Nick Cannon Documents First Day as Howard University Undergrad

If the rumors are true, Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas is sleeping with a college freshman. That’s because Nick Cannon has enrolled at Howard University — and yesterday was his first day at school.

The America’s Got Talent host, who graduated from high school in 1998 and soon after started working on Nickelodeon’s All That, documented his momentous day, from posing by a Howard sign with a Louis Vuitton backpack and Timberlands for an Instagram captioned “Class of 2020” to flying home from Washington, D.C.

Nick, who seemed overdressed for August in the capital, also seemed to be psyching himself up by posting several inspirational quotes about education, including one by the late Nelson Mandela: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

The Internet is cracking itself up with jokes about Drumline, the 2002 movie Cannon starred in about a drummer who goes to college.

One of the tweets was from his co-star, Orlando Jones.

Nick, who has twins with Mariah Carey, did not say what he plans to study. However, he is still keeping a busy schedule with America’s Got Talent and a zillion other projects, including the “If I Was Your Man” video he just shot with his rumored real-life love, Chilli Thomas of TLC fame. In the video, they are canoodling in bed. However, they’ve been more vague about their real-life relationship.

Cannon is not the only one shining up his shoes for his first day at school. Ashley Judd announced last week that she has enrolled at the University of California at Berkeley to pursue a PhD in public policy. Meanwhile, Tyra Banks will be teaching a personal branding class at Stanford.