{"id":267801,"date":"2026-10-09T15:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/09\/singer-nivea-44-gives-major-update-on-cancer-battle\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T15:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:00:15","slug":"singer-nivea-44-gives-major-update-on-cancer-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/09\/singer-nivea-44-gives-major-update-on-cancer-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Nivea, 44, gives major update on cancer battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-10-09\" datetime=\"1791558015\" pubdate=\"\">9 October 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Nivea has revealed her cancer is in remission.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Nivea has announced her cancer is in remission<\/p>\n<p>The 44-year-old singer, whose full name is Nivea B. Hamilton, has given a positive health update after revealing just over two months ago that she had been diagnosed with leukaemia earlier in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on The Tamron Hall Show this week, she said: &#8220;I&#8217;m very grateful. I couldn&#8217;t believe it because this happened to be this year, only a few months ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although the Laundromat hitmaker knew the success rate of the medication she was taking, she noted how &#8220;everybody&#8217;s different&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>                      \t\t\t<!-- Dailymotion player (contact: Kutay.vardar@dailymotion.com) --><\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8220;It&#8217;s been an adjustment, like the symptoms. I&#8217;m tired a lot. I have other issues. I&#8217;m bleeding. I have fibroids.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s a long little list, but I&#8217;m still on the better side than most. I&#8217;m not complaining&#8230;I&#8217;m not complaining at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nNivea, who was nominated for the Best R+B Performance prize at the 2003 Grammy Awards for her track Don&#8217;t Mess With My Man &#8211; revealed her diagnosis in late July.<\/p>\n<p>\nWhen asked what she is most thankful for on Cadillac Chronicles, she said: &#8220;Well, first of all, I was diagnosed with leukaemia earlier this year, and I\u2019m so grateful to God.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I\u2019ve been going through treatment, and everything is going great so far. And I expect it to continue. Amen, amen, amen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe singer revealed she was staying as positive as possible, and feels \u201cvery grateful for life&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>\nShe added: \u201cIt\u2019s so cliche to say you don\u2019t know the time nor the hour, but it\u2019s true and it just helped me put a lot of things in perspective, and I live in gratitude, like, religiously, and I\u2019m just grateful for everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nNivea &#8211; who has daughter Navy, 21, and 20-year-old twins London and Christian with ex-husband The-Dream and 16-year-old son Neal with former fianc\u00e9 Lil Wayne &#8211; revealed that as well as her family, she has other career goals to achieve.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe said: \u201cI\u2019m doing things I wanna do. I\u2019m definitely back into my music, and I\u2019m going to school for audio engineering. I\u2019ve always wanted to learn how to engineer, and mixing engineering in particular.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;In general, I\u2019m just doing all the things, honey! I\u2019m loving all my children and just being grateful. I\u2019m taking every opportunity that comes my way!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nNivea dropped her self titled debut album in 2001, following up with Complicated in 2005, and Animalistic the next year.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe returned with Mirrors in 2019, one year after she teamed up with ex Lil Wayne on Dope New Gospel on his Tha Carter V album.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/singer-nivea-44-gives-major-update-cancer-battle-1451903.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 October 2026 Nivea has revealed her cancer is in remission. Nivea has announced her cancer is in remission The 44-year-old singer, whose full name is Nivea B. Hamilton, has given a positive health update after revealing just over two months ago that she had been diagnosed with leukaemia earlier in 2026. 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