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Do you know Montel Jordan?

He's the singer-songwriter, producer of the absolute banger.

This is how we do it.

He's also a... Husband, father, pastor, speaker, author, Grammy Award winner, prostate cancer advocate.

An estimated one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in their lives.

Montel was diagnosed in early 2024 at age 55 after a routine screening and a biopsy.

He and his wife spent months seeing doctors and getting their opinions.

We didn't know how to tell our kids, and so we kept it between ourselves for months.

Montel decided to have his prostate removed.

But after that, his blood tests revealed that there were cancer cells left behind

in his lymph nodes and in his prostate bed.

So he just finished radiation treatment.

I asked him about his decision to share his story publicly

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