Nick Cannon Revisits Eminem Feud, Defending Mariah Carey

Nick Cannon has returned to his long-running feud with Eminem, saying the rapper disrespected his wife, Mariah Carey. He spoke on On Par With Maury Povich, and Rolling Stone reported his remarks on 10 November 2026.

Cannon and Carey were married in 2008. The conflict between the two men goes back to 2009, when Eminem insulted Carey and aimed at Cannon in a song called "Bagpipes From Baghdad." In rap, a song written to insult someone is called a diss track, and the back-and-forth that follows is often played out on record.

Eminem has claimed he had a romantic relationship with Carey for a few months. Carey has denied this. On the show, Cannon said he believed the two had a professional relationship, and that Eminem described it as personal. He also said he had to fight for his relationship and his love in order to defend Carey's dignity.

Cannon has answered Eminem on record before. In December 2019, after his divorce from Carey, he released three songs aimed at the rapper: "The Invitation," "Pray for Him," and "Canceled: Invitation." In a 2020 interview with Billboard, he said he made the tracks to defend himself, and that he would keep responding if Eminem kept talking about him.

The latest remarks add a new round to a dispute that has run for well over a decade. Neither man has a new track or release tied to the comments.

Fans who want the full context can start with the 2009 song, then move through Cannon's 2019 tracks and his 2020 interview. Each is a separate piece of the same argument, and each was made public by the artist who wrote it.