Nick Cannon announced Wednesday that he is expecting a third child with Brittany Bell and his ninth child overall.

Nicholas Scott Cannon (born October 8, 1980) is an American television host, actor, rapper, and comedian.

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Cannon has been married once and has had eight children with five women

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Cannon taken divorce with Mariah Carey and finalized in 2016

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As a rapper he released his debut self-titled album in 2003

he has lupus-related kidney disease,

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When Bell gives birth, Cannon will be a father to nine children across five different women

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