In December 2021, the comic revealed throughout an episode of The Nick Cannon Present that Zen had handed away on Dec. 5, 2021. On the time, Nick detailed their last moments collectively, recalling holding Zen “for the final time” whereas by the ocean with Alyssa.

One 12 months after his dying, Nick honored the primary anniversary of Zen’s passing by sharing ideas on what he known as the “hardest day” of his life.

“Shedding a toddler must be the heaviest, most darkish and depressive experiences that I’ll by no means recover from,” Nick wrote on Instagram Dec. 5. “A combination of guilt, ache, and sorrow is what I suppress day by day. I really like laborious, I really like massive and I really like with my whole Coronary heart and Soul and I simply want my Little Man may’ve felt extra of that love whereas he was right here on Earth.”

Alyssa and Nick are at present anticipating their second little one collectively—the star’s twelfth. He additionally shares 11-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe with ex-wife Mariah Carey; 5-year-old son Golden “Sagon,” 23-month-old daughter Highly effective Queen and 2-month-old son Rise Messiah with Brittany Bell; 18-month-old twin sons Zion and Zillion and new child daughter Lovely Zeppelin with Abby De La Rosa; 5-month-old son Legendary Love with Bre Tiesi and 3-month-old daughter Onyx Ice with LaNisha Cole.