Nick Cannon

Nicholas Scott Cannon is an American comedian, actor, and rapper. He began his career on Nickelodeon's All That before going on to host Wild 'n Out, America's Got Talent, Lip Sync Battle Shorties, and The Masked Singer.

Nick Cannon's rap career exists in the shadow of a beef that defined it more than any album could—his 2009 defense of then-wife Mariah Carey against Eminem's relentless disses, which prompted Marshall to dismiss him as a clown on "Bagpipes from Baghdad." Though Cannon released five studio albums across two decades, from his self-titled debut in 2003 through 2022's The Explicit Tape, none achieved the cultural penetration of his television empire or that feud. His connection to Carey remains his most significant hip-hop credential, yet it's also his most limiting one—a cautionary tale about rappers defined by relationships rather than bars, and about picking fights with legends you can't outrun.