Nick Cannon became famous as a teenager on Nickelodeon. Twenty years later, he's moved behind the camera, becoming an executive producer and a student.
On an overcast November morning in Washington, D.C., Nick Cannon was busy, as one would expect of the multihyphenate who jockeys every morning on the radio, hosts two hit competition series and a podcast, is producing and directing two movies, and tours with a stand-up show. But he wasn’t thinking about his next interview or camera angles. Instead, as his red eye from Los Angeles landed, finals were on his mind, specifically the one he had at 5 p.m.
“I felt like there was this emptiness that was revealed to me when I was watching my children go through their learning process and their schooling,” he says. Criminology and administration of justice may seem like an odd choice of major for someone who’s spent his whole career in the entertainment industry, but the spirit of Howard—walking the same hallways as Stokely Carmichael and Toni Morrison—reignited his interest in activism.
“Howard is the mecca...it's truly an oasis for the black community,” he says, adding that his minor is African-American studies. “When I'm speaking on Black Lives Matter or the injustices in our law enforcement, I have a different pep in my step... I'm not just another celebrity speaking... it's allowed me to be well educated and well versed in the things that I truly stand for.”
He’s set to get his degree this May and hopes to follow it up with a masters in psychology, but—as seems to be the trend with the ever-juggling Cannon—graduating won’t be his only accomplishment in 2020. In the fall, his syndicated talk show will debut on Fox broadcast networks, where he already hosts
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