No pre-nup for Mariah

Pop diva Mariah Carey’s shotgun wedding to rapper Nick Cannon was such a whirlwind, she failed to secure a pre-nup before tying the knot.

Carey, 38, married rapper and actor Cannon, 27, Wednesday at the home she recently purchased in Eleuthera, in the Bahamas, The NY Post reported.

"They have been smitten with each other for days, weeks," a friend of Carey’s told The Post. "And she’s always had a crush on him."
 

Despite Carey’s apparent bliss, other friends have expressed concern that Carey—who recently surpassed Elvis in the number of hits on the Billboard charts and whose single, “E=MC2,” recently hit the top slot—failed to sign a pre-nuptial agreement with the lesser-known Cannon.
 

“There was no pre-nup, there wasn’t time," a friend of Carey’s said.   

Rapper Da Brat was one of the few guests in attendance at, what a source called a “very impulsive,” ceremony.

Before the ink could dry on Access Hollywood’s announcement this week that the pair had gotten engaged after just a month of dating, Carey and Cannon were already headed down the aisle.

Long-time pals, Carey and Cannon really hit it off when he directed the video for her latest single, “Bye, Bye,” in late March. But word of the romance didn’t gain traction until Cannon attended the premiere of Carey’s film, Tennessee, on April 26.

"Everyone is happy to see her happy," Carey's friend said, according to The Post. "And it could work out—some people know each other for five years and get divorced, maybe this is true instant love."   

Carey’s marriage to Cannon is her second. The songstress was previously married to music mogul Tommy Mottola early in her career and they divorced in 1998.

 

Cannon was previously engaged to Victoria's Secret model Selita Ebanks, to whom he proposed via the Times Square jumbotron.   

Five months after he proposed Cannon and Ebanks called it quits.

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