Nick Cannon‘s been a “Bad” boy.
The host and creator of the Viacom-owned MTV’s wildly-successful improv rap battle present “Wild N’ Out” allegedly stole key components of this system for a copycat on the subscription-based streaming platform Zeus Community — house to Cannon’s new program, “Bad Vs. Wild,” in keeping with a lawsuit.
The inordinately virile musician and actor created and hosted “Wild ‘n Out” beginning in 2005 and it aired for twenty years over 21 seasons.
Itself an city tackle “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” “Wild ‘n Out” introduced celebs and road artists collectively for face-to-face rap battles that primarily consisted of “Your mama”-esque disses.
In 2024, Cannon, 44, jumped to Zeus and launched “Bad vs. Wild.”
“Zeus’s copying of these elements in ‘Bad vs. Wild’ constitutes . . . infringement,” in keeping with the Manhattan federal courtroom submitting. “Zeus’s actions have caused . . . confusion, mistake, or deception as to the source.”
As well as, Zeus “intentionally induced Nick Cannon to breach his contract with Viacom by enlisting him as the host of ‘Bad vs. Wild,’ knowing that this would violate the terms of Nick Cannon’s contract with Viacom.”
The mega media firm argued it suffered monetary damages and “irreparable injury to its business.”
Viacom desires a decide to bar Zeus “from producing, promoting, distributing, or airing any existing or future episodes of ‘Bad vs. Wild’” and seeks unspecified damages.
Reps for Cannon and Zeus didn’t return messages searching for remark.
