Singer Montell Jordan, 57, has successfully overcome his second battle with prostate cancer and is now officially cancer-free. He and his wife, Kristin Jordan, shared their journey, focusing on their renewed commitment to their health and marriage.
Jordan was diagnosed with stage 1 prostate cancer in early 2024 after a standard prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, and he subsequently underwent a successful radical prostatectomy.
However, nearly a year later, follow-up scans detected cancer had returned in his lymph nodes. This time, it was an “aggressive” stage 2 prostate cancer. The R&B singer underwent radiation treatment and got the news that he was cancer-free in December 2025.
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Jordan told People, “Christmas Day, we found out that we are undetected, cancer-free. We’re finally at an all-clear, and I feel fantastic.”
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“Following the roller coaster ride of becoming a two-time cancer survivor, standing in my home on Christmas Day, surrounded by my kids and my grandkids, to get the call on that morning was surreal,” he recounted. “It’s almost like it’s still unbelievable that we’re at this place right now, but we’re just super, super grateful.”
“The best Christmas ever,” Kristin added.
Jordan, the Grammy-nominated artist, is confident his cancer won’t return. This comes from significant, ongoing lifestyle changes he implemented after his second diagnosis.
He has eliminated sugar and dairy from his diet and maintains a consistent exercise regimen. His wife, Kristin, supports his healthy habits by adopting them herself.
“Everything that we do, we have to do in tandem and in unison in order for it to last,” she said. “We better take care of these temples that we have because we only get one, right? So for us, those lifestyle changes helped in our journey, but they will help limit us from having other sickness or other issues further down the line.”
Montell has received this unwavering support from his wife since their marriage in 1994, marking nearly 32 years of her steadfast commitment.
“When you have a disease, you feel like if you share that with someone, then they kind of also carry the disease. And I never wanted her to carry cancer,” he explained. “But what I learned in the process is that from her support, she didn’t have to carry cancer, but she could help carry me. She supported me and carried me.”
“I think that’s part of a fight, right? That you don’t do it solo,” Kristin added. “Solo pilots crash and burn. The teams that win are the ones that do it together … When we face our mortality, we have a clearer picture and vision of how important our loved ones are.”
Jordan and Kristin said that his fight with cancer has made their relationship much stronger. To celebrate National Marriage Week (Feb. 7-14), they want to share what they’ve learned and gone through.
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“We want to be resources to the world,” Jordan said. “We love allowing the journey we’ve been on to be a public display of God’s goodness and of us applying the tools that we’ve learned along the way to having a great happily forever after that’s not just for us, but we wanna share that information with the rest of the world so that they can help preserve their family legacy as well.”
Jordan’s prostate cancer experience over the last two years will be the focus of his forthcoming documentary, Sustain. The couple said he aims to create this intimate portrayal of his journey to emphasize the importance of early detection for viewers.
“We are not only looking to help preserve family legacy during National Marriage Week, but we’re also trying to help save lives,” Jordan stated. “Early detection saves lives. That was the thing that we kind of hang our hat on, that this journey isn’t really even about us. I believe if God can get it through us, he’ll get it to us. And so the fight came to us so that we can help save other men’s lives by making them aware.”
“Right. It’s not about us,” Kristin added. “It’s really about how many people that we can share with and help.”
Meanwhile, Jordan, who is now an advocate for prostate cancer awareness, emphasized that the encouragement men receive from women to get screened is also a significant factor.
He told Essence, “To the wives, moms, sisters, daughters—the women in the lives of these men—your support matters. Pushing or pulling the men you love to get screened can literally save lives.”
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