I was 16 years old, driving to LA, and sleeping in my car, just trying to make it happen.
I was attracted from day one. How could you not be attracted to someone who has a great spirit on the inside and beautiful on the outside?
I was rapping at eight.
I'm not geeky but I have my geeky, corky moments, and then I've got some aspects of cool in me, I guess.
I'm so into playing different characters, even when I was on Nickelodeon. I just observe.
If you want to be in the automotive business, you go to Detroit, and you figure it out. If you want to be in entertainment, go to where it's at. Go to Hollywood, go to New York.
In the hip-hop community, it's about how real are you, or how strong can you be, and really my music just reflects me. If you can accept me, then you can accept my music.
It's amazing. I just got all my comedic friends together, introduced them to my hip-hop friends, and we just created this big, huge improv sketch-comedy show that's unlike anything you've ever seen on television.
It's fun having songs about parties and gigolos, but I really wanted to use my music as a form of art. Art is supposed to spark conversation and make people think, and I wanted to do that with this song.
Oh yeah, the preacher's kid has to be the baddest one. If everyone is smoking weed, we've got to smoke crack. If you're throwing rocks, we've got to throw bigger rocks.
Right now, I'm as single as a slice of American cheese.
So my father was a person who never lied to me. If I had a question, he answered it. I knew a lot of things at a young age because I was intrigued.
The only person I've worked with on my album was Kanye. And between the stuff that I've done and the stuff that he's assisted on and produced for me for this album, I don't even need anything else.
The people who truly love me and loved me before all of this stuff. You can't ever leave them behind.
This is my chance to get out there and appease the fans of my music as well as show people that I do do standup comedy because a lot of people don't know that's where I started.
To be compared to Will Smith is probably one of the coolest things because that's who I came up admiring.
We are already expected to be the goodie two shoes. I went through that during my junior high schools where I wasn't allowed to watch television. I wasn't allowed to listen to the radio.
When you don't have those types of things, fashion and all that stuff, it helps you find yourself because you don't have those things to rely on.
You have to be vigorous. That's the only way you are going to get it because everybody has dreams and everybody has goals, but the only people who achieve them are the ones that go after it and don't take no for an answer.
I don't think he believed most of the things he said himself.
Nick made a cameo appearance as an autopsy agent in Will Smith's hit movie Men in Black II.
Nick first broke out onto the music scene in 2001, with a remake of DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith's 1988 hit single 'Parents Just Don't Understand'. The track appears on the soundtrack for the Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius along with Lil' Romeo and 3LW.
Nick released his self-titled debut album Nick Cannon, on December 9, 2003. It charted at #83 on the United States Billboard 200, and # 15 on the United States R&B charts.
Nick voiced Louis the Mouse in The Garfield Movie,and Officer Lister in Monster House.
Nick's performances on Nickelodeon's Snick House and as host of the music-based teen Nick programming block that pushed him into the 'leading man' status.
Nick was put in front of the camera on All That, as soon as the producers recognized his talent would benefit them more on the show, rather than out in the audience. The producers were right, and Nick was an overnight success.
Nick joined up with The Groundlings, the famous comedy sketch troupe, that has worked with almost all of the crew at Saturday Night Live, including: Phil Hartman, Will Farrell, Cheri Oteri, and Chris Rock.
Nick headed to Hollywood at age 16, and landed gigs at the world-famous comedy clubs: The Improv, The Comedy Store, and The Laugh Factory.
Nick founded the San Diego based rap group Da Bomb Squad, with his best friend Steve Groves, they were a hot duo. They caught on quickly, playing at 'Billboard Live' and opening for Will Smith, LFO, 98 Degrees, and Montell Jordan.
Nick was born in San Diego to James Cannon and Beth Hackett. He attended Quail Hollow middle school in North Carolina, and was a great student. He went on to Monte Vista high school in Spring Valley, and was considered a popular class clown.
Nick's favorite movie is Million Dollar Baby.
Graduated from Monte Vista High School in Spring Valley, California in 1998.
Did a photo shoot for April's 2005 issue of GQ magazine.
Award Nominations: 2004 Teen Choice Awards for Movie Liar, Movie Chemistry and Liplock 2003 MTV Awards for Best Kiss & Breakout Male Performance for Drumline 2003 Black Reel Awards for Best Breakthrough Performance-Viewer Choice-Drumline 2002 Kids Awards (BlLimp Award) for Favorite TV Actor
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