Cannon was born in San Diego, California, to 17 year old accountant Beth Gardner (née Hackett), 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 mother and grandmother in San Diego and with his father in Charlotte. He began performing at age eight, and at the age of eleven, he landed Read more...

After graduating from Monte Vista high school in 1998, Cannon scored his television debut on Nickelodeon's All That. Nick briefly attended a local community college in 1999, where he pledged Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity Inc. In 2002, he was featured in his own series The Nick Cannon Show. Later that year, he had his first starring role in Drumline, followed by the 2003 comedy Love Don't Cost a Thing. Read more...

Cannon dated Grammy-nominated singer and actress Christina Milian. He briefly dated socialite Kim Kardashian.

Cannon began dating Victoria's Secret model Selita Ebanks in February 2007 and just six weeks later on May 7, 2007, Cannon proposed to Ebanks via the Times Square jumbotron. The couple called off their engagement five months later in October 2007.

On April 30, 2008, Cannon married Read more...