Nick Cannon Kids

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About

Nick Cannon Kids, also known as Nick Cannon's Children, Nick Cannon Babies or Nick Cannon Is The Father, refers to a set of memes that make fun of TV personality Nick Cannon for having 11 children with multiple women (often referred to as his "baby mamas"), the most notable being his ex-wife Mariah Carey. Many humorously related him to Genghis Khan or blamed overpopulation on his reproduction habits. In the early 2020s, memes about Cannon's supposed sex drive and lack of condom usage trended on Twitter, Instagram and Reddit, among other platforms. In late 2022, when his 11th child was born, Cannon trended alongside the concept of Pete Davidson "dating up" when it was announced that Davidson was dating Emily Ratajkowski. Oftentimes when a random celebrity announces their pregnancy, Nick Cannon comes up amid the conversation in jokes.

History

On April 30th, 2011, Nick Cannon and his then-wife Mariah Carey welcomed their twin daughters Monroe and Moroccan Scott into the world.^[1]^[2] In late 2016, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon got a divorce.^[3] On February 22nd, 2017, Nick Cannon had a baby son named Golden with Nickelodeon All That actress Brittany Bell.^[5] On December 25th, 2020, Cannon and Bell welcomed their baby daughter Powerful Queen into the world.^[6] Powerful Queen was Cannon's fourth child.

After 2020, Cannon had multiple babies, on June 14, 2021, Cannon welcomed twins Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir Cannon with professional DJ Abby De La Rosa.^[1] On June 28, 2022, Cannon welcomed his daughter Legendary Love Cannon with her mother model Bre Tiesi.^[1] On September 15th, 2022, Cannon had another daughter named Onyx Ice Cole Cannon with photographer LaNisha Cole.^[1] On September 30th, 2022, Cannon's daughter Rise Messiah Cannon was born with her mother Brittany Bell.^[7] On November 12th, 2022, he welcomed his daughter Beautiful Zeppelin Cannon into the world whom he shares with Abby De La Rosa.^[4]

Meme Origin

Memes about Nick Cannon having many kids started to surface in late 2020 and early 2021 as his kid count grew from four to 11 between 2020 and 2022. For example, after his daughter Powerful Queen was born on December 25th, 2020, Twitter^[8] user DopeBrwnGuy tweeted, "Nick Cannon could’ve named his kid Special Beam Cannon and now I’m pissed off he didn’t," gaining over 400 likes in two years (shown below, left). Soon after her birth, on April 11th, 2021, it was announced on Twitter^[9]^[14] and elsewhere that Cannon was welcoming another child. Memes surfaced en masse following the announcement. For instance, on April 11th, 2021, Twitter^[10] user KennyB2324 tweeted a GIF of Thanos, captioning it, "Nick Cannon collecting kids like Infinity Stones…" and received roughly 4,900 likes in a year and a half (shown below, right).

Spread

Multiple memes and reactions surfaced on April 11th, 2021. For instance, Twitter^[11] user itsKARY_ tweeted, "Nick Cannon’s sperm comes with a 2 kid minimum," gaining roughly 2,600 likes in a year and a half. Twitter^[12] user caliphorniaqing tweeted, "Nick Cannon in 3 years," showing a man with many baby dolls, earning roughly 11,800 likes in the same time period (shown below, left). Twitter^[13] user SayMeTwice used the Michael Jordan's 'And I Took That Personally' image for a tweet related to Cannon's kids, gaining roughly 12,900 likes in the same time period (shown below, right).

Discourse and memes surfaced on social media every time Cannon announced another pregnancy or a baby of his was born throughout 2021 and 2022. For instance, on June 20th, 2021, it was reported that Nick Cannon was expecting his next child.^[15] Multiple memes surfaced that day. For instance, on June 20th, Twitter^[16] user UptownDC_Rich tweeted a Vine of a teacher walking into a classroom and saying "Hello" every day wearing similar but different outfits. Twitter user UptownDC_Rich captioned it, "Nick Cannon showing up to the delivery room every week to watch the birth of his children," and received roughly 100,400 likes over the course of 17 months (shown below).

Also on June 20th, 2021, Twitter^[17] user dylanali_ tweeted, "The year is 2164. 5% of the US population is a descendant of nick cannon; they are officially declared an ethnic minority," gaining roughly 91,400 likes in 17 months (shown below, left). A year later, in November 2022, more memes surfaced about Nick Cannon's children after the birth of his 12th child. On November 13th, 2022, Instagram^[18] user adam.the.creator tweeted a photoshopped infographic that again joked about Nick Cannon's DNA in the general population, gaining roughly 86,800 likes in two days (shown below, right).

On November 14th, 2022, Nick Cannon reposted adam.the.creator's meme on Instagram,^[19] captioning it, "Wow! Everybody got jokes! 🤣," and gaining roughly 112,000 likes in one day (shown below).