rapper nick cannon married singer Mariah Carey secret ceremony

Nicholas Scott "Nick" Cannon was born October 8, 1980. He is an American actor, rapper, and television personality. Nick Cannon is 29 years old now. On television, Cannon began as a teenage sketch comedian on All That before going on to host shows The Nick Cannon Show and Wild 'N Out and the fourth season of America's Got Talent. He acted in the films Drumline, Love Don't Cost a Thing, and Roll Bounce. As a rapper, he released a self-titled debut album in 2003 with the hit single "Gigolo", a collaboration with singer R. Kelly. In 2006, Cannon recorded singles "Dime Piece" and "My Wife" for a planned album Stages, which was never released. Cannon married singer Mariah Carey in 2008. Nick Cannon is now the chairman of Teen Nick.

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Cannon dated Grammy-nominated singer and actress Christina Milian and 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.

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On April 30, 2008 Cannon married singer Mariah Carey at Carey's estate on the Bahamian island of Windermere. The two share a short haired Jack Russell Terrier named Cha Cha.
Cannon's aunt is prominent womanist theologian Katie Geneva Cannon, who is currently serving as Annie Scales Rogers Professor for Christian Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia.
Cannon was born in San Diego to Beth Gardner 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 his mother and grandmother in San Diego, and with his father in Charlotte. He began performing at the age of eight, and at the age of eleven, he landed a spot on his father's cable access program performing stand-up comedy. When Cannon was in his mid-teens, he moved to Hollywood, where he performed stand up at The Improv, The Laugh Factory, and the Comedy Store. Nick attended Quail Hollow Middle School. He graduated from Monte Vista High School in 1998. When he was cast for the movie Drum Line, he was residing in Southside Terrace off of Nellieville Road in Augusta, Georgia.
As a teenager, Cannon formed the rap duo "Da Bomb Squad" with his best 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 Lil' Romeo 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 album, Stages, later that year. The album's first single, "Can I Live?" was released in July 2005 followed by the second single "Dime Piece" in March 2006. His second album has been shelved and has not seen release as of 2009. He is currently the Chairman of TeenNick. bio info (c) wikipedia.org