and produced the theme song (along with co-writing and co-producing all of the original songs for the show). The show was produced by Cartoon Network Studios, in association with N’Credible Entertainment.
He was in a rap group "Black Squad" with Wild 'N Out cast members, Conceited, Charlie Clips, and Hitman Holla.
In 2001, Cannon filmed a pilot with Will Smith titled “Loose Cannon” for The WB Network but wasn’t picked up.
He revealed in an interview with VladTV that he doesn't like Love Don't Cost a Thing because he only starred in the movie for the money.
When he was a teenager, he formed a group "Da G4 Dope Bomb Squad" with his friend Steve Groves as the group was loved by Will Smith, Montell Jordan, 98 Degrees, and LFO.
He was signed to Jive Records at one point in his career.
He is also in partnership with a lot of television networks such as MTV, VH1, BET, and Nickelodeon, etc.
His younger brother King Cannon joined the show in Season 13.
He won the “Best Host“ Award for “Wild 'N Out” at the 2019 MTV Movie and TV Awards.
He released "The Invitation", an Eminem diss track, on December 9, 2019, as a response to Eminem's feature on Fat Joe and Dre's "Family Ties" dissing Cannon. The track featured former record producer and convicted felon Suge Knight, as well as rappers Hitman Holla, Charlie Clips and Prince Eazy, whom Cannon referred to as "The Black Squad".
He played himself and his alter ego Murda Count Harlem (as a hologram) as the Evolution Team Captain in the second Christmas episode of Wild 'N Out.
His birth sign is Libra.

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