Nicholas Scott "
Nick"
Cannon (born October 8, 1980)
is an
American actor,
rapper, and television personality. On television, Cannon began as a teenage
sketch comedian on
All That before going on to host shows
The Nick Cannon Show and
Wild 'N Out and the fourth season of
America's Got Talent. He acted in the films
Drumline,
Love Don't Cost a Thing, and
Roll Bounce. As a rapper, he released a self-titled debut album in 2003 with the hit single "Gigolo", a collaboration with singer
R. Kelly. In 2006, Cannon recorded singles "Dime Piece" and "My Wife" for a planned album
Stages, which was never released. Cannon married singer
Mariah Carey in 2008. Nick Cannon is now the chairman of Teen Nick.
Early life
Cannon was born in
San Diego to Beth Gardner and James Cannon a
televangelist who hosted a public access TV ministry in
Charlotte, North Carolina.
As a child, Cannon divided his time between living with his mother and grandmother in San Diego, and with his father in Charlotte. He began performing at the age of eight,
and at the age of eleven, he landed a spot on his father's cable access program performing
stand-up comedy.
When Cannon was in his mid-teens, he moved to
Hollywood, where he performed stand up at
The Improv,
The Laugh Factory, and the
Comedy Store.
Nick attended Quail Hollow Middle School. He graduated from Monte Vista High School in 1998. When he was cast for the movie Drum Line, he was residing in Southside Terrace off of Nellieville Road in Augusta, Georgia.
