Montell Jordan Announces His Cancer Has Returned and Spread

Montell Jordan says that his cancer has returned after he had his prostate removed last year.

The “This Is How We Do It” singer revealed on the Today show on Sept. 3 that follow-up scans have detected cancer in his lymph nodes nearly a year after having his prostate removed.

“I always imagined I would be telling my prostate cancer story from the other side of prostate cancer because I had a radical prostatectomy surgery,” said Jordan. “My prostate was removed. There were clear margins.”

“Close to a year post-prostatectomy, I still need to go back and have additional treatments because it’s [been] detected that there is still cancer,” Jordan continued.

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To treat the cancer, Jordan will go through targeted radiation to treat his lymph nodes and take home blockers that stop the growth of the cancer.

“It is a seven-and-a-half week interruption of life to make sure that I have a longer life,” said Jordan.

Jordan discovered his cancer in early 2024 with a Prostate-Specific Antigen test.

“I would go regularly to my doctor for screenings, and at that time — we’re talking over a decade ago — most prostate screenings were kind of taboo,” Jordan said on Today. “I would do that, and they were taking blood samples.”

“Because I was going and had a history of what my blood levels were like, that’s how they were able to detect it,” he continued. The cancer ended up being upgraded to stage 2 after a biopsy that deemed it ‘aggressive.”

“Early detection is the thing that allows me to have a choice to treat [my cancer] and live and to continue giving myself the best quality of life possible,” he added.

Jordan will be documenting his cancer journey in the documentary (that’s made in partnership with the nonprofit organization Zero Prostate Cancer) Sustain, that is set to come out next year. As for what it’s about, Jordan gave some initial details.

“I’m trying to give a template for people that get diagnosed with this to … know they have options available to them,” he explained. “It’s okay to cry. It’s okay to shake your fist at God. It’s okay to navigate and do what you need to do, but doing nothing is not an option,” he said. “I never knew there was such a thing as being a two-time cancer survivor, so that’s the journey that I’m on right now.”