I have tried to respond to all the messages. "But overall, I think it's making me stronger. Receiving all the love and words of encouragement. He wrote: "Dear friends, it has been incredibly overwhelming. He has also thanked those who have sent him messages of support, admitting the posts have been "overwhelming" and vowed to keep people updated on his battle. Don’t take your time here, your time with friends, family, for granted. How you should reach out to those you love no matter where life has taken you.
"You always see people post about how life is too short. By showing that it’s possible to make it through.
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"I want to be able to help those that might be experiencing something like this- a life altering disease full of questions and doubt- maybe, hopefully. By showing that it’s possible to make it through." I want to be able to help those that might experience something, maybe, hopefully. At just 36, with 3 kiddos, and a wife that loves me. "I never thought this could happen to me. I am posting this because life is full of the most unexpected situations. not because I want people to feel bad or sorry for me and my family. He wrote in a separate post: "I am posting this, after so much thought. Mike - who also has five-year-old son Shepherd with his wife, and is stepfather to her and Nas' 12-year-old son Knight - hopes his story will inspire others in similar situations not to give up hope and to cherish the time they have with their loved ones. Here I was, in a hospital bed, during the middle of the pandemic. With no idea what was about to come my way. He continued: "I thought the whole time that I just had an ulcer.
Mike told how after a week of undergoing tests and seeing various specialists, he was finally told he had gastric adenocarcinoma, stomach cancer, not long after he and Kelis welcomed their daughter Galilee into the world in September 2020. He wrote on Instagram: "I was told people with my disease, in this phase, didn't make it past 18 months. Her last album, which was released in 2014, was even titled Food. Mike Mora began suffering the "worst pain" in his belly he'd ever had a year ago, as well as a loss of appetite and discomfort in his back, and although the photographer left it "a bit late" to seek medical advice, he's hopeful he did so "just in time", though he admitted a doctor gave him just 18 months to live. Kelis doesn’t mind incorporating her love for food into her music because like anything else we love, it’s pleasurable. It's a pace further away from the massive hit song that, more than a decade later, refuses to go down.Kelis' husband is battling stage 4 stomach cancer. Instead of playing her position and exploring with futuristic interpretations, Kelis tips her hat to the past with a palette that revels in soul, doo-wop and layered girl-group harmonies. The result is songs that we'd never have expected from the singer.
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In flipping her sound once again, she found an unlikely partnership with indie/art-rocker Dave Sitek (of TV on the Radio fame) and the 13-piece band that came with him.
Whether she was screaming about how much she hates you, spearheading the shift toward a new R&B sound or diving into the world of electronic dance music, Kelis has never been one to sound subdued or stagnant.Īt 34 years old - post divorce, contract liberation and since becoming a mother - Kelis is beyond the point of trying to fit into any box that the industry has tried to squash her into, whether it was a label with misgivings or a radio station that couldn't figure out where she belonged. Since her first blip on the radar in 1999 as the hook singer on Ol' Dirty Bastard's " Got Your Money," Kelis' work has run the gamut of musical experimentation her approach has been nothing less than bombastic. For Kelis Rogers, R&B's resident provocateur, Food - her first album since 2010's dance-heavy Flesh Tone - is the embodiment of what she has always contended as an artist: that she can't be molded to fit inside one genre - one flavor, one dish, one cuisine. At base, it's sustenance, and at its most complex, like when it appears in song, it can evoke nostalgia, carnal desires and comfort. It's the connective tissue between families, communities and cultures. Kelis' new album, Food, comes out April 22.įood is life.
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