Exclusive: Montell Jordan Is Facing Prostate Cancer Again — And Turning His Fight Into A Mission To Save Black Men’s Lives
With his bright smile and fit, six-foot-eight frame, Montell Jordan still looks every bit the performer who gave the world “This Is How We Do It” 30 years ago. Catching […] The post Exclusive: Montell Jordan Is Facing Prostate Cancer Again — And Turning His Fight Into A Mission To Save Black Men’s Lives appeared first on Essence.
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA – MARCH 17: Montell Jordan attends HGTV’s “Married To Real Estate” season 4 watch party at MODEx Studios on March 17, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images) 
By Janeé Bolden ·Updated September 11, 2025 < /> Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… With his bright smile and fit, six-foot-eight frame, ATLANTA, GEORGIA – MARCH 17: Montell Jordan and Kristin Jordan attend HGTV’s “Married To Real Estate” season 4 watch party at MODEx Studios on March 17, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images)
For his wife of 31 years, Kristin, that support has been unwavering. “She’s a G,” he says with a smile. “When I need God to show up in my life, she literally becomes the hands and feet of Christ in my life to help me humanly navigate what I spiritually already know that I’m healed from. She is strength when I am weak.”
Sharing this journey hasn’t been easy for Jordan, who admits he initially wanted to keep his diagnosis private. “It’s personal to my kids, it’s personal to my wife,” he says. “It’s a story that’s only being told because I felt like God was saying, ‘You’re going to be the template.’”
He remembers feeling the shock of losing actor Chadwick Boseman and the absence of a roadmap for what he endured privately. “I didn’t know what doctors he saw, what treatments he tried, how he told his family,” Jordan reflects. “I had no GPS. So God told me to document this—document the tears, the strong days, the weak days, the conversations—for any person to know this is the direction they could possibly take because we are willing to share our story.”
That commitment to transparency has grown into a mission. Jordan’s forthcoming documentary, Sustain, is slated for release in 2026, chronicling his journey while encouraging others to take action. He’s also partnered with ZERO Prostate Cancer as a global ambassador. Together, they’re launching the This Is How We Cure It tour, visiting 30 cities with screenings tied to the film.
“This isn’t just a movie, it’s not just medical, it’s a movement,” he says. “My cancer journey would be futile without motivating men to get out and take action.”
As he begins seven weeks of targeted radiation this fall, Jordan’s eyes stay fixed on the future he and Kristin dream of.
“Our mission statement is rocking chairs and beyond,” he says. “That’s us being old, sexy people on the front porch, sitting in rocking chairs, reading an ESSENCE magazine, looking out at our kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids running around on our family legacy.”
That vision of family is what anchors him, but it’s also what fuels his urgency to turn his personal battle into something larger.
“I would love to be able to look back and say the This Is How We Cure It tour was something we started in the middle of a storm that has saved hundreds of thousands of lives. I know that Zero has a plan to try and save 100,000 men in the next 10 years. I’m trying to expedite that and multiply that number. That’s what I’m shooting for and in doing so, wanting my life to be a lot more than just a song.”
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