Nick Cannon’s Netflix Docuseries Will Follow Life as a Father of 12

Nick Cannon is taking his most talked-about role and putting it on camera. Netflix has announced a new docuseries centered on the entertainer’s life as a father of 12, with the streamer promising a look at how he balances a career, public scrutiny, and a family structure that has long made him a target for jokes and headlines alike.

The untitled project is set to arrive this winter, and Netflix says it will offer “an intimate look” at Cannon’s “wildly unconventional life, as he raises 12 children and co-parents with six different moms,” according to a description.

“Prepare to meet the Cannon the world has yet to see: heartfelt, complicated, and genuinely committed to showing up for the people he loves — with his trademark comedy, of course,” the streamer says. “From million-dollar meetings to midnight diaper runs, the global entertainer navigates the complete chaos that can only come from his uniquely blended family, all while managing his booming career and headline-making drama.”

Cannon’s family timeline is already well known. He became a father in 2011 with twins Moroccan and Monroe, whom he shares with Mariah Carey. After his split from the Grammy winner in 2014, he and Brittany Bell welcomed son Golden Sagon in 2017, daughter Powerful Queen in 2020, and son Rise Messiah in 2022. With Abby De La Rosa, he shares twins Zion and Zillion, born in 2021, along with 3-year-old daughter Beautiful Zeppelin. He also shares 3-year-old son Legendary Love with Selling Sunset star Bre Tiesi, and daughter Onyx Ice with LaNisha Cole, whom he welcomed in 2022.

He and model Alyssa Scott had a son, Zen, who died of brain cancer at only a few months old in 2021. The next year, Cannon and Scott welcomed another child together, daughter Halo.

That sprawling family has made Cannon a constant punchline in pop culture, whether the jokes come from peers or the public. He has usually taken it in stride, but he has also repeatedly stressed how seriously he approaches fatherhood, which is exactly what this series is set to put on display.

Last September, Cannon said on The Breakfast Club that his past trauma may have played a part in the way his life unfolded. “It was more of being careless, being frivolous with my process, because I could do it, because I had the money, because I had the access to whoever and however I wanted to move,” he said. “Opposed to doing a mature thing and saying, ‘Hey, well, it probably makes more sense to do this.’ And then, obviously, life happens as well. So it wasn’t like, ‘Well, I’m gonna go have 12 kids.’ It was more about, like, ‘Yo, I’mma just live life and have fun and whatever happens, happens, I can handle it.’”