Nick Cannon has lived many different lives, and if you ask him he’s won them all.

In this new episode Steven sits down with TV host, actor, rapper, and comedian, Nick Cannon.

At 16 years old, Nick began performing stand-up comedy, a year after this he appeared on the Nickelodeon sketch series, ‘All That’, as a writer for the show, at 17 years old, he became the youngest writer in TV history. Nick made the move into film in 2002, appearing in ‘Drumline’, and in 2005, he created, produced and hosted the MTV improv comedy series ‘Wild ’N Out’. From 2009 to 2016, Nick was the host of ‘America’s Got Talent’.

In this conversation Nick and Steven discuss topics, such as:

The power of optimism in his life
How imagination was his superpower as a child
His unorthodox childhood
His father turning his life around
The importance of gratitude in his life
Going down the wrong path in his childhood
Starting doing stand up comedy at 11 years old
Being wise beyond his years
His connection with Jamie Foxx
Living his life in the public eye
Believing in luck rather than alignment
Speaking himself into existence
His ADHD and not being challenged when he was younger
Meeting Will Smith at 16 years old
The lessons he learned from Will Smith
Losing his TV show at 19 years old
Likeminded people intuitively connecting and coming together
Becoming the youngest ever TV writer
The career advice he would give to his children
How fun is the battery for success
The importance of intuition in the world
Sad money vs happy money
The negativity of the music industry
The power of narcism and the need to balance it
Self funding and taking a risk on ‘Wild N Out’
The importance of owning your intellectual property
Wild N Out being an platform for young talent
Wild N Out being a billion dollar business
Working with Kehlani in her early career
Why he struggles with signing young artists
Why networking is overrated
Being an outgoing introvert
Being diagnosed with lupus at 32 years old
His near death experience
Facing his own mortality
The death of his child
How grieving is forever
Turning grief into purpose

The 20th season of Wild ’N Out’ premiered on VH1 on the 6th July.

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