Nick Cannon

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Nick Cannon
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Background information
Birth name Nicholas Scott Cannon
Born October 8 1980 (1980-10-08) (age 28)
Origin San Diego, California, U.S.
Genre(s) Hip hop
Occupation(s) Rapper, Comedian, Record producer, Actor
Instrument(s) Rapping
Years active 1998–present
Label(s) Jive/Can I Ball Records
Associated
acts 		Da Bomb Squad

Nicholas Scott Cannon (born October 8, 1980) is an American actor, rapper and comedian.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Cannon was born in San Diego, California on October 8, 1980 to James Cannon and Beth Hackett. He attended Avocado Elementary School in Spring Valley California, Quail Hollow Middle School in Charlotte, North Carolina and Monte Vista High School in Spring Valley, California. He began performing at the age of eight, and later formed the rap duo "Da Bomb Squad" with his best friend. Together they opened for the likes of Will Smith, LFO, 98 Degrees, and Montell Jordan. When Cannon was sixteen, he moved to Hollywood, where he performed at such comedy clubs as The Improv, The Laugh Factory and the Comedy Store.


Wild 'N Out returned for its third season on August 10, 2006 and ended October 5 of that year. A new sketch comedy show created by Cannon, called Short Circuitz debuted on April 5, 2007.

He made a cameo appearance in 50 Cent's video Disco Inferno.

Nick was also a writer on the Kenan & Kel show on Nickelodeon.

[edit] Personal life

Nick Cannon had dated Grammy nominated singer and actress Christina Milian. She has stated in an interview with Blender magazine that she discovered his infidelity from checking his Sidekick. Christina claims that they are still friends. In an interview for Sister 2 Sister magazine Nick discussed the relationship and reasons for the breakup. Cannon has also briefly dated Kim Kardashian in 2006. [1] On February 22, 2007, reports falsely speculated that Cannon married Victoria's Secret model, Selita Ebanks, after dating for only three weeks. On May 7, 2007, Cannon proposed to Victoria's Secret model, Selita Ebanks via the Times Square jumbotron[2] and she accepted. On October 4, 2007, People magazine announced that the couple called off their engagement. [3]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Nick Cannon
Stages
  • Released: 2007-2008
  • Chart positions: N/A
  • U.S. Sales: N/A
  • Worldwide Sales: N/A
  • Last RIAA certification:
  • Singles: "Can I Live", "Dimepiece", "My Wife", "She's Mine", "Its Your Birthday"

[edit] Singles

Year Song U.S. Hot 100 U.S. R&B U.S. Rap UK singles Album
2003 "Your Pops Don't Like Me" - - - - Nick Cannon
2003 "Feelin' Freaky" (feat. B2K) 92 46 - - Nick Cannon
2003 "Gigolo" (feat. R. Kelly) 24 21 9 - Nick Cannon
2005 "Can I Live?" (feat. Anthony Hamilton) - - Stages
2006 "Dime Piece" (feat. Izzy) - - - - Stages

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Television Work

[edit] Awards/Nominations

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kim, last accessed 2007-09-06.
  2. ^ Jumbotron, last accessed 2007-09-06.
  3. ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20132577,00.html.

[edit] External links

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