Nick Cannon Biography

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
• Had a morning radio show titled Rollin' with Nick Cannon
• 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