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Christmas is coming early for hip-hop fans, at least those with an Amazon Prime account.

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A day after his alleged leaked nudes created a firestorm of thirst on social media, Nick Cannon returned to the spotlight Tuesday for a much more somber reason.

The 41-year-old television host and father of seven shared that his youngest, five-month-old Zen, had passed away from brain cancer while speaking with the studio audience of "The Nick Cannon Show."

“Over the weekend, I lost my youngest son to a condition called hydrocephalus that was pretty much a malignant, invasive midline brain tumor, brain cancer,” an emotional Cannon said. “It’s tough.”

According to Cannon, the family first suspected there might be a problem with Zen, his child with model and partner Alyssa Scott, when they observed the toddler having breathing difficulties.

“I always noticed he had a cough and so I wanted to check it out,” Cannon said. “He had this interesting breathing and by the time he was two months, I noticed he had this nice sized head too — a Cannon head. We didn’t think anything of it. But I wanted to take him to the doctor for his sinus and breathing. We thought it would be routine.”

Unfortunately, the diagnosis proved to be bleak.

“Ultimately, it was cancer in the brain and the tumor began to grow a lot faster,” Cannon said, before sharing that he spent this past weekend with his son in California and, "not only did we get to see the sunrise, we got to see the sunset."

He brought out fellow television host and therapist Dr. Laura Berman — who lost her son Samuel to an accidental drug overdose in February at the age of 16 — to discuss the grief of losing a child. Cannon who said, "I didn't know how I was going to handle today, but I wanted to grieve with my family," dedicated the show to Zen.

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Longtime Grammy critic and four-time winner, Drake has removed himself from consideration for awards at the upcoming 64th edition of the annual Recording Academy fete — considered by many the industry standard for identifying and celebrating excellence in musical achievement.

Credit champagnepapi/Instagram Drake took to Instagram in 2020 to lay out some of his grievances with the Recording Academy.

“We play in an opinion-based sport, not a factual-based sport,” he said. “You’ve already won if you have people who are singing your songs word for word, if you’re a hero in your hometown… Look, if there’s people who have regular jobs who are coming out in the rain, in the snow, spending money to buy tickets to your shows, you don’t need this right here. You already won.”