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Tracy Jamel Morgan (born November 10, 1968) is an American actor, voice actor and comedian best known for his seven seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live (1996–2003) and 30 Rock (2006–2013). He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2009 for his work on 30 Rock. He has appeared in numerous films as an actor and voice actor.Morgan was born in the Bronx and raised in Tompkins Houses in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. He is the second of five children of a homemaker, Alicia (née Warden), and Jimmy Morgan, a musician who returned from military duty in the Vietnam War as a recovering heroin addict, causing him to leave the family when Morgan was six years old.His father named him Tracy in honor of a platoon mate and friend who shipped off to Vietnam with him and was killed in action days later.The target of bullies as a child, Morgan attended DeWitt Clinton High School. In 1985, at age 17 in his second year, he learned his father had contracted AIDS from hypodermic needle use. His father died in November 1987, at age 39.Morgan married his girlfriend Sabina that year and dropped out of high school just four credits short of his diploma to care for his ailing father. Already raising their first son and living on welfare, Morgan sold crack cocaine with limited success, but began earning money performing comedy on the streets after his best friend was murdered. He said in 2009: “He would say to me, ‘Yo, Tracy, man, you should be doing comedy.’ A week later, he was murdered. And that for me, that was like my Vietnam. I had my survival [sic] guilt when I started to achieve success. Why I made it out and some guys didn’t.”Morgan embarked on a stand-up comedy career, successfully enough that he “finally moved to a nice community in [the Bronx neighborhood of] Riverdale, from a run-down apartment next to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx”.Morgan made his screen debut playing Hustle Man on the television show Martin. The character sold various items from the “hood”, always greeting people with his trademark “What’s happ’n, chief?”, and had a pet dog he dressed as a rapper. In the 2003 Chris Rock film Head of State, Morgan appeared as a man watching television, often questioning why they are not watching Martin.Morgan was also a regular cast member on Uptown Comedy Club, a sketch-comedy show filmed in Harlem that aired for two seasons, from 1992 to 1994. He was on the HBO series Snaps in 1995.He appeared twice on HBO’s Def Comedy Jam.Morgan joined the cast of the comedy series Saturday Night Live in 1996 (Lorne Michaels chose him over Stephen Colbert in the final round) and performed as a regular until 2003. He returned to host on March 14, 2009, and reprised his roles as Brian Fellow and Astronaut Jones. He then made a guest appearance on the 2011 Christmas show, hosted by Jimmy Fallon, and hosted again on October 17, 2015.On October 20, 2009, Morgan’s autobiography, I Am the New Black, was released. The book includes stories about living in Tompkins Projects in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, to becoming a cast member on Saturday Night Live. Morgan appeared on National Public Radio’s Fresh Air hosted by Terry Gross, at times becoming very emotional about his former life in a New York ghetto.In 1996, Morgan was diagnosed with diabetes and for years has struggled with alcohol abuse. Morgan has conceded that many of his own troubles were incorporated within 30 Rock episodes. In early December 2010, Morgan received a kidney transplant necessitated by his diabetes and alcohol abuse. Morgan admitted that he initially did not take his diabetes seriously but later realized the care for it would end up being a matter of life and death.

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Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg, is an American actress, comedian, author, and television host. She has been nominated for 13 Emmy Awards for her work in television and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Oscar, and a Tony Award. She was the second black woman in the history of the Academy Awards to win an acting Oscar.In the period drama film The Color Purple (1985), her breakthrough role was playing Celie, a mistreated black woman in the Deep South, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her first Golden Globe. In the romantic fantasy film Ghost (1990), Goldberg played Oda Mae Brown, an eccentric psychic who helped a slain man (Patrick Swayze) save his lover (Demi Moore), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and a second Golden Globe, her first for Best Supporting Actress.In 1992, she starred as a pretend nun in the comedy Sister Act, earning a third Golden Globe nomination, her first for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical and reprised the role in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993). Her other film roles include Made in America (1993), The Lion King (1994), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Girl, Interrupted (1999), For Colored Girls (2010) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014). In television, Goldberg is known for her role as Guinan in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and since 2007, she has been the moderator of the daytime television talk show The View.She was born Caryn Elaine Johnson and raised with her brother Clyde by her mother in a housing project in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, New York. She began acting at the age of 8 in children’s plays with the Hudson Guild Theatre. By the late 1960s she dropped out of the NY School for the Performing Arts to become a hippie. She also worked in choruses with various musicals. Johnson married, had a daughter, and developed a heroin habit. In the 1970s she divorced, kicked her drug habit, and moved to southern California.In San Diego, she became one of the founding members of the San Diego Repertory Theatre. She also worked with an improv theatre group called Spontaneous Combustion. It was during this time that Johnson changed her name to Whoopi Goldberg. She had moved to Berkeley in the late 1970s and begun performing with the Blake Street Hawkeyes Theater. She also worked as a bricklayer, a bank teller, and a mortuary cosmetologist. It was in Berkeley that she began performing monologues that would become The Spook Show. It toured Europe and the United States and performed in New York City as part of the New York Dance Theatre Workshop in 1983.It was here that Goldberg caught the eye of stage and screen director Mike Nichols. He helped Goldberg put together a one-woman show for Broadway which actually began in Berkeley. Called Moms, the one-woman play wasco-written by Goldberg and Ellen Sebastian. In 1984, she returned to New York to perform The Spook Show now renamed Whoopi Goldberg.In 1986, Goldberg, Billy Crystal, and Robin Williams began hosting Comic Relief to raise money for the home” and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” In addition to her film, stage, and television work, Goldberg has also written a children’s book, “Alice,” and an autobiography titled “Book.” Goldberg has gone on to star in numerous films including “The Color Purple,” one of her signature cinematic performances. In 1988, Goldberg also performed in “Clara’s Heart.”Her attempt at sitcoms failed with the short-lived series Baghdad Cafe, but she did find greater television ” Around the same time, Goldbergs won acclaim for “The Long Walk Home” (1989), and then played an eccentric con artist possessing unexpected psychic powers in the 1990 smash hit “Ghost.” Goldberg’s funny yet moving performance earned her her first Oscar and the widespread opinion that this marked her comeback performance. The award made her only the second African American woman to win an Oscar. After a couple of missteps, Goldberg scored again with the 1992 hit comedy “Sister Act.” Nominated for Golden Globes and two NAACP awards, the film spawned mass ticket sales and an unsuccessful 1993 sequel, “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit.”Meanwhile, Goldberg also continued her television work with a 1992 late night talk show, A laid back affair, it was praised by critics but failed to secure high ratings and went on permanent hiatus after only six months. However, Goldberg continued to appear on TV with her recurring role as a Comic Relief co-host and as an MC for the Academy Awards ceremony, a role she reprised multiple times. At the same time, Goldberg continued to work in film, doing both comedy and drama and experiencing the obligatory highs and lows.Some of her more memorable roles included “Made in America” (1993), “Boys on the Side” (1995), “The Associate” (1996), “How Stella Got Her Groove Back” (1998), and “The Deep End of the Ocean” (1999). In addition, Goldberg also appeared in two notable documentaries, “The Celluloid Closet” (1995), and “Get Bruce!”She is one of only thirteen people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award. In 1990, she became the second African-American female performer after Hattie McDaniel to win an Academy Award for acting. Goldberg has appeared in over 150 films, and in 1999, she received the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Vanguard Award for her continued work in supporting the gay and lesbian community. She has been nominated for five American Comedy Awards with two wins. In 2001, she won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. She also hosted the Oscars in 1994, 1996, 1999 and 2002. Goldberg wrote Book in October 1997, a collection of stories from her past and opinions. She is a strong supporter of abortion rights.Goldberg appeared in TV ads as a spokeswoman for Slim Fast diet shakes, but the company dropped her in July 2004 after she made crude comments about President George W. Bush’s last name during a Democratic fund-raiser at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. For the 2006 PBS program African American Lives, she had her DNA analyzed, and discovered that she is likely descended from the Pepel and Bayote people of Guinea-Bissau. In May 2006, Clear Channel announced that Whoopi Goldberg would be hosting her own syndicated radio show titled Wake Up with Whoopi in 2006. She has also been a co-host for the daytime TV show The View.Goldberg is co-founder of Whoopi & Maya, a company that makes medical marijuana products for women seeking relief from menstrual cramps. Goldberg says she was inspired to go into business by “a lifetime of difficult periods and the fact that cannabis was literally the only thing that gave me relief”. The company was launched in April 2016.

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GQ was first formed in 1968 as a quartet called Sabu & the Survivors, with “Sabu” being a moniker of member Keith Crier. The group then evolved in the 1970s as The Rhythm Makers, playing primarily funk music. They were Five Percenters. The Rhythm Makers were composed of Emanuel Rahiem Leblanc (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), Keith “Sabu” Crier (bass and vocals). Herb Lane (keyboards and vocals) and Kenny Banks (drums and vocals) The group released one album, Soul On Your Side in 1976 on the De-Lite Records subsidiary Vigor Records, from which the group had one major international dancefloor hit, “Zone”. At the time that Kenny Banks was replaced by Paul Service in 1978, and the group’s manager suggested that the group name be changed to “GQ”, which stood for “good quality”, they would sign with Arista Records.GQ became quite successful playing music representative of the period’s disco influenced sound. They had several highly ranked singles in multiple markets (US Pop, US Black, US Disco/Club). Their biggest hit was 1979’s “Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)”, a single from their debut album Disco Nights, which reached #1 (for two weeks) on the R&B singles chart, #3 on the Hot Dance Club Play and #12 on the Billboard Hot 100. It sold over one million copies in the US alone. The track also peaked at #42 in the UK Singles Chart. (It was a reworked version of The Rhythm Makers title-track to Soul On Your Side). The follow-up Billy Stewart remake, “I Do Love You”, was also successful, reaching #20 on the Billboard Hot 100.Drummer Paul Service fractured his wrist in a car accident in 1980. On the cover of the third and final album by the group, Face to Face, Service is noticeably absent. The band ultimately replaced him with drummer Steve “Beatz” Adorno, who performed with GQ from 1980 to 2010.Keith “Sabu” Crier was the son of Arthur Crier, a member of the doo-wop group The Halos. Sabu was the uncle of new jack swing/R&B singer Keith Sweat.Steve Adorno has since become the drummer and bandleader of Fania recording artist “SEGUIDA”, SMI RECORDING ARTIST “DEVOSHUN”. Steve 1s also a composer/producer with his own music label Onroda MusicWorks. Steve Adorno (a.k.a., Stevie Beatz) has composed music scores for two Off-Broadway plays, music scores for Nintendo Video Games, and two independent films.Honorable mention goes out to “GQ-percussionist- Kevin Zambrana who has since become a trusted Associate to Mr-Q as President of ZPI Productions NYC..Group frontman/primary songwriter Emanuel LeBlanc would later sign with Capitol Records and record a solo album called Always Be Around released in 1991. He still tours as GQ, and is widely known as “Mr. Q,” an in-name tribute to GQ. In 1999, “Mr. Q” (as a solo performer), recorded a covers album A Tribute to Marvin Gaye and Billy Stewart. As of 2017, Mr. Q was working on a new project, to be released under Nu Classic Records.

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Judge Judy is an American reality court show presided over by Judy Sheindlin. The show features Sheindlin adjudicating real-life small-claim disputes within a simulated courtroom set. Prior to the proceedings, all involved parties signed arbitration contracts agreeing to Sheindlin’s ruling, handling, and production staff management. The show aired in first-run syndication, and was distributed by CBS Television Distribution.First broadcast in 1996, the series won three Emmy awards and garnered high ratings among syndicated programming in the United States. Sheindlin and CBS renewed their contract through the program’s 25th season (2020–21). In March 2020, Sheindlin announced the 25th season of the show would be the last, to be followed by a direct successor, Judy Justice.Judge Judy Sheindlin was born on October 21, 1942, in Brooklyn, New York, to German-Jewish parents Murray and Ethel Blum. Sheindlin described her father, a dentist, as “the greatest thing since sliced bread” and her mother as “a meat-and-potatoes kind of gal.” It was reported in October 2012 that Sheindlin had a $45 million yearly contract with CBS Television Distribution, in effect until 2015 and up $20 million from 2007. It was later reported in October 2013 that Sheindlin was the highest paid TV star, earning $47 million per year for Judge Judy, which translates into just over $900,000 per workday (she works 52 days per year). In 2018, Sheindlin reportedly earned $147 million; $100 million from the sale of the present and future video library of her show to CBS, in addition to $47 million, her regular salary.Sheindlin had gained a reputation for her tough judicial approach in both the family court and televised court, also known widely for her no-nonsense fact-finding, restive nature, and incisive impositions that dismiss attempts at debate. In line with these attributes, her program had been touted as “a show where justice is dispensed at the speed of light.” Loosely related was her resoluteness in opinions and rulings, often resulting in the parties arguing, debating and excuse-making to no avail.

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MC Lyte (born Lana Michelle Moorer; October 11, 1970) is an American rapper who first gained fame in the late 1980s, becoming the first solo female rapper to release a full album with 1988’s critically acclaimed Lyte as a Rock. She has long been considered one of hip-hop’s pioneer feminists.Lana Michelle Moorer was born in 1970. Raised in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, she began rapping at the age of 12.She regards Milk D and DJ Giz, the hip hop duo Audio Two, as “totally like [her] brothers”, because the three grew up together. Audio Two’s father Nat Robinson started a label for them called First Priority. After making the label, Robinson cut a deal with Atlantic with one condition, that Lana would get a record contract with Atlantic as well.Originally, her stage name was Sparkle. At age 14, she began recording her first track, although it took two years before it was able to be released. In 1987, when she was 17, Lyte began publicly outshining other MCs. She was also featured in the remix and music video of “I Want Your (Hands on Me)” by Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor which debuted in May 1988 on MTV. In September 1988, she released her first album, Lyte as a Rock. Written over the course of many years, the album was noted for such hits as “Paper Thin”, its title track, and the battle rap “10% Dis”, a response from then-Hurby Azor associate, Antoinette. Both rappers released battle records against each other. Lyte followed her debut with 1989’s Eyes on This, which spawned the hits “Cha Cha Cha” and “Cappucino”. Both albums were notable for Lyte’s uncensored lyrical matter. She sweetened up a little on 1991’s Act Like You Know, noted for its new jack swing sound and the hit single “Poor Georgie”. Lyte’s fourth album, 1993’s Ain’t No Other, became her first to reach gold status and was notable for her first top 40 pop hit, “Ruffneck”. “Ruffneck” was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Single, making MC Lyte the first female solo rapper ever nominated for a Grammy. She later went on to become a featured artist on hits by Janet Jackson.Two years afterward, Lyte’s fifth album, Bad As I Wanna B, featured production from Jermaine Dupri and Sean Combs. Its hits were “Keep on, Keepin’ On” and “Cold Rock a Party”, the latter of which also featured then up-and-coming rapper, songwriter and producer Missy Elliott. This album was her first with East West Records America and became successful after the aforementioned singles became big hits with “Keep on, Keepin’ On” peaking at the top ten and “Cold Rock a Party” peaking at number eleven. It was her second gold album. Her 1998 follow-up, Seven & Seven, however, was not as successful. She left East West America by the end of the decade. Lyte released the independently produced record The Undaground Heat, featuring Jamie Foxx, in 2003, which was notable for the song “Ride Wit Me”. The single was nominated for both a Grammy and a BET Award.MC Lyte’s song “My Main Aim” was the title song of the video game NBA Live 2005 by EA Sports. In 2005, she released two songs produced by Richard “Wolfie” Wolf called “Can I Get It Now” and “Don’t Walk Away” (with Meechie). In 2007, she released a song called “Mad at Me” and, in 2008, two songs called “Juke Joint” and “Get Lyte”. In 2009 a song titled “Brooklyn” was released, as well as “Craven”.”Dear John” (featuring Common & 10Beats) was released on September 9, 2014 and peaked on the Billboard Twitter Trending 140 chart at number three. After twelve years without an album, MC Lyte’s eighth album, Legend, came out on April 18, 2015. “Ball” (featuring Lil Mama & AV) and “Check” are also singles from the album.Lyte has been featured on television as herself on such shows as MTV Unplugged, In Living Color, Moesha, Cousin Skeeter, New York Undercover, My Wife and Kids, and Sisters in the Name of Rap. She also acted on TV in such shows as In the House, Get Real, Half & Half, Queen of the South, and The District.Her first acting role was in 1991, an off-Broadway theater play titled Club Twelve, a hip-hop twist on Twelfth Night alongside Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill, and Lisa Nicole Carson. After she made her film debut in the 1993 movie titled Fly by Night, starring alongside Jeffrey Sams, Ron Brice, and Steve Gomer, she also starred other films, such as A Luv Tale (1999), Train Ride (2000), Civil Brand (2002) and Playa’s Ball (2003). In 2011, she guest starred in the Regular Show episode “Rap It Up”, portraying a member of a hip-hop group also including characters voiced by Tyler, the Creator and Childish Gambino.She met and started dating Marine Corp Veteran and entrepreneur John Wyche in early 2016, after meeting on Match.com. They announced their engagement in May 2017, and were officially wed in August, and are now divorcing.

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Nicholas Scott “Nick” Cannon (born October 8, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, rapper, entrepreneur, record producer, and radio and television personality. On television, Cannon began as a teenager on All That before going on to host The Nick Cannon Show, Wild ‘N Out, and America’s Got Talent. He acted in the films Drumline, Love Don’t Cost a Thing, and Roll Bounce. As a rapper, he released his debut self-titled album in 2003 with the hit single “Gigolo”, a collaboration with singer R. Kelly. In 2007 he played the role of the fictional footballer TJ Harper in the film Goal 2. In 2006, Cannon recorded singles “Dime Piece” and “My Wife” for a planned album Stages, which was never released. Cannon married American R&B/pop singer Mariah Carey on April 30, 2008.Cannon was born on October 8, 1980, in San Diego, California, the son of Beth (née Hackett), an accountant, and James Cannon, a motivational televangelist. Growing up, he divided his time between San Diego, where his mother lived, and Charlotte, North Carolina, where his father had worked. At age 11, Cannon received his first break doing stand-up comedy on his father’s local cable access program.After graduating in 1998 from Monte Vista High School in Spring Valley, California, Cannon attained a gig as a warm-up comedian for Nickelodeon’s studio audience in Los Angeles, most notably All That, where he also made guest appearances.As a teenager, Cannon formed the rap group “Da G4 Dope Bomb Squad” with his friend Steve Groves; they opened for the likes of Will Smith, LFO, 98 Degrees, and Montell Jordan.After signing with Jive Records in 2001, he was featured alongside Romeo Miller and 3LW on the Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius soundtrack with a cover of the 1988 hit song “Parents Just Don’t Understand”. His debut self titled album was released in 2003 and included the single “Your Pops Don’t Like Me”.In 2005, Cannon formed his own record label, Can I Ball Records, with plans to release his second studio album, entitled Stages, later that year.The album’s first single, “Can I Live?”, a pro-life song, was released in July 2005 followed by the second single “Dime Piece” in March 2006. But it was never released because of Nick Cannon’s acting career.In 2009 Nick Cannon formed a new label after cancelling his old label Can-I-Ball Records entitled N’Credible Entertainment. In 2010, Cannon created a parody of hip hop pioneer Slick Rick entitled “Slick Nick”. He released two songs of the character such as “I’m A Slick Rick” in which he attempted to diss Hip-Hop mega-star Eminem, it was a freestyle of Cali Swag District’s “Teach Me How to Dougie” & “Nick’s Story” which was a Freestyle rap version of Slick Rick’s “Children’s Story”. On December 6, 2010 Nick Cannon released his debut mixtape entitled Child Of The Corn.On July 26, 2013 Nick Cannon premiered his new single “Me Sexy” & announced after 7 years from the shelving of his album Stages he was working on a new second studio album entitled White People Party Music, and will feature collaborations with Afrojack, Pitbull, Future & Polow da Don.The album’s second single “Looking for a Dream” was released on February 11, 2014. The song features Afrojack. The music video was released on VEVO February 13In 2005, Cannon produced and hosted the MTV improv comedy series Wild ‘N Out. That same year he hosted the so-called slime stunt on Nickelodeon’s 2005 Kids’ Choice Awards in which a human cannonball was shot into slime. He hosted the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth seasons, and is currently hosting the ninth season, of America’s Got Talent. He also hosted the first and only season of Nickelodeon’s Friday Night Slimetime. In addition, he was the DJ on Ellen DeGeneres’s Bigger, Longer, And Wider show. On December 11, 2009, Cannon hosted the HALO Awards along with Justin Timberlake, Hayden Panettiere, LeBron James, Kelly Rowland and Alicia Keys.On July 4, 2011, Cannon hosted the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, an annual American competitive eating competition.On November 4, 2013, Cannon was the master of ceremonies as well as an honoree at the annual Ebony Magazine Power 100 Awards.In spring 2014, Cannon will be one of the three hosts of World’s Got Talent with Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.The former Nickelodeon star and MTV Networks persona is now the Chairman of TeenNick and the development and creative consultant of the network since (2009-). In 2012, Nick Cannon created a sketch-comedy series, Incredible Crew starring six teenagers as Cannon wrote and produced the theme song. The show is being produced by Cartoon Network Studios, in association with N’Credible Entertainment.On November 12, 2012, MTV2 announced that they will be reviving Nick Cannon’s Wild ‘n Out, the revived show will be produced by Nick’s N’Credible Entertainment, the series will premiere in 2013 a few returning faces joined by a roster of fresh talents. When asked about the show coming back, Nick said “With our show’s original cast, everyone from Kevin Hart to Katt Williams, Affion Crockett and Taran Killam becoming household names, I am looking forward to working with MTV2 as we work to introduce the biggest comedic stars of tomorrow with the return of Wild ‘N Out.” Rapper Big Boi of Outkast has confirmed in a tweet on Twitter he is shooting an episode on January 29, 2013 in NYC and for people to join in the audience.On November 30, 2012, A picture of Nick was posted on the N’Credible Entertainment website, which reported that Nick signed a deal with NBCUniversal to produce scripted and unscripted material for the network.On January 19, 2010, Cannon started hosting the morning show (6-10AM) with co-hosts Nikki and Southern Sarah Lee at 92.3 NOW FM (WXRK-FM) in New York.Cannon has a weekly chart program called Cannon’s Countdown that is syndicated by CBS Radio.On February 17, 2012, Cannon stepped down from 92.3 NOW citing health issues.On July 13, 2010, Cannon announced that he was going on a comedy tour in fall 2010, beginning at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal.In early 2011, Cannon recorded his first stand-up comedy special titled Mr. Showbiz at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The special premiered on Showtime on May 14, 2011. A digital release of Mr. Showbiz became available on iTunes beginning May 16, 2011, with a physical release of the album on May 31, 2011.With no prior announcement on April 30, 2008, Cannon married singer Mariah Carey at her private estate on Windermere Island in The Bahamas.In April 2011, Carey gave birth to fraternal twins. The daughter is named Monroe Cannon (after Marilyn Monroe), the son, Moroccan Scott Cannon (because Cannon proposed to Carey in her Moroccan-style room; Scott is Cannon’s middle name and his grandmother’s maiden name). Monroe, like her mother, has no middle name.On January 4, 2012, Cannon was hospitalized after suffering from mild kidney failure. He was then hospitalized on February 17, 2012, for blood clots in his lungs. On March 5, 2012, he announced that he had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, lupus nephritis, which was the cause of his recent kidney problems.In 2011, Cannon filmed a public service announcement for Do Something encouraging teens to find a cause about which they are passionate and take action in their communities.Since 2011, Cannon has served as the celebrity spokesperson for the National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual national food drive, which is held throughout the United States on the second Saturday in MayOn May 1, 2013, Cannon and Carey lived out a fairy-tale “Fantasy” wedding at the Disneyland Resort, where they marked their fifth wedding anniversary with a renewal of vows and celebrated their twins’ second birthday.In August 2014 Cannon confirmed after much speculation that he and Carey had separated a few months earlier.September 2014, via his twitter account He posted: I love @MariahCarey and that will never change!!! (sic) Nick also defended Mariah, 44, insisting the criticism she has received in the wake of their separation is completely uncalled for. He added in a series of tweets: What infuriates me most is to hear people slander @MariahCarey .”I will forever be in debted to her for blessing me with our children … I will always love her unconditionally for this and so much more. @MariahCarey is an amazing Mother and I trust her wholeheartedly.Cannon married singer Mariah Carey on April 30, 2008, at her private estate on Windermere Island in The Bahamas. On April 30, 2011, their third wedding anniversary, Carey gave birth to fraternal twins: daughter Monroe (after Marilyn Monroe) and son Moroccan Scott, because Cannon proposed to Carey in her Moroccan-style room; Scott is Cannon’s middle name and his grandmother’s maiden name. Monroe, like her mother, has no middle name. After six years of marriage, the pair separated, and Cannon filed for divorce in 2014, which was finalized in 2016. Following a brief relationship, Cannon had another child, son Golden “Sagon” Cannon, with Brittany Bell on February 21, 2017.Cannon was hospitalized on January 4, 2012, for treatment of “mild kidney failure”, and again on February 17 after a pulmonary embolism. On March 5 he announced that his kidney problems were due to lupus nephritis. Cannon enrolled at Howard University in 2016.On June 2, 2016, Cannon had an interview with Tim Westwood. Westwood said, “Last time I saw you, you were getting ready to battle Eminem.” Cannon responded, “I’m still ready! I’m trying to find him. Where is he? … We gonna be out in the States for the BET Awards. I’m holding a $100,000 battle — whoever wants it — but it has to be someone who can put up 100 grand … I done reached out to Tyga, he didn’t want it. I went to all Slaughterhouse. I did it like Mortal Kombat, I said I’ll take all of them out to get to the boss.” Throughout the interview, Westwood goads Cannon along, saying, “Nick, you’re the best fam. I don’t think you’d win against Eminem, but you are the best in many other ways.” Cannon plays along with everything and says, “At least tell him to show up to the match. I can’t win by default.”On June 16, 2016, Cannon pours out his heart in a track titled “Divorce Papers.” He recently refused to sign divorce papers with his ex-wife Mariah Carey. He also mentioned his father passing away. Cannon used some lines in the track as a response for the hate comments he had from Eminem’s fans, who are known as “Stans”. He mentions Eminem in a few lines. He said that he can relate to the drug life Eminem had. “Em, right now I could really relate to him. Drug habits, all the pain that he was in.” The last thing he mentioned in the track, he talks about himself finally signing the divorce papers. “It’s been over two years and I’m the one that’s been waitin’. It’s fucked up that the time that you spend with your own kids is called ‘visitation’? Man, fuck it, let’s sign these papers.”Y’all can sleep on Nick Cannon if y’all want to, I got mad respect for the brother. HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICK!!Nicholas Scott “Nick” Cannon (born October 8, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, rapper, entrepreneur, record producer, and radio and television personality. On television, Cannon began as a teenager on All That before going on to host The Nick Cannon Show, Wild ‘N Out, and America’s Got Talent. He acted in the films Drumline, Love Don’t Cost a Thing, and Roll Bounce. As a rapper, he released his debut self-titled album in 2003 with the hit single “Gigolo”, a collaboration with singer R. Kelly. In 2007 he played the role of the fictional footballer TJ Harper in the film Goal 2. In 2006, Cannon recorded singles “Dime Piece” and “My Wife” for a planned album Stages, which was never released. Cannon married American R&B/pop singer Mariah Carey on April 30, 2008.Cannon was born on October 8, 1980, in San Diego, California, the son of Beth (née Hackett), an accountant, and James Cannon, a motivational televangelist. Growing up, he divided his time between San Diego, where his mother lived, and Charlotte, North Carolina, where his father had worked. At age 11, Cannon received his first break doing stand-up comedy on his father’s local cable access program.After graduating in 1998 from Monte Vista High School in Spring Valley, California, Cannon attained a gig as a warm-up comedian for Nickelodeon’s studio audience in Los Angeles, most notably All That, where he also made guest appearances.As a teenager, Cannon formed the rap group “Da G4 Dope Bomb Squad” with his friend Steve Groves; they opened for the likes of Will Smith, LFO, 98 Degrees, and Montell Jordan.After signing with Jive Records in 2001, he was featured alongside Romeo Miller and 3LW on the Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius soundtrack with a cover of the 1988 hit song “Parents Just Don’t Understand”. His debut self titled album was released in 2003 and included the single “Your Pops Don’t Like Me”.In 2005, Cannon formed his own record label, Can I Ball Records, with plans to release his second studio album, entitled Stages, later that year.The album’s first single, “Can I Live?”, a pro-life song, was released in July 2005 followed by the second single “Dime Piece” in March 2006. But it was never released because of Nick Cannon’s acting career.In 2009 Nick Cannon formed a new label after cancelling his old label Can-I-Ball Records entitled N’Credible Entertainment. In 2010, Cannon created a parody of hip hop pioneer Slick Rick entitled “Slick Nick”. He released two songs of the character such as “I’m A Slick Rick” in which he attempted to diss Hip-Hop mega-star Eminem, it was a freestyle of Cali Swag District’s “Teach Me How to Dougie” & “Nick’s Story” which was a Freestyle rap version of Slick Rick’s “Children’s Story”. On December 6, 2010 Nick Cannon released his debut mixtape entitled Child Of The Corn.On July 26, 2013 Nick Cannon premiered his new single “Me Sexy” & announced after 7 years from the shelving of his album Stages he was working on a new second studio album entitled White People Party Music, and will feature collaborations with Afrojack, Pitbull, Future & Polow da Don.The album’s second single “Looking for a Dream” was released on February 11, 2014. The song features Afrojack. The music video was released on VEVO February 13In 2005, Cannon produced and hosted the MTV improv comedy series Wild ‘N Out. That same year he hosted the so-called slime stunt on Nickelodeon’s 2005 Kids’ Choice Awards in which a human cannonball was shot into slime. He hosted the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth seasons, and is currently hosting the ninth season, of America’s Got Talent. He also hosted the first and only season of Nickelodeon’s Friday Night Slimetime. In addition, he was the DJ on Ellen DeGeneres’s Bigger, Longer, And Wider show. On December 11, 2009, Cannon hosted the HALO Awards along with Justin Timberlake, Hayden Panettiere, LeBron James, Kelly Rowland and Alicia Keys.On July 4, 2011, Cannon hosted the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, an annual American competitive eating competition.On November 4, 2013, Cannon was the master of ceremonies as well as an honoree at the annual Ebony Magazine Power 100 Awards.In spring 2014, Cannon will be one of the three hosts of World’s Got Talent with Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.The former Nickelodeon star and MTV Networks persona is now the Chairman of TeenNick and the development and creative consultant of the network since (2009-). In 2012, Nick Cannon created a sketch-comedy series, Incredible Crew starring six teenagers as Cannon wrote and produced the theme song. The show is being produced by Cartoon Network Studios, in association with N’Credible Entertainment.On November 12, 2012, MTV2 announced that they will be reviving Nick Cannon’s Wild ‘n Out, the revived show will be produced by Nick’s N’Credible Entertainment, the series will premiere in 2013 a few returning faces joined by a roster of fresh talents. When asked about the show coming back, Nick said “With our show’s original cast, everyone from Kevin Hart to Katt Williams, Affion Crockett and Taran Killam becoming household names, I am looking forward to working with MTV2 as we work to introduce the biggest comedic stars of tomorrow with the return of Wild ‘N Out.” Rapper Big Boi of Outkast has confirmed in a tweet on Twitter he is shooting an episode on January 29, 2013 in NYC and for people to join in the audience.On November 30, 2012, A picture of Nick was posted on the N’Credible Entertainment website, which reported that Nick signed a deal with NBCUniversal to produce scripted and unscripted material for the network.On January 19, 2010, Cannon started hosting the morning show (6-10AM) with co-hosts Nikki and Southern Sarah Lee at 92.3 NOW FM (WXRK-FM) in New York.Cannon has a weekly chart program called Cannon’s Countdown that is syndicated by CBS Radio.On February 17, 2012, Cannon stepped down from 92.3 NOW citing health issues.On July 13, 2010, Cannon announced that he was going on a comedy tour in fall 2010, beginning at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal.In early 2011, Cannon recorded his first stand-up comedy special titled Mr. Showbiz at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The special premiered on Showtime on May 14, 2011. A digital release of Mr. Showbiz became available on iTunes beginning May 16, 2011, with a physical release of the album on May 31, 2011.With no prior announcement on April 30, 2008, Cannon married singer Mariah Carey at her private estate on Windermere Island in The Bahamas.In April 2011, Carey gave birth to fraternal twins. The daughter is named Monroe Cannon (after Marilyn Monroe), the son, Moroccan Scott Cannon (because Cannon proposed to Carey in her Moroccan-style room; Scott is Cannon’s middle name and his grandmother’s maiden name). Monroe, like her mother, has no middle name.On January 4, 2012, Cannon was hospitalized after suffering from mild kidney failure. He was then hospitalized on February 17, 2012, for blood clots in his lungs. On March 5, 2012, he announced that he had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, lupus nephritis, which was the cause of his recent kidney problems.In 2011, Cannon filmed a public service announcement for Do Something encouraging teens to find a cause about which they are passionate and take action in their communities.Since 2011, Cannon has served as the celebrity spokesperson for the National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual national food drive, which is held throughout the United States on the second Saturday in MayOn May 1, 2013, Cannon and Carey lived out a fairy-tale “Fantasy” wedding at the Disneyland Resort, where they marked their fifth wedding anniversary with a renewal of vows and celebrated their twins’ second birthday.In August 2014 Cannon confirmed after much speculation that he and Carey had separated a few months earlier.September 2014, via his twitter account He posted: I love @MariahCarey and that will never change!!! (sic) Nick also defended Mariah, 44, insisting the criticism she has received in the wake of their separation is completely uncalled for. He added in a series of tweets: What infuriates me most is to hear people slander @MariahCarey .”I will forever be in debted to her for blessing me with our children … I will always love her unconditionally for this and so much more. @MariahCarey is an amazing Mother and I trust her wholeheartedly.Cannon married singer Mariah Carey on April 30, 2008, at her private estate on Windermere Island in The Bahamas. On April 30, 2011, their third wedding anniversary, Carey gave birth to fraternal twins: daughter Monroe (after Marilyn Monroe) and son Moroccan Scott, because Cannon proposed to Carey in her Moroccan-style room; Scott is Cannon’s middle name and his grandmother’s maiden name. Monroe, like her mother, has no middle name. After six years of marriage, the pair separated, and Cannon filed for divorce in 2014, which was finalized in 2016. Following a brief relationship, Cannon had another child, son Golden “Sagon” Cannon, with Brittany Bell on February 21, 2017.Cannon was hospitalized on January 4, 2012, for treatment of “mild kidney failure”, and again on February 17 after a pulmonary embolism. On March 5 he announced that his kidney problems were due to lupus nephritis. Cannon enrolled at Howard University in 2016.On June 2, 2016, Cannon had an interview with Tim Westwood. Westwood said, “Last time I saw you, you were getting ready to battle Eminem.” Cannon responded, “I’m still ready! I’m trying to find him. Where is he? … We gonna be out in the States for the BET Awards. I’m holding a $100,000 battle — whoever wants it — but it has to be someone who can put up 100 grand … I done reached out to Tyga, he didn’t want it. I went to all Slaughterhouse. I did it like Mortal Kombat, I said I’ll take all of them out to get to the boss.” Throughout the interview, Westwood goads Cannon along, saying, “Nick, you’re the best fam. I don’t think you’d win against Eminem, but you are the best in many other ways.” Cannon plays along with everything and says, “At least tell him to show up to the match. I can’t win by default.”On June 16, 2016, Cannon pours out his heart in a track titled “Divorce Papers.” He recently refused to sign divorce papers with his ex-wife Mariah Carey. He also mentioned his father passing away. Cannon used some lines in the track as a response for the hate comments he had from Eminem’s fans, who are known as “Stans”. He mentions Eminem in a few lines. He said that he can relate to the drug life Eminem had. “Em, right now I could really relate to him. Drug habits, all the pain that he was in.” The last thing he mentioned in the track, he talks about himself finally signing the divorce papers. “It’s been over two years and I’m the one that’s been waitin’. It’s fucked up that the time that you spend with your own kids is called ‘visitation’? Man, fuck it, let’s sign these papers.

Written by Dianne Washington