{"id":248597,"date":"2026-06-26T16:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/nick-cannon-alyssa-scott-pay-tribute-to-late-son-zen-on-what-would-have-been-his-5th-birthday\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T16:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T16:18:15","slug":"nick-cannon-alyssa-scott-pay-tribute-to-late-son-zen-on-what-would-have-been-his-5th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/nick-cannon-alyssa-scott-pay-tribute-to-late-son-zen-on-what-would-have-been-his-5th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Cannon &#038; Alyssa Scott Pay Tribute to Late Son Zen on What Would Have Been His 5th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2236458\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/nick-cannon\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Nick Cannon<\/strong><\/a> is honoring his late son <strong>Zen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday (June 23), the 45-year-old <em>Masked Singer<\/em> host took to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nickcannon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> to pay tribute to his late son, whom he shared with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/alyssa-scott\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Alyssa Scott<\/strong><\/a>, on what would have been his 5th birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c6\/23 will forever be a day of light!\u201d <strong>Nick<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZ7uOdFuwOb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> while sharing several photos of <strong>Zen<\/strong>. \u201cTurning our pain to purpose! We celebrate the life of our Young King Zen Scott Cannon!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u201cWe honor our beautiful son and the precious moments we got to share in the physical and the constant energy we share in the Spirit daily,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe are always reminded that \u2018To be absent from the body is to be present with the Most High\u2019 2 Corinthians 5:8. We love you son.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nick-zen.jpg\" class=\"pss-trigger\" role=\"button\" data-pss-trigger=\"0\" aria-controls=\"pss-modal\" aria-label=\"Open gallery of 1 image.\" title=\"Open gallery of 1 image.\"><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nick-zen-788x525.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Cannon honors late son Zen\" class=\"wp-image-2236459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nick-zen-788x525.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/nick-zen-428x285.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100px, 100vw\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><span class=\"pss-trigger__badge\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1<\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you didn\u2019t know, <strong>Zen<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2021\/12\/07\/nick-cannons-infant-son-zen-dead-from-brain-tumor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tragically died from brain cancer<\/a> at 5 months old in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Days after marking what would have <strong>Zen<\/strong>\u2018s 5th birthday, <strong>Nick<\/strong> shared photos from a service on the beach in honor of his late son.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat a beautiful celebration of life for our Angel Zen Scott Cannon. \u2018For God, who said, \u201cLet light shine out of darkness,\u201d made His light shine in our hearts.\u2019\u2014 2 Corinthians 4:6,\u201d <strong>Nick <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaB8cLAGlA7\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> as he posed alongside <strong>Alyssa<\/strong>, family, and friends. \u201cZen\u2019s Light will forever shine in our hearts. We love you my son.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with <strong>Zen<\/strong>, <strong>Nick<\/strong> and <strong>Alyssa<\/strong> also share 3-year-old daughter <strong>Halo<\/strong>. <strong>Alyssa<\/strong> also has an older daughter from a previous relationship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can get a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2022\/12\/29\/all-of-nick-cannons-children-baby-names-ages-mothers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full breakdown on all 12 of <strong>Nick<\/strong>\u2018s kids, along with who their mothers are, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/alyssa-scott\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">alyssa Scott<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/nick-cannon\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Cannon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/26\/nick-cannon-alyssa-scott-pay-tribute-to-late-son-zen-on-what-would-have-been-his-5th-birthday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Nick Cannon is honoring his late son Zen. On Tuesday (June 23), the 45-year-old Masked Singer host took to Instagram to pay tribute to his late son, whom he shared with Alyssa Scott, on what would have been his 5th birthday. \u201c6\/23 will forever be a day of light!\u201d Nick wrote while sharing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-248597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}