Zen Cannon has died. The five-month-old succumbed to brain cancer over the weekend. His father, Nick Cannon, revealed the news on his talk show yesterday.
Nick said that Zen had a cough that he wanted to get checked out. He also had what Nick described as a nice-sized head – or “a Cannon head.” He and Alyssa Scott didn’t think anything of it. They took him in for what they thought would be a routine checkup when he was two months old. They found out his youngest had been building up fluid in his brain that turned out to be a malignant tumor. Even though Zen underwent surgery to have a shunt put in to drain the fluid, his health took a turn close to Thanksgiving. Nick tearfully revealed that he held the child for the last time on Sunday. “You can’t heal until you feel,” he told the audience, adding that he’s at work so soon after because it serves as a distraction.
Zen leaves behind his parents, and six siblings. As we’ve told you, Nick is the father of 10-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe with ex-wife Mariah Carey, four-year-old son Golden and one-year-old daughter Powerful with Brittany Bell, and five-month-old twins Zion and Zillion with Abby De La Rosa.
- Nick’s friends made sure to offer condolences to him in the wake of Zen’s death. Fred Hammond, Shaun King, Fat Joe, and OT Genasis were among those who used the comments section of his IG post to share their thoughts, while others took to Twitter. Check out the tributes below…