NICK CANNON - CANNON 'IN LOVE' WITH KNOWLES

Rapper and comedian NICK CANNON has such a huge crush on BEYONCE KNOWLES, he frequently trailed her as she made public appearances in the hopes of meeting her.

Cannon, who was recently linked to sexy singer CHRISTINA MILIAN, admits that when Knowles and her DESTINY'S CHILD bandmates first emerged on the charts in the late 1990s, he was instantly smitten.

He tells Blender magazine, "I'm in love with Beyonce. When (the Destiny's Child debut album) came out, I was going to every concert, every TV show they appeared on - I could have been the 'bugaboo' they were talking about. I was backstage, trying to get it cracking.

"They got the records for when you get intimate or when you're just chillin', they got the driving music, they got the club music. The slow ones are on my iPod 'Freaky Jams' playlist. Where every song makes you want to..."