Mariah Carey says Nick Cannon has kidney failure

NEW YORK (AP) - January 4, 2012

Update from On The Red Carpet: Nick Cannon has tweeted to his followers, "Currently being transferred [sic] to a hospital in LA. Thank you all for all your love, prayers and concern. You know me... I will be a'ight."

Mariah Carey tweeted earlier in the day that Cannon is suffering from "mild kidney failure." His representative confirmed Cannon's hospitalization. He is in Aspen, Colo., where he and Carey were vacationing.

Carey posted a picture on her website of a miserable-looking Cannon in a hospital bed as she lay beside him. She asked for prayers and said Cannon's situation was "very painful." She later called it a "serious moment that's very tough on all of us."

The pair became the parents of twins - a boy and a girl - last year.

Cannon is 31. His representative had no further information Wednesday about his condition, but said he is still hospitalized.

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