Hollywood actor and entrepreneur Nick Cannon recently sat down in an interview with AllHipHop to discuss a variety of topics.
AllHipHop: Being that this is Hip Hop’s 50th anniversary and we’re looking back at the culture, and you touched on it, you had to do everything, what would you say, for you, Hip-Hop, what has it meant to you? What has it given you?
Nick Cannon: Survival, hope, optimism. Think about what, just in that short span of 50 years, how much generational wealth has been created from our culture, from our struggle. Showing that strength, that resilience to be able to say, “We created something out of nothing and people going to be feeding they families for generations.” Just based off of what Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash and them perfected so long ago. I love the fact that I get to be a little small corner of it, as somebody now who gets to hopefully curate the next generation, and make sure that they understand the history and all of the essential elements that it took to get here. And now we in the “bag era” where everybody’s getting to it. And even though it is commercialized, at least we bringing it back to the community.
AllHipHop: Dope, dope, dope. Are you going to act again? I haven’t seen you acting. I always saw you in the spirit of Will Smith, kind of touching everything.
Nick Cannon: I think just my business acumen just took over, and really trying to get to that bag, but I think it’s funny that you say that. I was like, “All right, I’m going to go hard in this space as an entrepreneur/CEO for a few more years, and then I’m going to put that acting hat back on and then focus.” Because that’s something you got to focus on full time. And I feel like now that I’m matured as a man and lived a lot of life, then I can start really doing the roles. ‘Cause also, even as a filmmaker, I’ve directed quite a few films and stuff like that. I want to be able to tell stories for us that really resonate the best way possible. It’s definitely a focus of mine, but again, you got to be focused on it. I’m rocking heavy right now, but give me a few years, I’m going to get back into my leading man bag.
Nick Cannon is one of the famous names and face in Hollywood in a career that goes back to over two decades
