To name your first comedy album Mr. Showbiz—unironically and at the tender age of 30, yet—might seem the height of hubris. And maybe it is. But if there were an actual honorific, Nick Cannon would have to be in the running.

The America’s Got Talent host has his footprints all over Hollywood.

He raps, he acts, he writes, produces, and directs. On top of that, reports in recent weeks named him as a contender to replace Jimmy Fallon on NBC’s Late Night (Seth Meyers has since been tapped) and in negotiations to buy the rights to Soul Train. That’s one busy dude.

What does he do in his spare time? On April 30, six days before the Straight caught up with him, Cannon and his bride dressed up as Prince Charming and Cinderella, shutting down Disneyland for a ceremony befitting fictional royalty. Only it wasn’t a wedding. Just an annual renewal of vows.

“I’ve been blessed. I can’t complain,” he says, leaving a meeting in Los Angeles on his way to the airport to fly to Chicago. “I tell people I don’t believe Mariah Carey married me, so I have to keep doing it every year to make sure it’s real.”

But make no mistake: with everything else on the go, Cannon isn’t a Johnny-come-lately to standup, trying to cash in on the latest craze. He’s been at it since he was 15.

“Standup is near and dear to my heart because it’s what opened every door for me, it’s been what I’ve been doing the longest,” he says. “It’s a great form of expression. It’s very therapeutic for me. So if I could only do one thing, it would probably be standup.”

In his new act, he discusses raising twins, his kidney failure—“It makes you appreciate all the things that really matter in life, like breathing”—and pop culture. “It’s definitely a more mature and up-to-date approach than what you’ve seen with previous stuff,” he says.

Cannon has made the seemingly inexplicable decision to record his upcoming Showtime special at the River Rock Show Theatre. Because when you think hip—or hip-hop—you naturally think of the Garden City.

“A lot of my humour is definitely urban-skewed, but at the same time I consider myself someone who can cross over pretty well,” he says. “So I know if I can make the people in Richmond laugh, I should be able to make everybody laugh.”

Mr. Showbiz may have just coined a new phrase: If you can make it in Richmond, you can make it anywhere. Needs a bit of work, sure, but the idea’s solid. Maybe they could close off No. 3 Road for Vow Renewal No. 6.

“That could be fun,” he says with a laugh that implies the exact opposite. “Wherever we are, we can always make it a festive party.”