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Nick Cannon: Biography

Nick Cannon
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  • Birth Name: Nicholas Scott Cannon
  • Birth Place: San Diego, CA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 10/08/1980, Libra
  • Profession: Actor; rapper; comedian
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Nick Cannon Fast Facts:
  • Started playing music at age 8 after his grandfather gave him instruments as a gift.
  • Began performing stand-up at age 11; first routine was on his father's cable-access show; had gigs in Hollywood at the Improv, the Laugh Factory and the Comedy Store as a teen.
  • Cofounded two-man rap group Da Bomb Squad in high school; later opened for Montell Jordan, LFO and mentor Will Smith.
  • Plays drums, the harmonica and the synthesizer.
  • Has his own film and TV production company, Mr. Renaissance Entertainment, as well as a multimedia company, NCredible Entertainment.
  • Serves as chairman of the TeenNick television network.
  • Has a morning radio show titled "Rollin' with Nick Cannon."
  • Nick Cannon Relationships:
  • James Cannon - Father
  • Beth Hackett - Mother
  • Mariah Carey - Wife
  • Selita Ebanks - Ex-fiancée
  • Monroe Cannon - Daughter
  • Moroccan Scott Cannon - Son
  • Nick Cannon Awards:
  • 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Nominee
  • College:
  • Attended Santa Monica Community College, Santa Monica, CA

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2011 BET Awards, Nick Cannon Maury Phillips/WireImage.com
Nick Cannon Eugene Gologursky/WireImage.com
Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage.com
DJ Nice, Nick Cannon Johnny Nunez/WireImage.com
Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.com
Paris Hilton, Nicky Hilton, Kim Kardashian, Nick Cannon Michael Caulfield/WireImage.com
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