
NC: I say we’re responsible for everything in our community. KW: Irene also asks: To what extent do you think we Blacks are responsible for the violence in our communities? I love how Spike remained faithful to that original format while mixing in spoken word and hip hop and conveying an emotional message. NC: I thought it was outstanding that this film was in verse. I’m honored to have another opportunity to speak with you. Here, Cannon talks about playing the title character in Spike Lee’s new film, Chi-Raq, a modernized adaptation of Aristophanes’ classic Greek comedy, Lysistrata. Mary’s Children’s Hospital and he runs the Nicholas Scott Cannon Foundation. He is also an active member on the Board of Directors of New York’s St.
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While his professional endeavors keep him extremely busy, Cannon has always made the time to use his resources and his voice as a philanthropist to give back to the community and those in need, working with such charitable organizations as Feeding America, Boys and Girls Clubs, Do Something, Toys for Tots, Stomp Out Bullying, the Lupus Foundation of America and the National Kidney Foundation, to name a few.

Nick currently hosts NBC’s America’s Got Talent, which kicked off its 10th season last May. This trajectory culminated in the creation of The Nick Cannon Show, which he starred in, directed and executive-produced. Nick headed for Hollywood at the age of 15 and landed gigs at world-renowned comedy venues including The Improv, The Laugh Factory and The Comedy Store before landing his first television gig as a series regular and writer on Nickelodeon’s long-running hit series All That.
