Part of the reason Emmy-nominated producer Nick Cannon is currently expecting his seventh child with a fourth woman has to do with his pro-life views. In 2005, the 40-year-old triple-threat released a controversial music video for Can I Live? depicting his teenage mother Beth Gardner running out of a clinic after deciding not to abort him. 'He wrote it, produced it, and directed it. The music industry actually backed off of him because of this video,' Nick's father James Cannon told The Sun on Wednesday. Engrained: Part of the reason Emmy-nominated producer Nick Cannon is currently expecting his seventh child with a fourth woman has to do with his pro-life views (pictured in 2020) 'He was putting out conscious stuff like this, but they were like, "Nick, we want gigolo stuff, we want to hear about gangsta stuff!" The pro-life industry put this on their websites, they still have it up and it was produced [more than] 10 years ago.' The 85-year-old father-of-five was only 17 and had only known Beth for 'weeks' when she found out they were pregnant with the San Diego-born presenter. 'She came back in the picture and together we built a friendship, we now go to premieres and movie stuff all the time,' James said. Cannon - who works for his Nick's foundation - went on to have four more sons with another woman and 'had no messy issues' with either babymama. 'He wrote it, produced it, and directed it': In 2005, the 40-year-old triple-threat released a controversial music video for Can I Live? depicting his teenage mother Beth Gardner running out of a clinic after deciding not to abort him Nick's father James Cannon (L, pictured in 2018) told The Sun on Wednesday: 'The music industry actually backed off of him because of this video...The pro-life industry put this on their websites, they still have it up and it was produced [more than] 10 years ago' 'We built a friendship': The 85-year-old father-of-five was only 17 and had only known Beth (L, pictured in 2017) for 'weeks' when she found out they were pregnant with the San Diego-born presenter 'I believe children are blessings. And I teach my son, "Make as much money as you can, and have as many children as you can,"' the Stop Hating author said. 'I have met [his children] Golden and Powerful, they come up often, I'd have a great relationship with all of them. If Nick can provide those kids with culture, with love, God and life. And I'd say, "If a woman is worth having sex with, she's worth having a baby with." That's what I'm teaching my sons. Let her be of quality, don't sleep with women you wouldn't have babies with, you're tripping.' James added: 'If they can understand that he's international and they're okay with that, the bills are taken care of, then [great]. Very few relationships, very few marriages are 100% honest, if you can give that, I think that's the ideal thing. I think money and honesty eliminates all the game playing.' 'I believe children are blessings': Cannon (R, pictured in 2016) - who works for his Nick's foundation - went on to have four more sons with another woman and 'had no messy issues' with either babymama