US media magnate Nick Cannon shocked his audience when, on national TV, he broke the gut-wrenching news about the passing of the son he has with Alyssa Scott.
Nick Cannon son with Alyssa Scott dies of cancer
On Tuesday’s airing of the Nick Cannon show, the 41-year-old shared that his five-month-old son Zen had lost his life after a brief battle with Hydrocephalus, a form of brain cancer.
Barely able to contain himself on stage, Cannon revealed that the tumour developed around Thanksgiving and very quickly thereafter, fluid built up in the cavities of the brain, spelling the beginning of the end for the little one.
“This weekend, you know, I made a valiant effort to spend the most quality time I could spend with Zen. We woke up on Sunday… and I just, felt like I wanna go to the water , you know, close to the ocean. We kinds got a chance to go to the ocean,” Cannon said.
This would the last memory of his fatherhood to five-month-old Zen who later succumbed to the disease.
Here is the full account of how Cannon spent his last moments with his youngest son:
Cannon has six other children with three women,.
Here is a list of the 41-year-old’s surviving children and their respective mothers:
- Mariah Carey: Monroe and Moroccan (10)
- Brittany Bell: Golden (3) and Powerful Queen (1)
- Zion and Zillion (six months old)