Nick Cannon Defends Welcoming Four Children Within Just a Year – E! NEWS

Nick Cannon isn’t letting anyone dad-shame him.

On the July 7 installment of Nick’s Power 106 Los Angeles radio show, City Girls rapper JT (née Jatavia Shakara Johnson) jokingly advised that Nick should “wrap it up,” to which he asked for clarification. Jatavia replied, “Wrap it up and protect yourself,” meaning, wear a condom to prevent unintended pregnancies. 

“I’m having these kids on purpose,” Nick responded. “I don’t have no accident!”

The 40-year-old Masked Singer host reportedly welcomed his seventh child on June 23, per his rumored girlfriend Alyssa Scott‘s July 3 birth announcement. Prior to Alyssa giving birth, Nick become a father to three additional children within the past year. 

“Trust me, there’s a lot of people I could’ve gotten pregnant that I didn’t,” he assured on the radio show. “The ones that got pregnant are the ones that were supposed to get pregnant.”

“You only live once,” he added.